A/N TRIGGERS
"Run" she breathed. A thick silence fell upon the cold wooden floor. The boy stared at her, his eyes wet from tears.
"Why?" he asked, attentively grabbing her hands. His heart fell as she ripped them out of his grasp.
"Run… you shouldn't be here" he laughed as she tried to protect him from what she became. A lonely teenager in the mist of confusion.
"Neither should you" it was all metaphorical of course. She was stuck in her own mind, screaming out and he was hearing her.
"I left Farkle" he nodded. It was her choice to leave but it was his choice to follow.
"I followed" she bowed her head and fell backwards onto her uncle's couch. He had followed her to Eric's house and knocked on his door until he was let in.
"I won't let you leave Riles… I'm in love with you. Riley town will be bright and cheerful again. I promise you."
She was nineteen, too old to run away. She was nineteen when Farkle proposed to her and she did the worst possible thing, she ran. This was the one thing she had wanted for the three years they had dated… now she wanted to hide. She hadn't told him about her trips to a phycastrist and visits to the hospital, she wanted to eat she really did but she felt sick every time she tried. So she ran for cover. She ran for safety.
Farkle chased her, he ran until his legs gave out. He needed to understand what he'd done. When he lost her he doubled back and went to Maya's apartment.
"What did I do?" was the first thing he said. He had planned it out. Propose and get married, it was simple enough. He was in love with her. Maya sighed and made them both some coffee
"You did nothing Farkle" she walked over to a drawer and pulled out a file.
"This is her eating plan… she hasn't got anorexia or anything and it's not like she is making herself throw up. Food just makes her sick, it's a side effect of when she was being bullied. She was going to tell you but then you proposed. She ran Farkle" Farkle looked at the blonde shocked.
"Why?" Maya shrugged.
"She runs from things she doesn't think she's worthy of, Riley town is becoming Mayaville Farkle and it's up to you to chase her." So Farkle ran.
It took a while, he held her back and coaxed her into eating. He left the ring on her bedside table and told her to take it when she was ready. When she was they became one, they became each other's safe haven. It was due to this that she stopped running, she stopped running because she had Farkle, her safe place.
