indigo has been struggling almost all her life, from living in temporary homes to sometimes not living in one at all. she hated this lifestyle and wanted so badly to do something to make it change , but where would she start? when indigo runs away f...
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FLASHBACK || 16 YEARS OLD.
i stared at the ceiling. i have gotta get out of here. 3 whole years in this hell hole, i've been in more houses than i could ever imagine. some of the people were really nice, some were really mean. they either sent me back to the group home or i either ran away. but today , today was the day i was officially running away from this place. i can't take it anymore. jaylee, star and ibria were all coming with me .. we just had to wait until the perfect time.
lunch time . || 1:45 p.m.
me, ibria, star and jaylee walked into the lunchroom, grabbing a plate and walking through the line getting our food. while making our way over to our regular spot. i could feel eyes staring me down from across the room, i looked up and they were none other than khalil. i mentally rolled my eyes and sat down , continuing to talk to my friends.
" so i was thinking that we wait in the gym , until they lock the bedrooms and we could jump the wall. unless someone else has a different plan. " jaylee said , looking around for our responses.
" or we could just use the back door , that's in our bedroom. you know it leads right out to the highway. " i stated, eating my pineapples. everyone nodded, our plan was set.
later that night . || 7:54 p.m.
they had already locked our bedrooms and they don't check on us again until morning. so we were set, we had all our bags packed and were ready.
" alright , let's go. " we all walked to the back of our room opening the door that led out to the highway, realizing that the alarm didn't go off, which means they hadn't set it yet. so we quickly closed to door back and ran out and walked on the side of the highway, crossing the street.
we tried flagging people down , to see if someone would be generous enough to give us a ride. about an hour passed before ibria finally flagged down someone. we opened the door, asking for a ride. it was a cute boy. he looked around 17. he agreed. so we all piled in. jaylee, star and bria got in the back and i got in the front.
" so where y'all heading too? " i looked over at him for a second before looking back out the window i was previously looking out of.
" miami , florida . " i stated dryly.
" ah cool , i'm on my way to broward co. so this works out perfectly. i'm malik by the way. " i nodded slightly while jay, bria and star introduced themselves.
" that's indigo , she's a little stuck up. so please excuse her. " i rolled my eyes at star's comment, but didn't say anything. i quickly dozed off , falling asleep.
the next day. || 8:15 a.m.
i felt a slight tap on my shoulder. i sat up quickly , but relaxed when i remembered about last night. i looked around noticing we were in florida the sign read " fort lauderdale. " we had about 40 minutes before we were in miami.
i looked back noticing the girls were sleep, except for star. she must've been the one to tap me. " where's malik? " i asked and she pointed outside, and i looked out seeing him getting gas. i nodded and pulled out my phone, unlocking it with my fingerprint. i texted my cousin bianca and let her know we were almost there.
to bia bitch. 🌸
we almost there , give us 40 mins.
i hear a ding coming from my phone as malik got back in the car pulling off indicating bianca texted back. i looked at my lock screen seeing the message read.
from ; bia bitch. 🌸
' it'll be unlocked , 4th floor , room 4b. '
forty-five minutes later.
we pull up to my cousins condo and thanked malik. he had put his number in my phone, so i let him know i'll keep in contact. we grab our bags and head up to the 4th floor , and stop in front of my cousins door.
i turned the knob realizing it was locked. ' lyin' ass. ' i thought to myself.
" ayo' biaaanca , come open the dooor. your favorite cousinnn is hereee! " i yell and instantly hear mini footsteps running to the door and the door opens revealing bianca's 4 year old daughter emilia. i pick her up and kiss her cheek.
" emi , what did i tell you about opening doors- " bianca stops mid-sentence before screaming and running over and tackling me with hugs.
i laughed softly , before bianca pulled away and started examining me.
" i'm finee bia , movee. " i pushed her aside, still holding lia while walking into her condo and gasping at how beautiful it was. i can't believe she's been living like this and i didn't ask to move in with her sooner.
" you like it? it has 3 bedrooms , so you guys are gonna have to share rooms. but other than that make y'all selves at home. me and emilia are gonna run to the store to get some snacks for y'all so , indi send me a list and i gotchu. but i wanna let y'all know , you gotta get a job. this rent aint cheap and imma need some help. " we all nodded.
still admiring her place. i put lia down and watched her run over to bianca. we walked around before claiming our rooms. me and star were gonna sleep together and ibria and jaylee were gonna have a room together.
i sent bia the list of snacks we wanted and we finally got settled in an hour later.
i hope this turns out good for us, we all need a fresh new start. and being here with bianca i think will be exactly what we need , but mainly what i need. so miami , get ready.
thereee ya' go , this chapter was a little harder to put together , but i like it so yeah. don't forget to like , comment and leave feedback. don't be afraid to give constructive criticism. i need it sometimes. thanks for reading though! - khalia.
