Roadtrip

Runaway

  I looked up as my parent's screams echoed the hall.
  "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT???!!! "
   "HOW DID YOU BECOME SUCH A-"
  My Dad's yelling got interrupted.  She probably threw something... Again. There was a thud as the object hit the floor.
  I heard one of them run to the bedroom and slam the door, As I heard my Dad punch a wall I became petrified in fear that he would remember that I exist.
  'No... Never again. ' I thought.
  I opened my door just a crack to see if my parents were waiting for me there. They weren't. 
I ran to my Mom's room.  She wasn't in there,  so I was safe.  I grabbed her credit card and some money that I found under her bed.
  I ran back to my room so she didn't find me and beat the crap out of me... Again.
  As I flopped onto my bed I grabbed my phone. My hands shaking,  I pressed Messenger and hit my best friend's icon.
  My voice was quivering in fear as I whispered what my plan was.
  " Be there in 30," Jamarri said in a hushed voice.
  Jamarrri's parents are abusive too,  but his Mom is an alcoholic.
  I could hear my own heartbeat. I was counting the seconds as if he was going to show up at any moment. 
  A few minutes later I saw headlights.  He turned off his headlights.  I put the last of my stuff into my bag.
  "Catch! " I said and threw it out of the window.
  He rolled the window down a bit and caught my bag.
  "Who is that?! " My Mom yelled. Her voice muffled because she was in the living room,  which is downstairs. 
  I heard footsteps and I stepped onto the roof through my window.
  As I completely stood I heard my door slam and my Mother was standing in my room.  She walked over to the window to get me but I slammed it on her fingers.
  "AAAHHH!!!!! " She screamed in pain.
  As I did so I slipped a bit.  I was dangling off the roof.
  ' I should have taken the gym this semester. Stupid upper arm strength. " I thought.
  I looked down to the ground. It looked as far as here to Mississippi.  I let go and landed on my back with a thud. Before I could even stand up I started moving my legs,  trying to run.  I grabbed the handle of the truck. 
  Locked.
  "UNLOCK IT!!! " I screamed.
  He frantically unlocked the door. I got in and before I could even shut the door he started driving. I shut the door and my Dad came running out of the house. 
  Jamarri pulled out of the driveway and my Dad was already screaming at my Mom.
  My legs throbbed in pain because of the fall. I screamed as the adrenaline stopped coursing through my veins. I lifted my shirt up a bit to look at my back and sure enough,  it was bleeding. I looked at my BFF.
  We drove for a while, just listening to music and me wincing in pain. Finally, we found a motel.
  We signed in and went up to our room. We both brought money so we were good on that.
  I got ready for bed very quickly as I was very tired and stressed. I put on my face mask,  brushed my teeth,  took my face mask off,  took a shower,  etc,  I got into my pj's. (Short spandex shorts and a tank top).
  I checked my phone,  no notifications,  no texts from them or anything. I rummaged through my bag,  trying to locate my charger.  When I finally did,  I plugged it into the outlet by my bed and plugged the other end into my phone. I turned the lamp off and it made a click sound. I was so tired that as soon as my head hit the pillow I was asleep.
  I was having the most realistic dream,  but it was so confusing.
  It was like I couldn't walk without draining all of my energy from my body.
  My Mother was chasing me with a knife through the woods.  My Dad tackled me and tried to hold me down as I was trying to run away from them.  The knife glittered in the moonlight. Jamarri tackled my Dad.
  " RUN!! " He screamed as I stood up.  His parents were throwing empty beer bottles at him but he dodged them.
  Soon enough he caught up with me. My legs and back started hurting from the fall. I started limping and it slowed both of us down.
  Jamarri picked me up and ran with me in his arms.  I heard gunshots and Jamarri dropped me.  He was bleeding but he told me to continue without him.  When I refused to leave he screamed in frustration and pain.
  I woke up in an ocean of sweat.
  Jamarri was just coming out of the bathroom. 
  He dried his hair a bit.
  " Are you okay? " He asked.
  "Yeah,  better than I was an hour ago. Goodnight. " I said tiredly and went back to bed.
  Jamarri grabbed a pillow off the bed and slept on the floor. (There was only one bed).