Chapter9
School was of little importance today, I don't think I paid attention once. I doubt Xion did either, like I said before I can tell by the expression on her face. She wasn't sad, but I guess she was that happy to say the least. Axel's plan wasn't even close to full proof, but it seems this is the only way to keep her safe. The question is when will this go down? What if I never need to take her away and her dad becomes a saint? Now I'm just in denial I guess.
I locked eyes with Sora on more then one occasion throughout the day; I made sure my eyes told him I wasn't in the mood for bull shit today. I told Xion I'd start gathering some money for supplies. But the bigger problem is where will we go? The only place I could think of is the beach, but that's not in walking distance we'd have to take the train or just go by car. Problem is I don't have a car, so we're taking the train. She was pretty thrilled about the idea of taking a train, I guess she's never rode one. That was the only thing about the trip that thrilled her. The rest of the situation scared her to no end. I also had to find a way past my parents; I could tell them I was going on a trip with Axel? Depending on the day that could buy us like four or five days. UGH! So much to plan, but it was worth it knowing it'll take Xion away from that prick.
But what happens after the week goes by? Somebody will eventually find out where we are, and then they will just send her back home to awful punishment. What if Saix finds us first? He will just kill me or Xion, or both even. Unless I…no I couldn't do that, even if I wanted to I just couldn't do it. I put that plan beside to think of a better one. We could just keep running, skip town and never come back? At least not for along time, that doesn't sound that great either.
After school we all went to the clock tower for ice cream as always.
I took a bite of my ice cream before speaking; I didn't know how many I'd have left.
"Guys, I think might have figured out a final solution to this problem?"
"Alright let's hear." Larxene said with her head pointed down, this had been just as rough on her as everyone else.
"Okay, well when or if we leave we're going to stay on the beach for starters." Everyone nodded.
"After exactly a week Axel will call me to check on the situation. If the coast is clear or something like that we'll come back."
"If its not?" Axel asked.
I gulped. "Then we keep going, we never come back." Everybody eyes grew larger at the comment I made.
Xion looked at me. "Roxas, we can't do that will die. If it comes to that I'll just go home, I can deal with it."
I smiled, she's such a trooper. "No Xion. The commitment he made to your mother won't last much longer. At least at the rate he drinks."
"Well let's just hope it doesn't come to that." Axel added.
"Who knows you may never have to leave in the first place?" Larxene laughed trying to lighten the mood.
"Oh, just in case…you'll need this." Axel passed me a key, it was the keys to his car.
"Axel this is great, but neither of us can drive." I laughed.
"That's why next week; Larxene and I are going to teach you. So when the night or day comes, you can just take my car so we'll know you're gone. My parents won't notice or care."
"Are you sure that'll work?" Xion asked.
"Well enough that you won't get pulled over!" Larxene laughed.
Axel stood up. "Alrighty then will start tomorrow."
The next week went by and nothing happened. I cherished every moment with my friends; we didn't even need to be doing anything, just being with them made all the difference to me. But I can't say it was an easy week, me and Xion were doing anything we could to collect money. We walked dogs, mowed lawns, and cleaned windows. We were able to gather around $250 that was more than enough to last us a week. But after that I'm not so sure, so I well stole a little money from my folks.
We also had some fun to; they actually taught us how to drive. According to Axel I'm a pretty good driver, Xion was okay but it still freaked her out a bit. My parents had no clue what we were up too.
Ever sense this started Xion has been a bit depressed, or was she just scared? I bet its both. I was scared to, leaving my friends and family was no minor task. Friday after school I wrote out a note for my parents incase I had to leave anytime soon.
Dear Mother and Father,
Hey sorry I'm not home this morning. Axel is taking me camping for the next few days' right outside town. I probably won't be home until Wednesday but since will be so close I can still go to school.
Love, Roxas
I made sure to do a few drafts before setting it next to my duffle bag; it had everything in it, cloths, money, and any other random survival tools. I think we were ready for anything, or I thought we were. I inspected everything before retiring to my bed for the night. I was almost asleep but my phone began to beep loudly. I hopped right out of bed to answer, it was 1:30
"Roxas." I heard Xion's crying the minute I hit accept, I knew tonight was the night. But that's not a good thing, something bad must've happened so that worried me.
"Xion, I'm on my way, are you hurt? Tell me what happened?" I quietly grabbed my stuff, set the note on the table, and hopped out my window.
"No, I'm okay. My dad went on a drunken rant…he threatened to murder me Roxas. I know he hates me but I never thought he would actually say that." She was really crying now.
"Its okay Xion I'm almost there I just gotta stop to grab the car, is he awake?"
"No he just passed out but I can't just walk out the door though."
"Okay good keep calm and look out your window, I'll be there shortly. I love you."
"Love you to." She hung up her phone as I rushed up the street towards Axel's house. I ran up the driveway, unlocked the door, stuffed my stuff in the back seat, and drove over to her house.
I saw Xion in the second story window, realizing this might be challenging. She opened the window realizing the problem also. She wore a long black coat it was funny that we were both wearing the same thing.
She wiped the tears from her face revealing a small smile. "How are we gonna solve this?" I thought for a few moments.
"Okay here is what you gotta do. Crawl out the window and drop down but hold on to the window sill with your hands. When your ready push off the house with your feet and then I'll catch you!"
Xion's eyes opened up. "Are you sure this will work?"
"Yes it will, just trust me." She nodded. Xion grabbed her stuff before slowly lowering herself out of the window. When she was ready Xion flew backward right off the house.
"Oh dear!" Xion fell back directly into my arms so she wasn't hurt, but the falls momentum made me tumble right onto my back.
Xion sat right up on my stomach "WOO! I can't believe that worked."
"Tell that to my stomach." I groaned.
Xion laughed as she kissed my face, that brightened my spirits as we laughed. Once we were up it was time to head out. I told her it'd be about an hour before we arrived so she could rest. Even at night I was still able to drive just the same.
We pulled up next to the sandy beach I parked the car in a small wooded area next door, I don't think anyone would find it. Not many people came to this beach anyway. Once we had everything we wandered out onto the beach, it was pretty cold so I kept my arm around Xion; it would be bad if she got sick. Luckily the moon helped us see. I wasn't sure where we would sleep so we just kept walking.
On the edge of the beach we found a cave, it was really dark on the inside. Xion wasn't a fan of the dark so I pulled out my flashlight. It was really deep so hiding in here would be easy. Xion tugged on my arm.
"Roxas, can we sleep on the beach for tonight and we can set up tomorrow?"
I smiled "Yeah, of course."
I wrapped her up in a blanket as we laid down on the beach watching the stars. The sand was very soft against my head so it made a fine pillow. Before I could turn over to speak Xion was out like a light. I smiled; I sent a message to Axel telling him we were gone. We probably shouldn't talk for awhile; we have a few guaranteed days of safety so we could relax. Next thing I knew I was off to sleep, good thing too.
Author's Note: Things are getting really serious now, what will the coming week bring for the characters? What happens after that? Just have to keep reading I guess haha
