Lindsey's POV 👩:
I need to pull myself together especially if we find Malory. She can't see me like this. She needs to know it'll be okay and seeing me like this won't help. I just need to breath. In...... And out. In..... And out. In..... And out. Okay.
We're back at the treehouse. I'm probably getting pretty heavy for Jesse. I think I'm okay now, I can walk.
"Jess put me down. I'm okay."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. I'm okay."
"If you insist." He says putting me down.
"Let's keep looking. Why don't we try this path." I suggest pointing to a pass just wide enough for two people. The path was fully covered in grass. The grass was partly covered by leaves. There was big, green trees above us the whole way through the path.
"Linds....... What happened back there?" Jesse asked quietly and calmly.
"I ... I guess I just panicked. I'm scared Jesse. I don't want to lose my little sister and I don't want it to be my fault."
"Linds, it's not your fault she's lost and we're going to find her. We just have to keep looking."
"Jesse it is my fault!" I say a little louder. "If I hadn't been so stupid and selfish she would still be safe and at home. I shouldn't have run away because it seems I just made it worse now. Poor Malory's going gone traumatized. That'll be quite a story huh? Girl runs away with little sister and looses her in the woods." I say talking quickly like I always do when I'm upset. By now we had stopped walking. "I don't want to be that girl..." I finishes slowly and quieter now as tears start to stream down my face. I wipes them away with the back of my hand as Jesse pulls me into a hug.
"Lindsey you are the least selfish person I have ever met and definitely the smartest. Linds I won't let that stuff happen. I promise. We will find her." Jesse says. "Everything will be okay. I promise. Okay?" He wipes away my tears with his finger.
"Okay." I whisper.
"Come on maybe she went this way." Jesse says taking my hand as he starts walking.
Sorry it took me so long to update. Stupid writers block. Hope you like the new chapter!
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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.
