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I do not own any of the characters from Life Is Strange.

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English is not my mother tongue, so my story may contain language mistakes.

I try my best.

Chapter 1

„Who cares if the stars are dead?", Rachel whispered and pulled herself tighter to Chloe. „As long as we can see them, they are real to us…right?"

"Right", Chloe answered and wrapped her arm around Rachel's lower body. Rachel grabbed Chloe's hand behind her neck. It was comfortable and it felt so…fucking normal. Just like it has been this way for years. Holding Rachel in her arm right next to her, watching the glowing stars at the ceiling, felt simply magical. Maybe one day they would be lying on Chloe's truck bed at some beach somewhere far away looking at the real stars at night.

„What a fucked up day.", Rachel stated and broke the silence between them. „Hella.", Chloe agreed with a smile and felt Rachel squeezing her hand in amusement.

„You like that word, huh?"

„Hella, yeah.", she replied, turning her head to her girl. Her nose almost touched Rachel's ear with that ice blue feather earring.

„It tickles.", Rachel said without any more precise information.

„What tickles, Amber?"

„Your breath, Price. It tickles."

„Deducted from the fact that you didn't move your head yet to escape this terrifying situation, I tend to think you like it."

„Deduction might be correct." A smile hushed over her face which was still full of wet streaks.

„Sooo…", Chloe moved her hand, glad about Rachel's smile, and gently followed the shape of Rachel's chin until she reached her ear, „What would happen if I did this?" She slightly bit Rachel's ear and earned a sharp inhale as an answer.

"Wow, there you go!", Chloe laughed. This time she received an elbow hitting her abdomen lightly.

"Chloe?"

"Rachel?"

"I am serious."

"About what?

"Let's bail. Tonight."

Chloe pulled herself up a bit to look directly into the other girl's eyes.

"What about your mum?"

"We can still search for her out there when we vanished. And we don't even know if we will find her at all. Why should we give up our plans for this? Even if my mum is still out there wanting to meet me – this is nothing which makes me want to stay home. Let's search for her, but let's bail, too, I am serious."

All of a sudden, every sign of sadness and desperation seemed disappeared. In her eyes glowed the same fire and certainty than before this... momentous dinner when they first made their escape plans.

"Rachel, you need to decide what you want to do or don't want to do. But whatever you decide, remember, I'm in. I am with you. No matter what."

"I need to leave, Chloe. For real I can't...I can't handle everything like before as if nothing ever happened. And I don't want to. So you will join me?"

"I will.", Chloe stated and gently wiped away the last traces of tears from Rachel's cheek. She closed her eyes and seemed to feel comfortable with the touch. Chloe stroke her face definitely longer than necessary. Her skin was too soft to resist.

"Last time I wanted you to escape with me to nowhere you asked for a kiss."

"Is what I hear the completely unsuspicious try to get the chance of kissing me again?"

Chloe didn't know why, but flirting with Rachel was something, she could definitely get used to.

"No, it's not.", Rachel replied and opened her eyes, "I need you to give me a proof this time. I dare you to kiss me now." She stared directly into Chloe's eyes.

Chloe didn't think a second about it. She pulled Rachel's face closer to hers and gently but assertive pressed her lips on Rachel's again.

The feeling was even more intense than the last time if this was even possible because she didn't feel insecure anymore. For the duration of this kiss, none of them thought about any of their problems. They just expressed all the love they felt for each other. A kiss made it needless to confess any of their feelings.

It took minutes until they fully separated.

"We leave tonight.", Chloe said and pulled Rachel tight against her. "Together."

Minutes after they stood up from Rachel's bed, they were ready to leave. At least Rachel packed everything useful into her travel bag, which she had missed so far before dinner. Chloe was surprised by the amount of stuff, Rachel put into a seemingly small bag. Next to clothes for at least two or three weeks, she packed her money, hygienic stuff for the two of them and some other things like the flashlight Chloe had used for the artificial sky, some lighters and – which was the most surprising – two knives she had scammed out of her father´s hunting equipment earlier this day.

"I hope we will just need to use them to sharpen our marshmallow sticks for the daily campfires.", she added while putting the knives into a small extra pocket of the bag. Chloe swallowed at this one.

"Rachel Amber and a fire? What could possibly go wrong?"

"For fuck's sake, I did not intentionally lit the whole park.", she claimed, but as she saw Chloe's smirk, her angry face softened.

"Will we share my clothes or do you need to return to your home first anyway?"

"I never feel the need to return home.", Chloe said and laughed bitterly.

"So?"

"Doesn't matter for me. But I could indeed grab a few useful things from my place before we vanish..."

"Fine. Then we make a stop at your place and pick up the truck afterward?"

"Sounds great. We can luckily sneak through the window to my room, so my mum and step-ass won't have the chance to lock us up, as I locked my room's door in wise forethought." Chloe winked and grabbed for Rachel's bag.

"You know what, Chloe? Everything was so fucked up today and my whole life is a lie and everything, but...you have no idea how happy I am we really do this. This is something I can really look forward to."

"I know exactly how you feel. Same goes for me."

"You ready?", Chloe asked. Rachel nodded and she offered Rachel her arm, which she accepted willingly.

"You gentle-nerd.", she said with a laugh in her voice.

"You know what you will tell your parents?", Chloe asked very quietly on their way down the stairs.

There was no chance for Rachel to answer as her mother just walked along directly in front of the stairs, recognizing her daughter and Chloe. She looked questioning at both of them as she hadn't expected Rachel to be this much better already.

"I will have a sleepover with Chloe tonight, mum.", she said like nothing ever happened at all this evening. Chloe admired her talent for acting even though Rachel hated doing it.

"Uh...", Rose seemed surprised for a moment, but she nodded, "Sure, maybe this is a good idea. See you tomorrow, sweetheart." She gave Rachel and Chloe a quick hug and walked into the kitchen. Chloe had to swallow at Rose's last sentence. She felt a hand grabbing for hers and Rachel pulled her with her outside into the night.

"You think I am a nerd?", Chloe asked and continued the conversation they had before. She tried to ignore this intense feeling in her stomach springing from Rachel's hand in hers. It felt so fucking good.

"A bit. I know you played with Steph and Mickey."

"Hah, speaking of that, you know what?"

"No, but I bet you are gonna tell me."

"You know me too well, Amber. Steph asked me if you were a gamer. Like...tabletop games and shit."

"Umm, why did she ask you?"

"She saw the firewalk pic of us on...where the fuck you uploaded that, whatever...she seemed to think we´re friends, so I could know that."

"We and friends? What a stupid thought.", Rachel said and they both laughed.

"No, but seriously, why did she want to know? It's not like we're even talking besides class..."

Chloe wondered if she should tell Rachel about Steph's feelings towards her. She knew Steph wasn't planning to make a move on Rachel anymore since she had talked to Chloe about it, but - fuck it – they would never ever return to that BlackHell so no Steph and awkward confrontations ever again.

"I think she wanted to know if you are open for this nerd stuff because she crushes you..."

Rachel made the same expression as back on the train when Chloe made that V-Card joke. Her eyes widened and she stared at Chloe with a face full of unbelieve.

"You aren't serious, are you?"

"I am deadly serious."

"Well...", her face calmed down, "too bad I already have a girlfriend.", she said, grabbing again for Chloe's hand which she released in shock about the Steph-thing.

"Oh yeah? But who might this be?", Chloe smirked, desperately trying to cover her inside flipping out about the fact Rachel just called her her girlfriend.

"You know...there is this one girl I somehow just met at a concert. And when I asked her to ditch school with me and she did, we had the greatest time ever. And she was there for me when I found out my dad was a liar. But all above this I truly fell for her that night when she not just saved the school play, we had made the best bailing plans and kissed, I fell for her when I felt so lost, she just got that beautiful sky into my room, showing me why to go on and made me feel safe in her arms although everything else seems to break."

Chloe had stopped walking with Rachel's last words. The bag full of escaping equipment fell out of her hand. As they were still holding hands, Rachel stopped walking, too, and turned around. Rachel saw the tears in Chloe's eyes and made a step towards her, gently stroking her girl's cheek. Chloe, touched by Rachel's words, had no other choice than hugging Rachel tight. She pulled the other girl's head gently to her shoulder. They stood like this for a long time. This was exactly what they needed at this time. And all they wanted.

"I love you.", Chloe whispered into Rachel's ear, trembling as she waited for her reaction.

Too far? Too early?

"I love you, too, Chloe Price."

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