Hello everyone, Here's a story from myself and my best friend Kasee. It was her first story and my second. So please review it, good or bad. The following chapters will be much longer since this is just an intro let us know what you think thanks!

Tonight was the night, I know plenty of people would be upset with me but it needed to be done. I had been planning for months and hopefully it went smoothly.

I grabbed my bag that is holding all the belongings I was taking with me. On my way out I peered into my parent's room. They would wonder why I did it but in my opinion the reason was pretty clear. I'm not happy here; I haven't been for a long time.

My family was pretty typical for a town like this. The perfect marriage with two over achieving daughters but as they say nothing is as it seems. My father was having an affair with a twenty something coworker, Darcy left for Kenya to help build schools, and my mother just found out she has leukemia. Everything was falling apart; the one person who promised me that they would help me through everything cheated on me with someone I thought was my friend.

The walk to the train station was very serene. There weren't many people there but what can you expect at 2am. I looked at the train schedule and decided on Toronto because it was leaving before the others and was also farther away.

"Hi, can I get one ticket to Toronto?" I said to the man behind the window.

"Round trip or one way?" he responded.

"One way."

"You look a little young to be traveling alone; your parents know where you're going?"

I handed him the money for the ticket, grabbed it and left for the train.

There were about ten people on the train and when I came on they all looked at me. I walked past them and settled in a seat towards the back.

45 minutes later

I had fallen asleep; train was on a bit of a delay so we weren't even a quarter of the way there. I kept my eyes closed, I have no doubts about this, but I still can't believe I am actually running away from that small town. A bigger city equals bigger dreams, I am ready for this. The train came to a halt; a couple people came on, a girl that looked to be about 16 stopped right in front of me.

"Excuse me…" she said.

I didn't think she was talking to me so I ignored her.

"Hello… Is anyone sitting there?"

I slowly opened my eyes and said "Who me?"

"Yes, Can I sit there if it's empty."

"Sure, why not? What's your name?" I say.

"I'm Alli Bhandari."

"I'm Clare Edwards, How old are you?"

"I just turned 17 and I thought it was time to leave the nest… My parents were a bit of a burden. What's your story?"

I couldn't believe I had found someone with a story similar to mine… My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe I was going to tell a complete stranger my life story.

"Well I'm 17; I grew up in small down just south of here. I have an older sister and she's currently in Kenya helping build schools, my mom's really sick, and my dad's a whore… Hate to say it, but it's true."

Her face went blank. "Interesting..."

I just told her my whole story, and all she says is interesting. "Where are you headed?"

"On my way to Toronto because I am trying to get away from my previous life. It was too much to handle. My parents were always harping on me, my brother Sav was a saint and me… I am the little girl that they expect to be a saint as well."

I see her tearing up, I comfort her. "Well sounds like we kind of have similar situations. I am headed there as well… I know we just met but what if we got an apartment together. It would be easier for us…"

Her face lit up again, "That would be great."

I smiled and said "Anyone you know here in this big city?"

"Yes, Dave. He's my current boyfriend, he has a cute friend, maybe you know….."

I cut her off "No thanks."

"Are you in a relationship then?"

"No, just no set ups."

"Oh I see, well we'll see when it happens… His name is Eli Goldsworthy."

I looked at her with a blank face. "Well I'm going to nap wake me up when we get at the next stop."

Soon enough I was getting woken up. "Clare, wake up… We are going to meet Eli and Dave."

I blushed… "This better be worth it, well we are here."

We gathered our stuff, and walked off the train. "They should be meeting us here real soon, there friend Adam is coming too."

"I'd feel uncomfortable, as if I was imposing."

"No, Its fine."

A '97 Chevy Impala drove up and stopped right next to us.

"They're here…" Alli said happily.

Three guys came out of the Chevy.

"Hi Babe, Who's this?" Dave said looking at me.

"This is Clare, she is exactly like me."

"Well then, Hi Clare, a friend of Alli's is a friend of mine. This is Eli Goldsworthy and Adam Torres."

I looked at Eli, and could not help but notice his beautiful eyes, his lovely smile, his hair. It's almost as if he is perfect. I wouldn't say I liked him, or it's love at first sight, but he seems crush worthy. I think this might go well, but we'll see what happens.

Eli and I exchanged some eye contact and he smiled, I like the looks of this.