Let's just go.

Kevin spotted Rachel leave the office and took his chance. "Rachel!"

She turned around looking a bit; well he couldn't tell if she looked annoyed or just plain shocked, "Will ya stop jumping out at me?"

"Let's just run." There he said it. He knew deep down that it sounded completely ridiculous, she'd never say yes, not in a million years. But he needed to ask, he needed to hear it from her that she wasn't interested.

Rachel looked at him, confused by what he'd just suggested, "What?"

"Let's just go, do a bunk."

"Me and you?"

"Why not? You've left Sean!"

Rachel took a moment to think, it was what she needed really. It sounded like a perfect idea, her and Kevin running into the night! It sounded like a fairy-tale. But that was all it was, right? A fairy-tale? Things like that don't happen in real life and if they ever do they're bound to end badly aren't they? Maybe they don't, not always.

What was stopping her? Not family! Not friends, she didn't seem to have too many of those right now. Work… not going great. Yes, she loved her job but it had become so difficult and complicated lately that it almost wasn't really what she wanted to do, where she wanted to be anymore. The more she thought about it, the more she liked the idea of running away with Kevin, the man she really loved. She hadn't told anyone that of course. In fact she'd been really cold with him. "Where are we going then?"

xxx

Ten minutes later they were driving around in Kev's car going absolutely nowhere, just driving the streets of Manchester trying to figure out a half decent plan for their crazy adventure. So far all they'd got was that they wanted to go way up north or way down south.

"I dunno! Why don't we go to Edinburgh? I've always fancied Scotland!" Rachel suggested.

"Great. Okay. I can't believe we're actually doing this!"

Eventually it was decided that they would stay at a hotel for a few days to get things sorted and then rent out their flats and move into a house in Edinburgh, not far from the city centre.

As Rachel lay in bed that night she realised how completely mad the whole thing was, a spontaneous new start. Everything was about to change but she was pretty cool about it. It was what she wanted.

Xxx

"Janet! In here." Gill called from her office. "I know you aren't talking, I don't care, but do you know where the hell Rachel is? I mean, it's nearly 11! Even for her it's a fucking record." She asked as Janet sat down.

Janet shook her head, raised her eyebrows and shrugged. "Not a clue Boss. Kevin's missing too, don't know if you'd noticed, I hadn't until about 20 minutes ago. If this is their idea of a joke they can think again, it's just not acceptab…"

"Oi Lady. Me boss, you not! I'll decide what is and isn't acceptable thank you! Phone her mobile will you? I'll try Kevin. Believe me they're in deep shit!"

Janet went out into the corridor and tried Rachel's number. There was no answer so she left a very harsh word of warning and returned to Gill. She saw the look on her face and it said it all. "Where on earth are they then?" she wondered aloud.

Xxx