ONCE WE GOT OFF THE BUS WE BOTH HAD TAKEN TH E SAME AMOUNT OF NAPS. EVERY TEN MINUTES YOU GET UP AND MAKE SURE WE DO NOT PASS OUR STATION. THE ONLY REASON WE WERE EVEN GOING TO THE GAS STATION WAS BECAUSE THERE WE CAN GET CHEAP FOOD, CHEAP DRINKS, AND CHEAP SUPPLIES. WHEN WE GOT OFF WE ASKED IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE MAP THE DRIVER HAD. THE DRIVER SAID NO BECAUSE HE WANTED A TIP. HE SAID I HAD ALREADY GAVE YOU A RIDE TO THE STATION, YOU DROWLED ALL OVER MY BUS SEATS, YOU ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE EVERY FIVE MINUTES AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU MY MAP. THEN HE MADE THE MONEY FINGERS. WHEN YOU MOVE TWO FINGERS TOGETHER TO ASK FOR CHANGE OR A TIP. WE JUST LOOKED AT HIM WITH WIDE EYES AND TURNED AND WALKED AWAY. WE WALKED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LIGHTS.
WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO THE LIGHTS WE DID NOT SEE A GAS STATION. THE GAS STATION WAS 5 MILES BEHIND. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE A TRAIL DOWN THE DIRT PATH THROUGH THE DESERT. WHEN WE TURNED I REMEBERED WHEN I WAS LITTLE, THERE WAS A SIGHN THAT SAID LOOK OUT FOR SNAPPING TURTLES WHEN WE WHENT CAMPING. GOSH I WAS SO SCARED I CAMPED IN THE CAR WHILE THEY WERE IN TENTS. JAMIE AND I HAD BOTH NOT WANTED TO GO WHEN IT WAS DARK.
WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO THE LIGHTS WE SAW A CITY. WE DIDNT KNOW IF IT WAS ONE OF THOSE POP CITIES OR AN ACUAL CITY. WE WONDERED UNTIL WE SAW A ONE DOLLAR STORE. WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND PRAYED BECAUSE WE KNEW LORD KEPT US FROM GOING THROUGH THE DESERT AND GETTING SCARED HE LED US TO AN ONE DOLLAR STORE. WE GOT DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND CALMED OUR SELVES. WE WALKED IN, IN AN OLDERY FASHION. JAMIE LOOKED FOR FOOD WHILE I LOOKED FOR DRINKS. WE MET EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE. WE BOTH DECIDED AGAIN JAMIE WOULD LOOK FOR BLANKETS AND I WOULD LOOK FOR PILLOWS. WE WERE RUNING ZOOMING PAST EACH WE EVEN BUMPED IN TO A FEW PEOPLE. YOU COULD CALL US CHILDEREN. WHEN WE LEFT WE BOTH USED MONEY TO BUY THE SUPPLIES. WE LEFT NOT EVEN KNOWING WHAT DIRECTION WE WERE GOING. SOON, WE GOT TIRED OF WALKING AND SAT DOWN. "TAKE TURNS. YOU WHENT FIRST TIME ON THE BUS, SO I GO FIRST NOW." I TOLD JAMIE. WE BOTH HAD AN EQUALL TIME OF SLEEPING. WHEN WE AWOKE WE DID THE SAME THING. WE WALKED AND WALKED AND HAD NO IDEA WHERE WE WERE GOING. WHEN WE SNAPPED OUT OF IT WE ASKED EACH OTHER THE SAME THING " WHAT DO WE DO NOW?''
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A Long Road Home
AdventureJAMIE AND I ALWAYS ASK EACH OTHER WHY DID WE RUN AWAY IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE BOTH BARELY HAD JOBS AND MONEY. WE WALK DAY AND NIGHT HOPPING WE WOULD BE FOUND. FINALLY OUR HOPES COME TRUE WELL, I MEAN, OUR WAY HOME FROM THIS LONG ROAD HOME.
