I close my eyes and fall asleep. All through the night James' dark flippy brown hair, chocolaty eyes, and freckles run through my mind. I wake up in the middle of the night. Its storming. I get up and gather my knives, some food and water, a few blankets, and extra dresses. I change into my white dress and let my hair down. I run into the rain and start crying as I head for the woods. Don't look back to many bad memories, I think. My hair and dress are completely soaked by the time I get to the woods. I run deep into the woods past the clearing and climb up a tree. I find a fork in the and lay down in it. I fall asleep and for the first time in days he was completely off my mind. The next morning I wake up and head east. I find a few apple trees with a stream a couple meters away. I sit down and eat. Pretty good providings for the woods but I'm going to need meat sooner or later.
I stand and head into the more animal infested parts of the woods. I don't have a heart to kill the deer or chipmunks or rabbits so I shoot a few squirrels. I sigh as think about where I'm going to sleep when it rains. Maybe I'll build a tree house. I think. I gather wood and search around in my knife bag for tools. I find nails and a hammer. I go back to the tree I slept in and start to build. I work all day straight through the night and I'm done. I smile. I open the door and realize I left some essentials in the village. I have to go back. I sigh. I start a fire and cook a squirrel after I skin it and clean it. I take a bite and look around. Its beginning to get dark. I smile. I stand up and climb up a tree and make sure not to make too much noise just in case there are hunters. I jump tree to tree till I see the light of the village. I perch in a tree just inside village perimeters. I see my mom. She's smiling and dancing. I don't think she realized I'm gone yet, she usually sleeps at my aunt's house. I'm there for about an hour. The torches of the village are blown out and I watch my mom walk into my aunt's house. I jump out of the tree and run quickly to my house. I grab a pillow, blankets, a lighter, and jacket. I look around and see my photo album on the coffee table, I grab it and run. Then I hear it. "Intruder!" I run as fast as I can, jump, grab a tree branch, swing over it a few times, land on it and jump through the trees. I hear the horses entering the woods and I jump over into the tree house. I start moving branches to cover the bottom and by the time I hear the horses pass by I set up my bed and and open the photo album. I smile at all my memories and pretty soon I'm asleep clutching a picture of James and I in my hand.
