Running,
the funny thing is i never thought i would ever do it.
I looked back gazing at the mess i had left behind.
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Shadows settle on the place that you left
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I turned sprinting into the woods that divided our cursed town from the rest of the world.
I slowed down to a walk and frantically moved my head around searching for the owner of a voice i had heard. I jumped into the nearest bush, an attempt to conceal my mark upon the world, but it seemed the attempt was futile as a bright light hit the bush i was hidden in.It was a boy who looked to be about my age and he seemed to be alone ... Lonely.
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Our minds are troubled by the emptiness
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He offered me a hand which was wearily engulfed by my own. It seemed as if our eyes had reached an understanding of what we both could be doing in the middle of the woods at 3:00 in the morning.
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Destroy the middle it's a waste of time
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He shone the light he was holding towards a car that was parked not to far away from where we were standing,wordlessly inviting me to go with him. We walked towards the vehicle in silence; both too deep in our own thoughts to even care. We entered the car in that same silence.
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From the perfect start to the finish line
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After what felt like an eternity scrutinising each other, he broke the silence. "Adrien,Adrien Finley." he said.
"Ciana James" I responded shyly after a moment of hesitation."So what brings you here?" I quickly added already attached to the comforting sound of his voice.
"Well it's quite clear i'm here for the same reason you are.... to get away from it all." he responded quietly almost as if he didn't want me to hear it.
"I wanna leave this stupid town and go somewhere- anywhere else. There's nothing here for me." he added a little louder than his voice beforehand.
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And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones.
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs
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"So where do you plan on going?" he asked,
"I- well I'm actually not sure" i responded quickly embarrassed that i had not thought of that beforehand.
He chuckled and for the first time that night we made eye contact, it felt like a thousand drums started beating in my chest all at the same time.
"Well then Ciana" he started "Would you like to run away with me?"he asked.
My head wasn't thinking straight, i didn't want to get attached but i couldn't help it, my heart was screaming at me, i could hear the blood rushing to my ears as i gave him a nod.My mouth failing me.
And for the first time in years i felt a feeling of happiness arise in me.
....................Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong.....
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He started the car switching on the radio.
I smiled as i looked out of the window to see the scenery and saw the Thank you for coming to Wallowdale!
We had left but i had a feeling plague the back of my mind....this wasn't the last time i was going to see my family.
We drove for what felt like 20 minutes and ended up in front of a bowling alley.
"What are we doing here?" i asked slightly panicking.
He reached for my hand to comfort me and said "We're here to get to know each other better come on let's go!"
We walked in hand in hand and i spotted a boy and a girl who looked the same age as us and i nudged Adrien to point them out to him, he looked and it was as if they could feel our gaze; both of the snapped their heads towards us and i gripped tighter onto Adrien's hand.
The girl started to walk in our direction and abruptly stopped in front of our lane."Hi" i said quietly she responded with a nod and asked us "What are you doing here?" Adrien cut in "we're only here for a little while, you should get back to your boyfriend." The boy she was with walked over to us "Ana chill, they look our age; I'm Dante.... You?"he asked as he put his hand out. "I'm Ciana." i responded. The girl said "Well i'm Anastasia, sorry for being rude earlier it's just that we've never seen you here before."
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We are the reckless
We are the wild youth
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"Well we were just passing through." Adrien said. Dante quickly responded "Are you guys runaways too? Because you guys look a little young to be married." "Too?" i asked "Yeah we needed to get a break from everything but we're kinda stranded here since we've only got money for food."Anastasia stated. I remember the massive wad of money i had stolen from my parents and instantly felt guilty so i looked to Adrien almost pleading to let them come with us, he nodded and said "Well if you want you could join us, i have a car." Their faces lit up and they nodded thanking Adrien and I. So they packed up their stuff and we all went to the car. "Where to?" Adrien asked. But none of us had an answer we didn't know where we wanted to go,All of us clearly not thinking we would have made it this far into our journey without turning back or having second thoughts.No final destination in mind but at least now we all had each other. I looked back at the bowling alley one last tim to see it in all it's beauty, the neon lights contrasting the dark night sky. The car left the bowling alley car park and we started driving down a dark road with only the woods surrounding us. Everything looked more beautiful because we were doomed.We would never be lovelier than we were then. We would never be here again.
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Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
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Fearless boys,Broken Girls;tell me what it's like for you all to burn together.....
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Wild Youth
Teen FictionI'm just the silhouette of a lifeless face that you'll soon forget Runaways in search of the fulfilment they never felt. When their paths cross do they stick together..... Read to find out more🌱