Escaped

Chapter 1 Birthday Gift

"This one?" Asked my mom as she pointed to a yellow Volkswagen. It is my 18th birthday tomorrow and so my very generous mother and father decided to take me out and get a car. None of us in our family use the same cars that we used…before. After "The Incident" we can never be too careful about our safety. We have already had about two giant guys come and hunt us down. I know that we didn't do anything. It was merely an accident/coincidence that we happen to see what we saw

I don't know, sometimes I still think that we are being watched…well not really "watched" as much as followed. Do you ever get that feeling? Well when you are with my family and me, you can get pretty paranoid. In fact, we got so paranoid, that we completely changed our names and appearance. Nobody knows where and when we left. All I know is that we moved away with no trace and no goodbyes.

I sometimes wonder if my best friend thinks about me, or even misses me. I know I miss her. We had been friends since I was three years old. Our parents had been best friends when they were kids as well. It broke my heart when my parents wouldn't let me say goodbye. We left as soon as we could, leaving everything behind. I managed to take one picture of her and me when we were both ten years of age. It used to make me laugh every time I looked at it. It looked like I was picking her nose, but I really was just getting something off of the other side of it. I was pretty mad when I found out that her mom had taken the picture then. All she said was "You'll appreciate it later. Trust me" and she was right. I really do.

"Rachel" Interrupted my mom, "I need an answer." I blinked twice coming back to reality. Right. A car. She wanted my opinion on the ugly yellow bug.

"Um" I paused, making sure it looked like I was really thinking about my answer. "No. Lets keep looking" I didn't hear an answer from my mom, so I looked over at her and she was staring at the car.

"The Volkswagens look so different nowadays." She said quietly. I wasn't even positive if she was talking to herself, or me. "I used to ride around in these kinds of cars all the time." I didn't really care so I sighed dramatically so that we could continue on. She got my message and started walking.

I found maybe two cars that I liked, but I wasn't completely sure which one that I liked best. Eventually I found the one that I really wanted. I walked up to it with deep fascination and wide eyes. I stroked my hand across the perfect and shiny gloss of the white paint. I wanted that car. I wanted it bad. I imagined myself driving around everywhere in that wonderful car.
"Mom!" I yelled out waiting for her to come. "I think I found it!" I waited and listened to the clampering of her feet slowly but surely come closer.

"Is this it?" She asked pointing at the beautiful white car. I just nodded. She laughed and right then, the manager guy person came.

"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Um yes, can you tell me what kind of car this is?" My mother replied.

"This is a brand new Toyota Prius. It has wonderful steering, air conditioning, heating, etc. It is also one of the cars that work better for the environment. "

"Oh wow. Isn't that interesting. Rachel, go look around somewhere else while I talk." I sighed and started walking away. She told me that I wouldn't be able to be there for when the price was named. My mom hates the thought of me knowing the cost of any present. Even if it is my beautiful white Prius car. I was extremely excited, and just couldn't take my eyes off of it. It looks expensive.

Normally my family would never in our lifetime be able to afford this kind of thing. But since my dad found a wonderful paying job for his bachelor's degree, we have been doing well. I don't know why he didn't get a better job at our old house. Oh well, that was my old life. The life that hopefully nobody knows is supposed to me mine.

It was getting dark so I just sat down on one of the benches nearby. I was pretty glad that I was prepared and brought a book. I took it out and opened up to page 316. I am almost done with this book, but it is so good, that you don't want it to end. Do you know what I mean? I didn't think that I would be able to handle my excitement and read, but immediately after opening that book, I was lost into the words.

It was probably about forty minutes later when my mom finally came back. She was holding some keys and was smiling. Big. My heart probably jumped out of my chest and back two times…and maybe even skipped a beat before I was able to get up and run to her. She handed me the keys and said, "You drive, and I will follow." With a huge grin, I grabbed the keys as fast as I could and ran to my car.