They left without you, how could they do that? You stood alone near the fence looking out at the convoy as it sped away from you. You weren't sure if it was Troy's doing or if it was Madison's but they'd left you behind. Leaning on the fence you watched until it disappeared and then let out a gentle sigh, a conflicted feeling taking over you. Folding your arms, you walked away from the fence and made your way back, a troubled look on your face as you made it level with where Nick and Alicia were. You were confused, Troy said he didn't mind you going, but he was gone already. "I thought you were going with them." Alicia said as she spotted you. "So did I, guess I wasn't worthy." Your eyes glanced at Nick as you waited for him to say something, to make some sort of dig, but he just looked away.

"I could bang your heads together." Alicia muttered storming off and refusing to say anything more to the pair of you as she walked away. Looking up at Nick, you wanted to tell him that you missed him, that you wished you could sort out this tension between you and become friends again, but memories of what he'd said came flooding back and it made you look away from him. One step, two, and then his hand was on yours. Looking up into his eyes you raised an eyebrow a confused expression on your face, his fingers laced with yours as he started to walk. You decided to not talk, you just followed him.

Why did everything have to be so complicated? Why did you continue to have feelings for people who would only hurt you? You spent so long with the Clarks, even before this and now, now you just felt alone and it hurt, it just hurt a lot. It just like that everything between you was forgiven, you didn't need to say it, you never had between the two of you. Neither of you ever had to say sorry, it just always repaired in time.

A sigh left your lips as he held your hand and led you through the ranch. "Nick, where are we going?" You finally asked as he walked. "You'll see." You followed him, his hand still holding yours tightly as he led you to where he wanted to take you.

You hated this; you didn't feel a part of anything anymore. You felt so very empty, and alone. Having Nick acting like this with you made you feel a little more welcome, but you still felt very alone. Memories of you and Nick started to dance in your head making you smile weakly, a smile starting to tug at your lips.

"What?" He asked looking at you. "Remember that time we skipped school and ended up at that fair?" Nick started to laugh. "I don't know who was more mad Alicia cause she didn't get to come with us, or my mom 'cause I got sick from that hotdog." You started to laugh as well. "I remember her calling my mom because she didn't believe that you'd gone alone and called me when you got sick, I never did thank you for covering for me."

Looking over at you, Nick grinned softly. "You didn't need to." He said with a weak smile. "That was back when we were friends…" You mumbled. "You're still family, even if you chose Troy over us." You nodded softly, as Nick led you into the shack. "I missed this, I missed us." Looking away from him, you looked around the shack. "You've done so well, it looks amazing." Nick grinned as he looked around. "I have, haven't I?"

Watching him as he looked around with a sad expression on his face, you bit down on your lip. "I'm sorry about Lucy not wanting to stay. If she loved you she wouldn't make you choose… sorry I shouldn't of said that." You whispered, causing him to look at you. "I'm sorry for what happened between you and I." Scoffing softly you looked up at him and shook your head. "You don't need to say sorry, we never say sorry to each other."

Nick shook his head softly as he moved closer to you. "This is different, the world ended, I could lose you any minute." Looking up into his eyes, you bit your lip. "I was scared every time you left, scared that you'd never come back, not just because of how I felt about you Nick." You paused feeling tears prick your eyes. "Please don't leave the ranch, please."

Nick didn't speak; he just looked down at you, his expression turning serious. Then, suddenly he leaned in, his lips ghosted against yours. "Nick…" you whispered as your lips danced around catching each other's occasionally but never stopping in each other's. "Y/n." He whispered, before his lips crashed against yours. From the moment they touched, you were in a passionate clinch.

Hands gripped each other, clothes were moved and then Nick hoisted you up. Your lips never parted from each other's as you removed the others clothes. A whimper left your lips as he lowered you onto his erection. The moment continued, his hands holding you up as the pair of you continued to share a moment of madness.

It seemed to as fast as it started, but truth was you didn't know how long you'd been there. Finally he set you down on the ground; there you both stood for a few moments, his forehead resting against yours. "We should get dressed." You finally uttered having Nick agree with you.

Nearly straight as you left you bumped into Lucy, an awkwardness came over you as you smiled and continued to walk. "Hey Y/n." She said making you pause and then turn around. "Yeah?" She stepped closer. "Nick spoke very highly of you, it's a shame we won't get to know each other." You nodded softly, it then dawning on you that she had no intention of even seeing Nicks side. "Same."

You turned to walk away, but stopped. "Lucy…" You said sternly. "Nick means the world to Madison and Alicia, wherever he goes Madison won't stop searching for him. I'd suggest you stop and think if you can put their lines

You turned to walk away, but stopped after a moment. "Lucy." You finally said before turning back to look at her. "What you're doing, that's unfair." You stared at her. "Excuse me?" She snapped folding her arms across her chest. "You know Nick means the world to Madison and Alicia right? He leaves, again it will not only break Alicia's heart once again, but Madison will end up chasing him once again." You said snapping. "You have no idea what Madison will do to find Nick, she will move heaven and earth, she will stand up to anyone and anything to protect those who she loves." You said stepping closer to her.

"You make him leave his family, they leave this place, this safe haven and do you know what will happen then? They will follow, they will chase after him and more than likely end up dead, there is only so many times they can follow him into the unknown without something bad happening and i swear to god they get hurt because of you, i will hunt you down and i will make sure Nick knows exactly what happened to his family, what happens to the people he loves because you wouldn't stay for him." Looking up at her for a moment, you then shook your head and turned and walked away.

Your heart was racing as you walked away, fury ran through your body as you made your way from them to escape. You couldn't do this, you couldn't stand this. It was all getting too much and you couldn't take it. Things were getting hard, getting far too damn hard for you to take, first he left. He left without you, and then Nick, the thing with Nick... then this.

Moving to your cabin, you sat down on the floor buried your head in your hands. Everything was such a mess and you couldn't take it anymore. Pushing your hand through your hair, you dug your nails into your skull and let out cry of anger.

Getting up, you grabbed hold of your bag and started to stuff things into it. You needed to get out, you couldn't stay here any longer. In your mind no one would miss you, no one would notice if you left, or even care if they did. This was how it ended, you would walk away and that would end the story of you with the Clarks and the Ottos.

But it was far too late to leave today, you wouldn't get very far and with hardly any weapons, you needed to be careful of when you left. Taking a seat, once your bag was ready, you thought about sneaking into the Otto's house to get food and weapons, but then again what if you were caught?

You spent the night alone sat trying to think about what you were meant to do. You thought about running away. Would you be better off just leaving? It was dangerous out there, very dangerous but being in here, was that a good idea? You really weren't sure. All you did know was that if you left you'd have to leave in the dead of night, when no one was around to stop you.

Waking up the following morning, you groaned feeling stiff as you'd sat up all night. "Hey..." Looking up as you saw the door open and Nick walk in, you gave him a soft smile. "Hey, are you alright?" He nodded and sat down beside you. "Lucy left, in the night." Nick explained glancing at you. "I'm sorry, was that-" Nick shook his head instantly. "No, not at all. I didn't tell her."

It was then that you realised that he hadn't told her and was planning on just continuing with her as if nothing happened between the two of you. It hurt, but you weren't surprised, he didn't love you he loved Luciana, said a lot about the moment you shared together, it was nothing more than a mistake. Looking up at him, you pulled your eyes away quickly not daring to say a word about it.

"Are they back yet?" He shook his head. "No, I was planning on going to check, did you want to come?" You stood up and didn't say anything else, just walked out hoping he was following her. "Alicia didn't come back last night, I don't know where she was." She said trying to make conversation as you fell back into awkwardness.

Reaching the gates, you looked out searching for any sign of them. "There, they're coming!" Someone shouted, all of you dashed toward them, you rushed past Madison to Troy and caught him before landing on the ground with him. "What happened?" You asked in a panic. "Are you ok?" He nodded softly. "Yeah." Jake appeared next to you. "Come on, lets get you up."

You moved to help Troy up with Jake, only to be told to step away. Moving back, you looked up as someone started to yell about what had happened. Biting down on your lip, you found yourself making a decision. You were going to leave, leaving the group as they spoke about what was going on, you made your way to your cabin and packed a bag quickly, you needed to leave and you knew that.

As nighttime came, you snuck out and started to make your way toward the gate. You kept your head down and walked quickly, fearing that you'd be caught if you didn't stop. "Y/N." Hearing Troy's voice you froze, slowly turning around you looked up at him. "Oh, hey." You said feeling rather awkward all of a sudden.

"Where are you going?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "Just for a walk." You lied and let out a small laugh. "With all of your stuff?" He asked quirking an eyebrow. "Well yeah, I um. I had to umm..." You paused as he grabbed hold of you. "You're lying, where are you going?" He asked once again gripping your arms. "Troy let me go, I... I'm leaving ok!" You said trying to pull your hands away.

"What happened to never leaving me? What happened to loving me?" Troy yelled as he gripped your arms tightly. "Troy, you're hurting me let go." You pleaded as he looked up at you. "Troy, please. I need to leave." He shook his head. "No, everyone leaves, everyone always leave me."

You looked up at Troy and shook your head. "I do, I just... I... Troy please you're hurting me, let go." You ripped your arms back and found yourself falling to the ground and smashing your head on the ground. Looking up at him, your head started to hurt instantly. You looked up at Troy, as he just stared down at you not moving to help your world disappeared into darkness.