Escape

Friends

I smiled to myself as I heard my mum shout ‘Isabella-Aimee Vang you open that door right now otherwise Simon will come and knock that door down and take the lock off so you get no privacy at all!’ I ran swiftly down our drive and headed towards school.

When I arrived at school I ran straight to my form room where my two best friends were waiting for me Stella and Chris. I have known Chris since the minute I was born. He is 3 months older than me and my mum and his mum were best friends but his mum doesn’t like Simon either and she thinks my mum was wrong for going out with Simon two weeks after my dad died; so now they don’t really talk. I’ve known Stella since I was ten my mum and her mum are friends they talk a lot and even meet up. Stella’s mum is called Sienna and her dad is called Harry. Chris’s mum is called Verity and his dad is called Jack.

Stella’s parents are nice but they are really strict and if they knew I was running away they would tell my mum straight away also Stella tells her parents everything so I can’t tell her as much as I want to because she will tell them and they will tell my parents. Chris’s parents are nice, cool and everything every child wants as their parents. That made my decision a whole lot easier; I would ask Chris if I could go to his house for the night until I decided what to do next.

Luckily next lesson I was with Chris and not Stella because I felt really bad not being able to tell her. When Stella left I turned to Chris and whispered ‘hey Chris can I ask you something but you cannot tell anyone?’ Chris looked confused but answered ‘yeah sure’ he didn’t sound so sure but I explained what happened this morning and asked him if I could stay for one night until I sorted out what to do. He smiled and agreed that it would be better not to go back tonight because my mum would be so annoyed.

When school finished Chris and I walked to meet his mum I was surprised because she didn’t seem the slightest bit shocked that I was there. Chris looked at me and saw the worried expression I must have had on my face and gave me a hug and said ‘don’t worry I explained and she agrees but she also said that your mum will shout anyway next time you see her; she also says you can stay as long as you want.

I got in the car and we went to Chris's house we went straight up to his room I have been to his house loads but today it just feels really strange being there without my mum knowing. We sat and did all our homework together and laughed, and then his mum called us downstairs for tea. We sat with his mum it seemed strange because I normally have to sit by myself and cook my own tea. When the phone rang I was really worried that it would be my mum but it was only someone selling something; they do that all the time at our house it can be so annoying.

Later that night we went upstairs and I got out my blanket and laid down they had a guest room so I slept in there. After laying there for about an hour I heard Chris's dad bringing Florence home. Florence is Chris's little sister she is ten; four years younger than us. I couldn’t get to sleep I was so worried about what would happen when and if I went home. I crept out of the room and knocked on Chris's bedroom door. I could hear he was awake and I heard him creep towards the door. He opened the door and we shuffled inside. We both sat on his bed and he asked me what was up. ‘I can’t sleep’ I said ‘I keep thinking about what my mums gonna say to me’. He looked at me and grimaced. I asked him what was wrong. ‘Why?’ he asked thinking I couldn’t tell when my own friend was upset ‘ok I’m worried about you’ he admitted.

I asked why and he told me that my mum had been round to the house and asked if they had seen me. He said they all told my mum that they hadn’t seen me. ‘I didn’t tell you before because I didn’t want you to worry’ he said. ‘Oh and she also added before you left that when you get home she's going to kill you; but she didn’t say it as nicely as that’ he added. I thought about all my options and decided that tomorrow night I would have to go home but for now I would try and forget. I curled up on top of Chris's duvet and laid next to him. I fell asleep listening to the sound of him breathing and woke up to the sound of him getting out of the shower.

‘Morning, how you feeling?’ he asked as soon as he saw I was awake. I just looked at him and smiled, I couldn’t describe how I was feeling. I was worried, scared, anxious and feeling slightly sick at the thought of going home; but I thought to myself I had to get through school first. We walked downstairs and everyone was rushing round getting ready for work and school. I couldn’t eat anything I felt so dizzy.

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