Forever Us

Prologue

I'm running. I can't stop running. I know everyone's looking at me. What is this girl doing? Why is she running? This campus is way too big for me to stop I have to escape the nightmare that followed me from Maine. I hit the last floor of my dorm building my legs are throbbing with pain. I stop to catch my breath and look up at the 50 floors I just ran down when I hear it. A door slammed echoing in the empty stairwell. What floor is he on? Fear takes over and I'm frozen. I see a black glove grab hold of the railing on the 6th floor. That's when my feet take action running before my mind can catch up to where I am running to. My bare feet hit the pavement and I just keep running. Looking over my shoulder for him. Is he behind me? Have I escaped him? How did he find me? Only two blocks until the bus station. I can make it. I have to. Then I hear him. "Sara!" He yells out behind me. I quickly look back to see the man I once loved chasing me down. "Sara!" He yells out again. My feet take flight and I'm running faster than I ever believed possible. I throw up my hood on my sweater and hide my long brown curly hair and disappear into the crowd that crosses the main road of New York. I know he's still screaming for me and everyone is looking at him as he does it. Keep running. I repeat to myself in my head. I finally turn right onto Broadway and 3rd street and see the bus station. A breath of relief relief washes over me as I run towards the entrance.
Entering into the bus station I frantically look around for the shortest line to get me home. I rush to the closest one when I approach the ticket booth theres a young girl my age standing there. "Can I help you?" She asks me. I nod and take out my wallet  "I need a one way ticket to portland maine" I stutter. "Maim are you okay?" She asks me I shake my head no and move the hair away from my check revealing a fresh bruise; her mouth drops open and she accepts my credit card I'm holding out. Within five seconds she hands me a ticket and my credit card back. "This is the last ticket for the bus leaving in two minutes. Gate 7." She points over to the gate. I look over at where she's pointing and shake my head and before I turn for bolt towards my escape route she grabs my hand. "Be safe." She whispers. Tears fill my eyes and I shake my head promising her that I will be once I make it out of New York. I make my way through the crowd and push open the door to gate 7. Once I step out I see that only two more people are waiting to be checked. I stand behind a tall man with a horrific smell to him. Looking back through the glass door I see her standing there watching me. I smile and wave she replies with a nod. That's when he enters the bus station my eyes grow wide as he approaches the girl I went to. I turn my head quickly putting my hood over my head. "Maim," the driver says. I look up and notice the two people in front of me have already boarded the bus. Rushing up to him I had him my ticket. "Alright all set sweetie" he gently says. I nervously smile and rush onto the bus taking my seat in the back by the window. Just as I'm about to calm down I see him push through gate 7. Oh god. He's pissed. I see him try go walk past the kind bus driver. "Sorry sir, this bus is full" I hear the driver say to him. Please. Please don't let him on the bus. I hear a loud bang outside and look over to see his has punched the side of the bus as the driver enters and shuts the doors right behind him. I hear the bus start and tears run down my face I've escaped him...again. as we make our departure onto the streets of New York I can finally breath again that is until I looked out the window and saw him standing there watching my bus leave the station. How could he know I'm on this bus?  I turn back around and close my eyes hoping I've escaped him for the last time.