Running For There Lives - Chapter 2

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Elizabeth looks at Lucky surprised

" Lucky, I...I don't know. Why do you have to leave? Are you afraid that your own parents can't protect you or something?" she says confused

" No. I know my parents can. If I thought of it that way I would be taking Leslie Lu with me. But I know that they would do anything to protect both of us. I just can't be here for this. It's too much." he says

" But Lucky, what about school? I mean we would be running. We could never stay in one place. What would we do for money?" she says

" We would just get odd jobs here and there." he says

" Lucky I don't know, this seems like...is there something your not telling me? There has to be another reason WHY your wanting to leave so quickly." she says

Lucky looks away from her for a second

" Lucky? Lucky, what the hell is really going on here?" she says

Lucky just sits there. He stands up and looks out Elizabeth's window as he leans his hand on the top sill

" Lucky? Tell me, please. It obviously has something to do with me or you wouldn't be here." she says

Lucky dosen't say anything. Elizabeth gets up and faces the back of him

" Lucky answer me!" she says more loudly this time

Lucky whips around as an angry look spreads across his face. He didn't want to do this. He just wanted her to say yes to going away with him and that would be the end of it. He didn't want her to really know that she was in just as much danger, if not more, than he was

" You wanna know?! Fine! Helena threatened to kill you if I didn't help them bring down my family, alright?! Are you happy now? If we don't leave tonight, she will kill you. And then she'll kill me just for the hell of it!" he shouts

He looks down as he shakes his head

" Elizabeth, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you." he says

" I know, it's ok. I just...I can't believe that this is happening right now." she says

Lucky puts his hands on her shoulders and looks into her eyes

" Hey, look at me. I am not gonna let her get near you. I swear. If we leave tonight, we'll be safe. Both of us..." he says

Elizabeth dosen't answer him

" But if you really don't want to leave, we can stay here. But I can't be with you all the time, Elizabeth. I'd go crazy looking over my shoulder and wondering when Helena's going to get to you. I can't live like that." he says

Elizabeth looks at him as she wraps him in a hug

" I know you can't. And I don't want you too. That's no way to live your life." she says as the hug ends

Lucky looks up at her

" What are you saying to me?" he says

" I'm saying yes. I'll go with you." she says

She smiles at him

" I was thinking about spending the rest of my life with you anyway. So what the hell, right? We're just starting a little early is all." she jokes

Lucky smiles as he hugs her tightly

" We're gonna be ok. You can even pick the first place we go if you want. You were always saying how you wanted to go to Paris someday." he says

Elizabeth smiles as they both sit on the bed

" Yeah I did. I just never imagined that I would be lucky enough to go with someone like you." she says

Lucky smiles as he kisses her. He leans his forehead against her's a closes his eyes

" I'm the lucky one, trust me." he says as he strokes her hair