We drove and didn't stop until we had to get more fuel. It felt like a ton of pressure was lifted off me, I was leaving my old life behind. Everytime I looked at Brandy, I couldn't help but smile, she looked so different away from the camp, she looked so happy.
She told me all about the rumble she had with Walker's gang and how she had met with Mrs.Saxton. Brandy ended up getting alot of money from getting shot, with Mrs.Saxton's help, she sued the camp. That is how she got the money to buy the jeep.
I told her about the arguement I had with my mom and all. If felt good to finally tell someone, because then I felt like I could just forget it. After stopping in many different towns, we finally decided to stay in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It's a nice town, not too small but not too big.
We rented a small apartment at 2150 Edgewood Rd. It wasn't very big, a main room, a bedroom and a bathroom. It felt so good to have a place of our own. We were so tired we pretty much collapsed when we got in there. I woke up around eleven. The room was bright since we hadn't shut the curtains the night before.
I sat up slowly so I didn't wake Brandy up and rubbed my eyes. She looked so different when she was sleeping. Its hard to explain. When an adult would look at her she would look young and innocent. I had looked into her eyes before, I knew that wasn't true, she had been through and seen too much. But when she was sleeping she looked timeless.
I don't know how long I watched her but when she woke up and saw me she smiled.
"G'morning." She said sleepily.
We got changed and left to get something to eat. After eating we walked around the city some. That was one of the happiest days of my life. It was just me and her, no one else.
In the weeks to come we got jobs. Brandy was working at an indoor rock climbing place. She use to rock climb indoors in LA. I was working at a warehouse, unloading and loading trucks that came in. We decided that we didn't want to go back to high school, we needed to work to make money but we did start taking night classes so that we can get our high school diplomas.
Brandy is planning on studying to become a forensic scientist. I am not sure what I am going to study but I have some ideas. Overall, we are doing pretty good. Before, I remember worrying about what I was going to do when I got out of a high school. Even now I don't know, but I am not worrying because I know as long as Brandy is with me, I will be alright.
She told me all about the rumble she had with Walker's gang and how she had met with Mrs.Saxton. Brandy ended up getting alot of money from getting shot, with Mrs.Saxton's help, she sued the camp. That is how she got the money to buy the jeep.
I told her about the arguement I had with my mom and all. If felt good to finally tell someone, because then I felt like I could just forget it. After stopping in many different towns, we finally decided to stay in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It's a nice town, not too small but not too big.
We rented a small apartment at 2150 Edgewood Rd. It wasn't very big, a main room, a bedroom and a bathroom. It felt so good to have a place of our own. We were so tired we pretty much collapsed when we got in there. I woke up around eleven. The room was bright since we hadn't shut the curtains the night before.
I sat up slowly so I didn't wake Brandy up and rubbed my eyes. She looked so different when she was sleeping. Its hard to explain. When an adult would look at her she would look young and innocent. I had looked into her eyes before, I knew that wasn't true, she had been through and seen too much. But when she was sleeping she looked timeless.
I don't know how long I watched her but when she woke up and saw me she smiled.
"G'morning." She said sleepily.
We got changed and left to get something to eat. After eating we walked around the city some. That was one of the happiest days of my life. It was just me and her, no one else.
In the weeks to come we got jobs. Brandy was working at an indoor rock climbing place. She use to rock climb indoors in LA. I was working at a warehouse, unloading and loading trucks that came in. We decided that we didn't want to go back to high school, we needed to work to make money but we did start taking night classes so that we can get our high school diplomas.
Brandy is planning on studying to become a forensic scientist. I am not sure what I am going to study but I have some ideas. Overall, we are doing pretty good. Before, I remember worrying about what I was going to do when I got out of a high school. Even now I don't know, but I am not worrying because I know as long as Brandy is with me, I will be alright.