I closed the door behind me and started walking down the street. Whistling to a random tune, I jogged down the path to the park, about 5 minutes away from my-wait, Alexis's house. I felt the summer breeze and I closed my eyes, smiling, enjoying the weather. It was perfect, with all the flowers dancing in the wind on my right side, with families walking on my left, happily chatting, with not a care in the world. Then, I froze. I swear I could hear it...again. My mom's voice...
Before I could react, someone bumped into me, sending me to the ground. I groaned and sat up.
"I'm sorry, are y-wait, Runa?" My head shot up. It was Alexis. I got up wordlessly.
"Where are you going?" She asked. I pointed in the direction of the park, which was a few meters away. She followed my finger and smiled.
"Off to meet Jaden?" She teased. I blushed and rolled my eyes. Yeah, you could say I had a crush on him...
"The others are coming too," I said softly. She stared at me.
"Are you okay? Ever since the morning, you've been a bit...off" She looked into my eyes. I sighed. Alexis was my best friend. Her family was the one who took me in, when they saw me, collapsed, at their front door. I had lived with her for the past two years. She knew everything about me.
"Just...bad dreams again..." I looked down. She nodded, understandingly. She smiled sadly and took my hand. Together we walked over to the park.
TIME SKIP
"Do you want me to come?" Alexis asked, concerned. I gave a small smile and shook my head as I walked away. After Alexis and I had met up with them, I wanted to go to my favorite spot to think. I had a feeling like something was wrong...something...that was connected to who I was.
I sat down and closed my eyes, lying down for a while. I sighed, my face facing the sky. I closed my eyes and shivered, as a pleasant breeze came my way. Whenever I wasn't in a good mood, I always came here. In fact, I almost always, no matter what mood I was in, came here. It was my favorite spot in the whole world.
"So there you are," I heard someone say behind me. I was lying down, so I opened my eyes to see my best friend, Jaden, behind me. I blinked and started to get up, but he plopped down next to me, grinning. I rolled my eyes.
"How is it, that you are the only person who is able to find me, no matter where I go?" I asked turning to face him. He laughed and laid down with his arms behind his head.
"Because I know ya," he patted the spot next to him, motioning me to lie back down. I smiled and did as told. We stayed like that for a few minutes until he finally broke the silence.
"I can see why you like coming here," he commented. "It feels peaceful, with kids on the other side...It's beautiful" he looked at me. I felt a blush creeping up my neck, and I forced it down.
"Yeah," was all I said. He was right. We sat on a mini-hill, on green grass, and below us, there was a beautiful lake with swans swimming. Trees and greenery grew all around us, and no one really came here except for a few couples. You could just hear faint yells of children, but except for that, the only sounds you would hear, would be the birds chirping, and sometimes crickets, at night.
"So..." he turned away, looking towards the lake.
"So...?" I asked, confused. He raised an eyebrow.
"So, why did you run off?" He flipped over so he could watch me.
"I...don't know..." I lied. Actually, I'd come to get away from everything, to think for a while about what was going on...but he wouldn't know about my problems, as I never told him.
"Come on Runa, you can tell me," he touched my hand softly, whilst looking earnestly at me. I stared at him. He was so lucky, and so innocent. He was like a child most times. Would he be able to help me? Should I tell him about my past?
