Fic: Come Away With Me (2/6)

Rating: PG

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Come away with me on a bus

Come away where they can't tempt us

With their lies

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Katie dropped her hands to her side and sat down underneath the old oak tree. She brought her knees up under her chin and hugged them to herself. Her gaze was directed downwards, towards the ground, avoiding the wondering eye of her girlfriend. She had a decision to make, she knew it... but she was going to avoid it as long as possible. To leave this place, to go away with Jessie... or to stay where they were and bare whatever would come.

Jessie chose to stand and crossed her arms across her chest,  while looking down at the girl sitting on the ground. Katie looked back up at her, seriousness written all over her face.

"Jess, wait a moment. I think you need to calm down a little bit. Don't you think you're over reacting a little bit?" Katie said, eying her girlfriend with concern.

"No Katie, I've thought it through. I want to leave. Leave here, leave this," she said, motioning to her surroundings. "leave everything. I want... no, I need to get away from it all." Katie bit her lip and looked again at the ground. She had never seen Jessie so upset. It hurt her to know that people had said mean things, and it made her furious how Jessie's parents had reacted.

The decision had been made. Katie was powerless against it. Her girlfriend may be small, but she was very strong willed, that she knew. She knew better than try to break it. She figured it would be better if she just went with the flow.

"What do you have in mind?" She asked as she looked back up at Jessie. A smile crossed Jessie's previously sullen features.

"Je ne suis pas." She hit her head playfully. "Sorry, just got out of french." She joked, then growing half serious, "I don't know, let's just go. Get a bus ticket and get out of here. So we can get away from all of this... all of them. And their crude comments." Katie studied Jessie's features carefully. She was actually a little surprised to find that Jessie wasn't joking at all... in fact she was quite serious.

"You really want to do this?" Jessie nodded.

"Yes, I do." Katie thought for a moment.

"Where would we go? How long would we stay?" Jessie just shrugged.

"I don't know... I've always been partial to Colorado... all of the mountains and everything. As for how long... I don't really care. A week, a month, a year..." she paused for a moment, "forever.... it doesn't really matter." Katie frowned once again.

"But what about your family? Don't you think they'd miss you?" Jessie shook her head.

"Jess, really. You just need to give them a little time to get over it... they will eventually, they just need time. Just give it a little time. As for here," She motioned to the school right behind her "they'll get over it." Katie grinned  "Or I'll make them get over it. Either way works for me... for both of us."

"Katie..." Jessie started, but Katie quickly cut her off.

"Look, baby, I know it's hard, but just give it a few days. I'll tell you what, if it isn't better in..." she paused, thinking of a reasonable amount of time, " two weeks..."

Jessie cut her off "TWO WEEKS?" Katie raised her hands to calm her. She took hold of Jessie's hand that was hanging down, and pulled her into her lap, wrapping her arms around Jessie's waist. She moved the hair away from Jessie's ear and whispered into the fuming girl's ear.

"... two weeks. If it isn't better after that, I'll go away with you. Where ever you want." Katie felt Jessie's body soften, as Jessie turned to look at her, a gentle expression on her face.

"You'll really do that? You'll really go away with me?" Katie stared straight into her eyes.

"Yes, my dear, I will." Jessie smiled and leaned in for a kiss. When they broke apart, she opened her eyes and smiled, then proceeded to lay her head onto Katie's shoulder.

"This, right here, is what feels so right." Jessie breathed. Katie nodded, agreeing with her. Dreading the fact that in another twenty minutes or so they were going to have to go and face the minions of their peers again, and she wished that she could protect Jessie, from everyone and everything. If she had it her way, not another verbal barb would ever be thrown her way. She just couldn't understand why someone would want to hurt someone as fragile and amazing as Jessie. The thought just blew her mind.

They sat in silence for a few moments, just enjoying the feel of their bodies so close together before Jessie broke the silence. She spoke in a soft voice, hating to ruin the moment, but she was so worried about it, she had to bring it up.

"Katie? What about my parents... my mom?" Katie just closed her eyes and inhaled Jessie's scent. Jessie's parents. Katie remembered when she told her parents... they really didn't care. Her dad sort of grunted, upset she had interrupted his favorite tv show, and she simply got an 'oh, that's nice dear.' from her mother. They really haven't talked about it since. It just was never that big of a deal.

It just... was, and they didn't argue about it.

But to have it be this big of a deal... Katie didn't know what to do.

"I don't know... I just don't know." She reached over and took Jessie's hand, rubbing it and squeezing it... trying to assure the other girl that everything would be ok.

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TBC...