Running Away

                                    

                                          
The night when I met Dwayne was a night I will never forget. Not only for meeting Dwayne, but for another, more unsavory, reason. Earlier that evening I ran away from home because my parents decided to bombard me with news that I wasn't expecting and honestly something that they never spoke to me about. They told me that we were going to move out of state for my dad's job once that summer came to an end. As you can imagine, I didn't take that very well. I love Santa Carla, and even though my parents weren't the biggest fan of me going to the boardwalk all the time, especially at night, since the place was notorious for disappearances and people going missing.I just thought it was some random teens just running off and would turn up in a few days, but that never seemed to happen. Even with the disappearances of people and the missing posters signs that just seemed to be piling up on all the bulletin boards around the boardwalk, just to be covered by someone else, it seemed like home to me, like I truly belonged there. So it seems like that my parents come to the boardwalk every month  hoping to spread the word of my "disappearance" and hoping to once day see my face amongst the crowd. Don't get me wrong, I didn't have the worst family life, I got along with my mother just fine. It was my father that I didn't really get along with, nor did I like him too much since he was a drunk and usually took his anger out on me, or my mother. I'd prefer he'd do it to me so my mom wouldn't have to endure all the pain. I started freaking out a bit when they started heading closer to us, it didn't seem like they noticed me yet. I pulled Dwayne's hand and brought him closer to me , I whispered amongst the noise and screams of excitement of the boardwalk "I see my parents up ahead, we have to go the other way before they see me." Dwayne had a look of concern on his face when he pulled me with him and whispered to David. David turned around and told Dwayne "Get her the hell out of here before they notice her." His voice was smooth and authoritative as it always is, so I couldn't tell if he was worried or not. But he seemed the type to always keep cool. Dwayne gripped my hand tightly and started to pull me in the opposite direction when I heard " Sylvia, wait!" At that moment I wanted to just start running, so that's what Dwayne and I did. I knew they wouldn't stop trying to look for me now that they have seen me and have hope that they can get me back home. I didn't want to be caught, I  definitely didn't want to go back home. The boys and Dwayne are my family, and they have brought me happiness that I haven't felt in years in my own house with my parents.  I know I had to get away, with me being a vampire and all, I wouldn't be able to go with them anyways. Try explaining why I hate the sunlight and never want to go outside, or why I don't eat much anymore. Dwayne and I were pushing through the crowd of people, trying to get away and out of sight from my parents. I'm assuming that David took Marko and Paul to try to keep them distracted as much as they could so we could get away. I looked back and I saw my parents further back, but now I see a few security guards with them now. It did seem like they were starting to get winded and slowing down quite a bit. Dwayne and I managed to get back to his bike and we drove off. Guess I would have to leave my bike here for the meantime till this all calmed down. We were now at Hudson's Bluff, right where the entrance to our cave was at. I took a look around and didn't see anyone tailing us, thank god we live in a pretty remote area. A place that one definitely needs to to their way around to get out here, lots of twists and turns  that one could easily get lost. Once we got back into the cave my I couldn't keep still.. my mind was racing with all the things that could happen to us now. Will they force me to go back home with my parents even though I chose to stay with the boys? They saw I was with Dwayne, will he be thrown in jail with the rest of the boys for "kidnapping" me? My mind just couldn't slow down I didn't even realize I've been pacing to the point there's a little ditch where I've been walking. Dwayne stood up and got right in front of me so I would stop in my tracks. "I need you to relax just a little bit, I know you're worried but I don't want you to make yourself sick over this." Dwayne told me. I just couldn't get the thought of me being taken away from Dwayne out of my head, just even being away from him for a period of time just makes me feel queasy. " They just saw their daughter for the first time in a year since I ran away. They saw me with all of you. They know that I'm still in town, they're not going to stop looking for me. They now have the hope again of finding me and bringing me home. They are going to check the surrounding areas, I can't just relax Dwayne, they won't stop until I found." I told him while tears started welling in my eyes. He just grabbed me and pulled me into a hug, my tears starting falling and there was no stopping them. I didn't want to go back with my parents. This has been the best year of my life, the happiest I've been in a long time. The boys were my family, they never forced me to do anything I didn't want to, they listen to me if I have a problem, they communicate with me about everything that involves all of us. We stick together and have each others backs, something I never really felt in my own home. Dwayne was still holding me when David, Marlo, and Paul all flew into the cave. We all sat around the main area of the cave when David started speaking. "So clearly, as we all know Sylvia has been spotted, and by her own parents of all people." We all just sat there in thought when David continued " So this means we're going to have to lay low for a while. That's means no going out to the boardwalk for a few days, probably weeks, depending how long they'll keep looking. So Sylvia, the boys and I will go to the boardwalk one of us at a time, each night to keep a look out and survey the area." I just nodded.The guys all looked disappointed but they knew it was for my safety. After all of that the sun was about to rise in a couple of hours we all started going to our rooms but Dwayne stayed behind so he could talk to me. Dwayne said "I'm sorry for what happened tonight." I looked up at him and said "It's not your fault. You couldn't have possibly known that my parents were going to be there." He looked at me and kissed me then we both went to bed because tomorrow is going to be a dangerous,
crazy day.