We were deep into the woods by the time I stopped.
"Uh Jess, do you have any idea where we are?" Lindsey asked.
"Yeah I've been here plenty of times.... It's where I always go when I run away."
"Wait, you've ran away before?"
"Can we uh talk about this later?"
"Okay yeah. Let's just figure out where we are and where we're going."
"I have the perfect spot in mind. Follow me."
"This is my treehouse well our treehouse now. Go ahead inside!"
"Wow!" Said dazzled Malory. "This is so cool!!" She said, running up the ladder.
"Nice. Did, did you build this yourself Jesse?" Asked Lindsey.
"Uh yah actually, I did." I replied.
"That's so cool!!"
"Uh sure," I blushed. "I could be loads better but it was getting dark when I was building it so I had to finish up quick ya know."
"Jesse don't be ridiculous, it's amazing!" She said running up the ladder after Malory.
It was up in the highest tree branches near by. It was big enough to fit all three of us and all of our stuff easily.
"This is where I stayed all of last summer."
"No way! Wait....You ran away all of last summer Jesse?"
"Well yeah. You were away at summer camp all summer so I had nobody. So I just ran away and well this is where I ended up and I needed somewhere to sleep at night so I built this."
"Didn't your parents wonder where you were Jesse?" Asked little Malory.
"I don't think so. If so they didn't care enough to look. There was.... Uh..... A lot going on last summer so it was pretty easy to forget me."
"There was a lot going on?" Questioned Lindsey.
"Uh yeaah......but anyway. Let's get settled here. Okay?" I said quickly.
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The Escape
Teen FictionThis story is a peak into reality. Nobody has a perfect life. Some people it may seem they do but you never know. Everyone fights their own battles and this is a story about some teenagers with tough lives.
