This is my first RENTfic, so please be nice!
Run Away
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Chapter 1: Torie's story
The year is 1992. I had just disembarked the bus 10 minutes ago, carrying the small duffel bag I carried with me that contained my music, clothes, and about $75 dollars. My name is Torie Martino, I am 17 years old. 4 years ago I ran away from home in Hollywood and fled to Santa Fe, where I had lived up until now. I had a small apartment there and had sung on the streets for money. For the last two years, I had hung out at a small café called Sunny, where the manager, Tom Collins (I called him Liquor) was a great person to tell anything. Sunny was only open in May, June, July, and September. It was the best thing for me to talk to Liquor about life, and everything else. Another great person to talk to at the café was my best friend, Angel, who is a drag queen. Both of them had told me about New York City. After 2 years of talking to them instead of acting on my instincts, I hopped on a bus and had gone all the way from Santa Fe to New York, and hoped that I could find Angel and Liquor. I roamed the streets of the lower East Side for a while, hoping that the two lovers were out for a walk, but no such luck. So I stopped on a street corner and began to sing. I collected about $5.00 before I felt that my vocal chords would rip in half. I sighed and laid down on a bench in a park on a bench and thought of what the future has in store for me.