OKAY! New story.

It's been a while, but please dont shun me for being too lazy to update Day to Day Stays the Same. Dont worry i will ASAP! (:

Anyways i got an idea for this story and i HAD to start it, im kinda basing it off how im feeling right now, its tough ya know?

IM A VERY DEEP PERSON! :D teehee

okay forget that, but Vampire Weekend Contra RUN will be helping me write this, along with other songs off that album (:

ONWARD!!!!!! to nowhereland!


Dear Mom and Dad,

I love you, so much, dont ever think that i dont.

Im not running because of you, im running because of me. Im tired of playing this game, pretending and trying to be what sounds right. It's tiring, and im worn out.

Im smart, you know im a good student, of course since the lowest grade ive gotten ever was like a C-, so dont worry that i'll make a bad choice by myself.

Hopefully i wont be by myself for too long, i just cant my self that Ive been pretending to be. You can understand that, hopefully.

You don't need to look for me, you don't need to call. If you call i will ignore you. Understand, you need to set me free. (:

I love you, don't forget that.

Namine

I finished the letter signing my name.

I meant every word i said. I cant pretend. Im tired of this game.

Thats why i stand in my room, rolling up my brothers old leather jacket sleeves, much too large for me, and pack my suitcase.

Checklist.

Camera. Check.

Socks. Check.

Mints. Check.

Sketchpad. Check.

Blue little battered radio. Check

I zipper the black, rolling suitcase. It's covered with stickers from everywhere my family has traveled. Italy, Canada, Japan, Australia, Chile. Name it, we've been there.

Though i dont feel like talking much about my family, so lets pretend we've been friends for 4 years and 2 months now.

I leave the note on the kitchen table, tip-toe across the living room. Careful not to jingle the house keys, i turn the doorknob and shut the door closely behind me. I stash my keys in the jacket pocket, and walk down the street, rolling my suitcase lazily behind me.

This is the twelfth time i've run away. The first 8, were just when i had fights with my parents or brothers, i would run down the street, through neighbors yards, and hide out in the old convenience store. I was about 7 then, when i first started running. Everyone in town knew me. I was known for running. But i never ran like this.

Looking down at my old creme colored muddy converse, ive had them for a few years now, i think back to the first time i ran.

"NO!" I screamed. I didn't want to go to the dentist. NEVER!!!!!

I bolted down the street, staring at my new creme colored converse. Listening to the sound of the wind as i felt the ground on my feet. These shoes have no support.

I didnt really know where i was going, i was just going. Truth be told i just dont want to go to the dentist.

I jumped over my neighbors fence, through their bushes, past their barking dog, i had to get away.

Odd, i feel a slight joy from this. I closed my eyes, and ran as hard as i could as i heard my brother and my parents running after me from the road. But i was too fast for them.

I hit a wall, but the door opened and i feel in on my side, scraping my knee on the plastic "tile" flooring. I quickly jumped up, and looked around to find i was standing in the old convenience store. I walked towards the front counter.

"Hello honey where are your parents?" Said the woman from behind the counter. I was silent, just gazing around. Who knew i would be so amazed by the old store ive been in millions of times, i guess you just dont notice these things.

"Honey?" The woman said again, but i was too bemused by the various chips, candys, and sodas stacked on the shelves. The slushy machines turned red and blue ice around in different circles. The clock sitting on the wall ticked, and rang a beautiful noise, indicating it was 3 o'clock. I should've been at the dentist 15 minutes ago..

"Here let me get you a band-aid." The women said, bending down to get whatever she said she needed...I wasnt paying attention. I stared at the counter aimlessly waiting, listening to hear muffled curses as she dropped and squished the antibiotic cream, making a mess on the floor.

"Let me go get a mop.." She said rushing to the back room, closing the door hastily behind her. My eyes followed her every move, then back to the counter.

A strange boy with fire red hair sat on the counter. Funny, i hadn't noticed him before. He was wearing all black, and sweatbands.

"Hey!" He said, grinning.

"Hello.." I replied shyly..this kid was cool, unlike the other kids at my school who were just plain weird.. I didnt understand them..i mean, whats an UGG?

"You like tricks?" He asked, amused by something in his hand.

"Uhh sure..?" I smiled.

"Think fast!" He blurted out, and tossed a quarter at me. I caught it with ease. Confused by his actions.

"Hmm...cool kid i like you! Come back tomorrow we can play!" He sang and skipped to the back. I stood there watching him leave, then realized..

"Wait! Dont you want your quarter back?!" I yelled.

"Keep it! Tails never fails! Got it memorized?" He yelled back and walked out the back door.

"Uhh sure.." I said to no one in particular and ran home.

Of course i went back the next day. We played around the neighborhood everyday after, and sometimes in the store. I remember one time he made me drink coffee, i thought it was so gross back then. Now i drink it everyday it seems.

I smile as i flip the same coin he gave me 13 years ago. He was right, tails never fails. Stashing the coin in my pocket i walk into the store, knowing only he would be there this early.

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty. What brings you here so early? Couldn't sleep? Needed to see me?" He teased, a grin spreading across his face as he cleaned the front counter with a gray rag.

"Yea you wish. Coffee fresh this morning? Or is it the same coffee thats been sitting out there for 10 years now?" I teased back, examining a pack of twizzlers on one of the back shelves.

"It's ALWAYS fresh. Just like you!" He laughed.

"Haha very funny." I said, throwing a bag of twizzlers and a bottle of water on the counter, looking for spare change in my pocket.

"That'll be 2-"

"Yea yea i know the drill.." I said walking behind the counter and putting the money in the cash register for him, laughing. I gave him a hug from behind, he looked over at my sticker-covered suitcase.

"Namine.."

"I already have an apartment set up for me in New York.. Only 75$ a month, and im taking the bus, a train, and my feet there." I knew him too well. He's tried to stop me before, but no one can.

"How could you leave your parents behind like this?! And your brother is going to be crushed! And what about Hayner?!" He was yelling know. I hated it when he yelled, it made me yell.

"I left them a note, they're used to it. Cloud wont care...he never cared. And Hayner and i are over, that was a long time ago." The "thing" me and Hayner had was a long time ago, im over him. "Im serious about it this time Axel. I need to see the world. I cant be this person anymore."

He looked down at me, well he was a good 2 feet taller than me! Hugging me back, he kissed my forehead lightly, resting his chin on the top of my head.

We stood like that for a while, i took in his scent, i knew i wouldnt see him for a while after all.

"Then im coming with you." He said.

I was bewildered. Confused. Surprised, and a little bit happy all at the same time.

"You dont mean it...?" Axel had never been into me running away all the time..

"Meet me at the bus stop in a hour." He said, smiling menacingly down at me. "That's 5 am Namine. Dont be late." Teasing. I was always late. Even when it seemed i would be on time, i was late...I watched as Axel left through the back door, leaving me to lock up. I sat on the counter, waiting for the coffee to be ready, and thought back to the one time i almost made it on time..

Prom.

My mint dress was like a cupcake, fluffling out around me and ending just before my knees. I played with the brown satin bow tied around my waist, positioning it just right.

I wore my new pair of creme colored converse special for the occasion.

"NAMINE HURRY UP!" Cloud yelled from downstairs. I heard Axel beep from the road outside, he was my ride. I had no date, me and Hayner just broke up...so i was kinda down in the dumps. But of course Axel is forcing me to go, he said it will be fun to hang out with my friends. Lies.

"Your going to the prom and your going to like it because i dont want to deal with you in 30 years complaining that you never went to your prom." I mimicked Axel's voice as i walked downstairs and out the door.

I jumped into the passenger seat of Axels car and we drove away towards the high school.

"You look lovely tonight." He said seductively. I rolled my eyes.

"Yea yea eyes on the road hot stuff... Where's your bow tie?" I squealed.

"Bow tie?! What bow tie?! Dont you be talkin about a bow-tie!" He said confused and bewildered.

"What, are you chicken? You think girls dont like bowties? Well they do, so you better be taking notes to share with your little friends buddy." I grinned.

"Yea yea buckle your seatbelt." He laughed.

"Hang on, i've always wanted to try this." I said, standing on the carseat, i opened the sunroof and stood out, feeling the wind in my hair.

"Namine get back in here we're running into traffic."

"No its nicer out here!" I laughed.

"Fine." He closed the sunroof and i was jammed between the glass and the plastic black shiny part of the car.

"Axel!!!! Come on stop it's not funny im stuck!!!" I screamed, hoping he could hear me. Luckily he did.

"Im trying to open it the button is jammed! Way to go Namine you broke it!" He shouted back.

"WHAT I DIDNT BRAKE IT YOU PUSHED IT LAST! FIX IT YOU DUMMY!!! IM STUCK UP HERE AND WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!!!" I yelled. Traffic cause the car to stop, so Axel jumped out of the car and looked up at the position i was in.

Then he broke down laughing on the side of the road. Cars honked at us, people swore and gave us the finger, we got some weird stares, but we didnt care. I laughed along with him.

"Hi. Sorry. Hi just keep driving. Nothing to see here people just a girl stuck in a sunroof." I laughed as people passed, though what i was saying wasnt legible.

Finally a nice man pulled over and helped me out. Needless to say, we were 3 hours late. But i would've given up another prom to laugh like that again.

I beeping of the coffee machine scared me out of my thoughts. Laughing, i took the hot coffee pot, took a new mug from off the shelves (what Axel doesnt know wont bother him, since he owns the store now its not that big of a deal) and sipped my hot coffee.

I locked up the front door, walking out the back and locked that door also. Putting the keys in my pocket, sure to give them to Axel later, i walked to the bus stop. It was somewhat dark out, well it was 4:45 in the morning.

Expecting a call from Cloud any minute now, i put my phone on silent. I'm so anxious to get away from all this.

I sat down on the bench, resting my suitcase on the floor beside me. The bus will be here at 5:05..if its on time that is.

Now i think. I think over my plan. New York City. 75$ a month. Well obviously i'd get a job, and if Axel shared the apartment with me we would split it 50-50.

Maybe meet some people. You know, basic stuff at starting a new life 101.

I lay down on the cold hard ground now, hands behind my head, looking up at the bleak gray sky. A car passed every once in a while.

9 cars in 9 minutes. A car for every minute. Convenient, isnt it? When you think about it, life is convenient. It all seems to work out for you, all for the wrong reasons. Dont think about what you do, just do it. Thats my motto. My other motto is run but, you know..

"Hey kid!! What are you doing out so early?" I heard a man yell. I could feel the vibrations through the ground as he took steps closer and closer.

"Oh no! Please dont rape me!" I said in the little-girliest voice possible. The man laughed and held out a hand, which i happily took and jumped upwards.

"Your actually on time. Nice Nams." He ruffled my hair.

"All i had to do was walk down the road, dont doubt my skills old rapeist man." I took a sip of coffee. Axel leaned in closer, i raised a questioning eyebrow.

"What?" I asked.

"New mug? Nice..i wonder where you got it from.." He crossed his arms, smirking.

"Oh!" I rummaged through my pocket for the right set of keys. "Here!" I placed the stores keys in his hands.

He took them, examined them for a minute, and then, unexpectedly, threw them in the lake behind us. Tears running down his cheeks.

"I cant believe shes gone.." He cried silently.

I didnt say anything, i didnt need to say anything. I just hugged him as we waited for the bus. He was ready. I was ready. It struck me that the two of us could run.


Holy shizit!

Is it just me or are you loving this story?! (: i am.

I'll update this every so often, and i will update DaytoDay soon, i promise you guysers that.

While you read this i suggest listening to Run by Vampire Weekend on the album Contra or listening to any of their other songs on the album. It's very good and my inspiration for this story!

BTW isnt it weird to see Axel cry? Eruuuhhooo...