Sirens out on the city street woke Amelia, her head nuzzling even closer into Jack's chest. She heard him chuckling, one of his hands reaching up and patting her hair.

"Good morning.." She murmured, still refusing to close her eyes. One of her arms draped over his abdomen, fingers gripping into the material of his shirt.

"Mornin' beautiful." His voice was scratchy, just like it always was in the morning, at least, as many times as Amelia had heard him in the morning. "Are you going to go back to sleep?"

She finally stirred again, opening her eyes and craning her neck back to look up at him. "No, why? What is it?" Amela stretched, her limbs stretching out and a soft yawn escaping her lips.

"Because.. well, because I've been thinking- I know, I know, dangerous stuff." Jack chuckled at himself, leaning his head back against the headboard, "But.. But.." He started chewing on his lower lip, wondering how much of this he was wanting to spill onto her at once. "You know.. there's a little area way up north. It's called Sleeping Bear Bay. My mah brought me and the guys up there the year after she adopted me..."

"Alright.." Amelia nodded, giving him a confused look, "Is this going somewhere or is this turning into story time?"

"No, I.. I was thinking that.. Maybe we could go there for a while, make sure that you really are out of town incase anything happens y'know?" Jack murmured, sliding his hand up her arm and into her hair, she still looked so confused. "I'm asking you to run away with me."

Amelia froze for a second, looking over him. How long had they been together? Not even a month yet, and here they were, sharing a bed, Jack asking her to run away. Of course it wasn't that running away, but it was still getting away from home, from her problems. "H-Have you talked to your mom about this?"

"No, it's just an idea that popped into my head, but it doesn't seem like a bad one. You'd surely be safe up there. Nobody knows about that place but my family. We could sneak out when we would know that nobody saw, you'd be free until he leaves again, or until my brothers can find a way to get rid of him." His voice was pleading, because this was the first good idea he'd had in a long time, because he wanted her to be safe, to not have to worry about this. He just wanted to see her smile a real smile for once, nothing forced, just one that actually reached those beautiful eyes of hers. "Please."

She couldn't do anything, couldn't say anything. The whole thought was floating around in her mind, what if someone knew about it? That'd leave her and Jack and what if something happened to him, just like in her nightmares. But it was truly the only idea either of them had had and it was the only one she could take hold of rationally. "I.. I'd love to run away with you, Jack." Amelia beamed, almost laughing at her words. She pushed herself up, placing a soft, brief kiss to his lips before settling back down onto his chest.

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Alright, alright, alright... Yeah, it's been a while, huh? This was kind of spur of the moment but I just recently got an email saying someone added this story to their alerts and I read it and my muse returned! So yeah, it shouldn't be another year and a half before the next chapter, haha! I love you guys so much, every favorite, every review, I see them and it truly is what keeps this going. Thank you a million times over, thank you.