Skyla was running faster then she had ever run before, the trees along side her were mearly blurs and the gravel was barely felt beneath her feet. what was she running from? a darkness ingulfing her life is what. she turns the corner and runs straight into the cheast of the one thing she was avoiding. a big burly man about 6 ft tall with near black eyes and long black hair. her stepfather. he looks straight at her, his temple bulging and hate shining in his eyes. he grabs her wrist so tight it could break and drags her kicking and screaming back into the house.
Hearing her door slam shut she knew he was gone so she looked into the mirror to see a welt on her cheek and her lip bleeding. " atleast this isn't the worst hes done.." she thought to herself. looking down she saw a picture sitting on her mantle, of a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and clear blue eyes. how skyla longed for her mother back. her mother died 3 years previous. when it all started, the docters could only say that cancer is what killed her but they wern't sure what type. tears were falling from her cheeks when she awoke from her memorys, it was 7 am, she had to be ready for school in half an hour or he would be mad.
dressed and ready she walked down stairs for breakfast. the house was empty so he must have been out the back. after her bowl of fruit loops she walked out front and waited by the car for the long, quiet drive to school.
watching the dust of the dirt road fly by her window she wished for a new life, one with happiness and no constent fear of pissing anyone off, with no fear of hearing footsteps coming up the stairs. Skyla heard a voice in the background and quickly snapped back to the real world, she turned to see her stepdad looking at her awaiting an answer. she quickly recoverd and asked him to repeat himself. he sighed and said " you deaf twat. i said im not picking you up this-afternoon so make your own way home. i have plans with some guys from work." he looked forward to cheak the road and continued with " and remember, one move wrong and i will find you. i expect you to be home by 5:30 at the latest. understood?" with a nod and a yes sir she planned her new escape plan.
As she walked into class she felt a bang as she fell to the ground, opening her eyes to see her bestfriend of 5 years ontop of her laughing in her face, " hello misseh" skyla laughed back " hey anne miss me?" " definatly" replyed anne, they got up and left to class. god she hated class. halfway through class she turned to anne and poked her in the arm " what?" skyla handed anne a note saying "i'm getting away, today. come with me?"anne looked up with a look of concern and bent down to write a reply saying " are you sure? i mean look what he did to you thismorning. but becouse i love ya, ill come"