When Octavian told Rachel they had to leave soon, she didn't even hesitated.

Where was this blind trust coming from, anyway?

She didn't mind trusting him completely, but a little left of her rational part was telling her than fully trusting him was a mistake and that it could end up bad. She didn't listen and followed him outside the shelter, her hand on her luggage, looking around. He was right, the sooner they stayed there, more attention they will attract.

The idea of cutting her head had been there for a while, since she left the school the day before. But she kept quiet, maybe he didn't want to cut his hair, so it was a surprise he actually offered that idea. Smiling, she gripped her hand in his while walking out onto the crowded streets of New York City. She didn't know how long will it take to their parents to figure out they were gone, but they had to leave and soon.

"Where would you like to go?" She suddenly blurted out to him, catching him by surprise.

"Eh... I don't know...?" He replied, obviously surprising him. She didn't ask the question again, because she wanted him to think. After a while, she got what she wanted. "We- we could go to Boston first... I always wanted to go to California..." She saw him blush under that thought and she smiled.

"Not a bad idea..." She checked which street they were and remembered the map with all the addresses and bus stations. "C'mon, there's a bus station two blocks away..."

So they walked. Unlike the day before, it was sunny and no rain was threatening to appear, which was good. They could spend the next couple of hours inside a bus and rent a cheap motel room, just to sleep. While she left him to buy the tickets, she saw something that actually either crept her out or made her happy: the morning news.

"Where to?" The gruff man behind the counter asked her, pulling her out of her thoughts.

"Two to Boston, please." She asked for, before checking the TV that was on. "Would you mind turning up the volume, please?" The man groaned, but did as asked, letting her hear.

"...not much has been said to us, James, but the fact is that someone broke inside Henry Dare's house last night to kidnap his fifteen-year-old daughter and take money from the family... The family hasn't been contact for ransoms and the Dare are asking anyone who can know something about where their daughter is-" A journalist was in front of her old house, recording live from the scene. Rachel paled and gasped when she saw her parents actually provoking a physical fight with the Alexanders!

"You stole from me, you bigoted asshole!" Henry Dare's insults were heard above the noise and everyone was recording it. "Two hundred grands!" Did she stole that amount from her father?

"Here are your tickets." The man pulled her out of her thoughts and she rushed away from him. Luckily she cut her hair last night. Maybe it was time to dye it as well. No pictures of her were released to the press and no demands were made. Her father only spoke about the money and not her. Ungrateful bastards...

"Ian, we have to-" She stopped talking when she saw the most adorable scene ever. Octavian was petting a small puppy that passed unnoticed by the guards. The waggling tail of the small puppy and the big smile on Octavian's face was enough for Rachel to keep the bad news to herself. She could not take that away from him and wasn't going to worry him. "Looks like you have company..."

"He's cute, isn't him?" Octavian sounded like a child, nuzzling the puppy and holding it tight. The sparkle in his eyes was enough to break Rachel's cold heart: they would have to keep it. "Can we keep it? Please? I'll look after him!"

"Only if this little guy promise to stay quiet during the ride, as we don't have a dog carrier yet and I don't think they allow dogs inside the buses-" The puppy showed his happiness by licking her face. "Yeah, yeah... I like you too..."

"How do we name him?" Rachel noticed how Octavian switched the 'I' for 'we' and that warmed her heart.

"I saw we get into the bus and sleep through the ride... We can think a name later..." She encouraged him, walking into the bus that had stopped in front of them. Big neon light said Boston in front of it. "Ready?"

"After you." He said, hiding the puppy inside his baggy clothes. The puppy even seemed to understand because he hid his face she placed their luggage above them, she sat by the window, looking outside. She had some tricks under her sleeve that she didn't want to use unless it was extremely necessary. Also, she didn't want Octavian to know them.

She would never tolerate to know if he thinks bad about her.

"Goodbye, New York... Hope we can see each other again..."

Edited:06/01/2017

Hello, guys!

Thanks to my lovely collab writer, Hugs6, I realized one chapter was missing that didn't give sense to the story... I'm fixing that right now! Sorry for the trouble!