DOVE
Run Away
Dove looked through her backpack one last time before deciding to leave.
"All my Stan Bush, Linkin Park, and Nickleback CD's, portable DVD player, Transformers book, two other outfits, Transformers G1 and Animated boxed sets, CD player, some womanly needs, a bar of soap, cell phone, passport, and Bible. Looks like I have everything."
She then snuck into her mother's room and grabbed her purse. "I shouldn't…" Then she thought of the way she was treated.
Dove took out $759.00, all of her mother's money. Then, she traveled down to the kitchen. She quickly wrote a note she left for South Carolina. Dove smiled as she printed it. She was going to Nevada.
Dove grabbed a bottle of water and a sandwich she made the night before. As she hungrily chewed her breakfast, she walked out the door. She was leaving. Dove stared down at her watch. 4:00 AM. She had to catch the next bus.
Dove leaned up against the bus stop pole lazily until the bus came.
"Where to?"
"The airport."
"On your own?"
"No…" Dove responded sarcastically.
The driver gave her a glare as she sat down.
Dove leaned her head up against the window and drifted off into sleep.
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"GET OUT!" The driver awoke poor Dove.
"Sorry, Miss…" Dove apologized for going to sleep, dropping some money into the lady's open palm.
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"One ticket to Tranquility, Nevada."
"That's $279.00. Let me see your passport too."
As the woman stamped Dove's passport she said, "Aren't you a bit young to be traveling to Nevada all the way from Montana by yourself?"
"Aren't you a bit old to be wearing braces?"
The lady frowned angrily and closed her mouth.
"At least I don't look like a total weirdo. Here's your passport. Your flight is in thirty minutes."
Dove just let a low growl escape from her lips and walked away.
She extended her middle finger towards the lady as she helped the next person in line. Everyone has a little Decepticon in them!
" Flight 362 to Tranquility, Nevada preparing for departure."
The intercom boomed its message as Dove boarded the plane.
As she entered the giant aircraft, a tear rolled down her cheek.
She was leaving home. Where she grew up. She was leaving it all behind. Everything.
She realized that the shed tear wasn't one of sadness, but one of joy.
Dove held onto the side of her seat as the plane's engines roared. She tried not to hurl as the plane sped up and lifted into the air. This was her first plane ride.
It Must Have Been Love
Lay a whisper on my pillow,
leave the winter on the ground.
I wake up lonely,
there's air of silence in the bedroom
and all around
Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away.
It must have been love but it's over now.
It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love but it's over now.
From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.
Make-believing we're together that I'm sheltered by your heart.
But in and outside I've turned to water like a teardrop in your palm.
And it's a hard winters day, I dream away.
It must have been love but it's over now.
It's all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
It must have been love but it's over now,
It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.
The song played over the plane's speakers. "Wish I knew what love is…" Dove whispered.
She reached into her backpack and pulled her CD player out. She picked a Nickleback CD and put it into the CD player.
Dove turned the machine on and shoved the headphones into her ears.
How the hell did we wind up like this?
Why weren't we able, to see the signs that we missed
And try turn the tables
I wish you'd unclench your fists, and unpack your suitcase
Lately there's been too much of this
But don't think it's too late
Nothing's wrong, just as long as
You know that someday I will
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
Well I'd hope that since we're here anyway
That we could end up saying
Things we've always needed to say
So we could end up staying
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Let's rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror
Nothing's wrong, just as long as
You know that someday I will
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Dove stared out of her window. She was leaving Montana. Thank the Lord…
She stared down at the ground, a feeling of uncertainty washing over her. She just shook the dreadful feeling away.
Dove twirled a lock of her white hair around her finger and sighed. The sun was rising over the horizon.
It's golden light washed over her pale skin and made her gray eyes glow. It was beautiful.
How the hell did we wind up like this?
Why weren't we able, to see the signs that we missed
And try to turn the tables
Now the story's played out like this
Just like a paperback novel
Let's rewrite an ending that fits
Instead of a Hollywood horror
Nothing's wrong, just as long as
You know that someday I will
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
Someday, somehow
I'm gonna make it all right but not right now
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when
(You're the only one who knows that)
I know you're wondering when…
Dove let a tear slide out of her eye, the cleansing sunlight making it look like liquid gold.
She was leaving. She was alone, but at least she had escaped. Dove knew she would never come back. It was the beginning of a new chapter in her life.
"It's a new dawn…" Dove whispered quietly as she stared at the sunrise.
"It's a new dawn of hope…"
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the songs. The first song is It Must Have Been Love and the second song is Someday by Nickleback
Thank you for reading. The next chapter is going to be really good. Please enjoy the story. PLEASE REVIEW! (Nice reviews please! XD)
