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-White Cloud Dreamer
CHAPTER ONE -PLANNING-
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE TRY, ATSOME POINT WE MUST FAIL.ONCE THAT POINT IS REACHED THEN YOU MUST SUCCEED! -ANONYMOUS
ALLYSON'S POINT OF VIEW
"Drea, we have to get out of here. We can't sit here and do nothing. I don't want to waste what's left of my childhood here in this godforsaken place. We're not allowed to leave before we're eighteen! Eighteen!" I wasn't going to wait any longer. I had lived in this here since I was young and I have had enough of it. I am leaving with or without my best friends. Life without them would be nothing, but living here with them still would be nothing.
"Please, Dray, please. Don't make me go alone." When I begged her it normally did the trick but then again, this wasn't something to take lightly.
"Ally, are you thinking clearly, I mean, we could get in serious trouble if we get caught." She showed worry all over her face and yet I could see that she was considering this.
"Alexandreana," I pronounced her name fully to show this was a serious matter and that I didn't plan on backing down. "I will take care of you if you come with me, I promise." I took her hand in mine and looked at her eyes.
"What happens to Carrie, I mean, we can't just leave her here." She looked over at one of our numerous sleeping room mate. Carrie was beautiful but she was a wreck right now. Her waist length thick brown hair was in disarray and her pajamas looked terrible, definitely not something someone with her looks should be wearing. All though even through all of that she was still beautiful and I saw peace written all over her face as she slept.
"We aren't leaving anyone, Dray. Not a one of my friends are going to be left here if I can help it. Carrie agreed that she will go. Her words were 'Tell me when and where and I'll be there'." I couldn't help but laugh as I remembered my friends voice and laugh when I first began discussing the runaway with her.
"Well, then what happens to David and Dawson? Have you talked to them too?" I just watched as my friends big green eyes looked my face over and over again searching for fear; but there was none to find.
"Dray, relax I told you everyone is game; everyone except for you." I gave her the puppy dog eyes. "Please don't make me leave without you, I will never be the same if I have to leave you knowing that I will never see you again." I began to cry as I imagined leaving her behind.
"Please don't cry, Ally. I will come, how could I let you go and live life, while I'm stuck here laying on hard sheets and eating cold food." She raised a hand and wiped my tear away with her thumb. "There, all better." She threw on a quick smile and rose to go back to her bed.
"When do we leave?" She questioned as another grin appeared, taking place where the old one once was. I stood and gave her a huge hug. When I lost my parents I came here not knowing anyone. I cried myself to sleep many nights, and it was Carrie and Drea that were always there comforting me and telling me they would always be with me. They were all I had other than David and Dawson, but still they were closer than the boys ever could be.
"Dawn." A smirk rose on my own face as I saw her mouth gape open. I couldn't help but let out a quiet chuckle.
"What? Dawn as in a few hours from now?" If it had been possible her mouth would be resting on the floor.
"Yes, as in a few hours from now. Which means to be ready. I'm not even going to bother going to bed, it isn't that long until the we get up again anyways." I propped myself up on the wall with a flimsy pillow behind my back. "Care to join me?"
"Your just now telling me this? Well, how do you plan on getting us out of here anyways." She stuck her hands on her hips obviously thinking this was impossible. Did she not know me better than to think that I wouldn't have a plan.
"Well if you must know, you are what's going to get us out." I smiled in her direction.
"What? Why me?" She acted as if I had uttered some foul word that was never meant for a human mouth to speak.
"Well, you are the smallest and the lightest of us all. So you will be going into Farley's room to retrieve the key that will get us out that window" I pointed to the old, dusty window that sat in the middle of our wall. "and into the free world." It made me sigh just thinking about how wonderful it will be to for once get outside of these brick walls.
I heard her gulp. "So what would happen if I, oh, say decide not to go and to keep my butt right here in these hard, crusty sheets?" I laughed at how stupid she was being.
"Well, then we would just have to send Dawson in your place. Although, I can't say I wouldn't miss you." I told her while giving her the puppy eyes again.
"Oh, fine, be that way. Where does she keep it?" She let out a sigh in defeat and then gasped for air as I gathered her up in a air-strickened hug.
"She keeps it in her dresser. It's in the very top drawer in a little pouch. She keeps it in the back under all her underwear. Sorry you have to see all that." We both simultaneously stuck out our tongues and cringed.
"I'm sure you are. So you were the one that was going threw her drawers." She gave a snort. "And she thought it was one of the older boys." We both began laughing at the memory but tried to muffle the laughter to keep from waking the other girls. Unfortunately there was to be six to a room. Which meant we were going to have to be extra quiet to keep from waking them.
"You know Dray if you wanted to go now, it would probably be better than to wait until the others are here and waiting. I could go a head and get Carrie up and put what we need to take together." I gave a pathetic smile and looked up from under my eyelashes to stare at her. "Please."
"Fine." With that said she turned around and walked over to the door. Drea carefully opened the door, and began to walk down the stairs to get to Farley's room. A chill ran up my spine as I thought what would await us if we were caught.
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ALEXANDREANA'S POINT OF VIEW
I took the stairs one at a time. Each stair had a creak but the sound to each was different. The walls were dark so I had a hard time seeing where I was going. Lights were to be off at eight o'clock, but even then it was not very bright. I had always liked the dark, but when just dark turned into a never-ending abyss it terrified me. Carrie was the one that was normally there when I got over whelmed by the dark and would comfort me. She would comfort me the way we comforted Allyson all those years ago.
When I finally saw a flicker of light I noticed that it came from under the door of Farley's bedroom. If there was ever a woman to hate; it was Farley. She was always mean to us and never forgot to remind us that we had no one that cared about us. That we were losers who didn't belong anywhere in the world. Truth was, she was the one that had no one. I had four people that I could call family. I had four people that loved me for who I was and would never desert me. I thanked God every night for giving such people.
I think the light I had seen earlier was a candle because every now and then light would grow larger or smaller. As if it were coming closer or going farther away. At first it scared me and caused me to hide, but as I watched I noticed a pattern had formed.
I tested the knob. It made what I'm sure was a tiny creak but sounded much louder to my ears. I cringed when the noise was made and waited to see if I woken the old hag. No noise other than her annoying snoring so I assumed that no one had woken. I push the door open a crack and peered in. I saw the dresser that I held the key to our freedom.
I tried to make as little noise as possible as I tip-toed across the room and over to where the dresser stood. I looked around and pulled out the drawer.
"Disgusting!" I told myself and made the same face Allyson and I had made when we first discussed this. I reached into retrieve the key and found the pouch. I grasp it in my hand and held on tight. Taking great care to be quiet I pushed the drawer back to it's original spot and quickly made my exit. As I shut the door it made a louder creak and I ran on the other side of the wall to hide. I could hear her footsteps as she rose and began walking around her room. I had to get up stairs before she saw me.
I went as fast as I could up the stairs taking them two at a time but still trying to keep quiet. When I was at the top I hustled in fell on my bed.
"Well, how did we do?" Carrie asked eyes wide and lip trembling.
"You tell me." I told her holding my arm out with the pouch in hand.
"You got it!" She looked so happy. When she smiled it was beautiful, she had always had perfect teeth and it made me happy to know that I was the one that put that smile on her face.
"Good job Dray, I knew you could do it." Allyson responded while leaning over and patted my back. When she did so her long, gold hair fell over her shoulder like a drape to cover her face.
"Stupid hair." She stood straight up and let her hair fall down her back behind her shoulders. "Oh, but look what I snagged from Farley the other night." Allyson held up a rubber band.
"You suck." I stuck out my tongue like a child and crossed my arms. I began to pout.
"If you want it that bad, you can have it." She tossed me the hair tie and I gratefully caught it.
"Thanks" I told her gathering the thick mess I called hair and tied it in a knot on top of my head.
"No problem, I figured you would want it more than I would." She laughed because we all knew that she never used the things to begin with. Her hair was always perfectly straight while mine, still long was very thick but was full of curls.
"So, what are we waiting for?" Carrie was growing impatient. I think she was ready to be rid of this place just like the rest of us.
"David and Dawson. They should be here soon and if they're not, we'll be going after them." Allyson's mouth curved back into a wicked smile.
"We can't go to the boy's rooms. We'd be in so much trouble that…" Allyson cut her off.
"We won't be here to get into trouble." Once the words were out of her mouth she and Carrie began to get a coy smile on our faces.
"No please don't make me go back down there. I barely got back up here the last time." I really didn't want to do it again.
"Well, would you like to sit here in the dark by yourself while we go and get them and then make us come back across the hall and up the stairs putting ourselves in more risk?" She had a point and this kind of dark never had been my friend.
"Oh, fine." I pouted like before even though we all knew I was not going to be left alone.
After that we sat on what was for now Allyson's bed for Lord knows how long. Just sitting, reveling in the quiet. No noise was made other than the occasional snore of our other roommates and the deep breathing I kept doing to prepare myself for what was coming next.