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Chapter 12: Come away with me

"What are you talking about, Jude?" Kwest said as he made his way back to our town.

"I'm talking about us running off together," I explained.

"We can't just run away, we have responsibilities."

"But can't we escape for at least a few days? Just the two of us."

"I don't know, Jude…"

I looked up to him with wide eyes. "Please? There's been a lot of stuff going on at home and I just want to get away. I want you to come with me."

He paused for a moment and smiled. "Okay, where should we go?"

"Are you for real?"

He sighed. "You beg me to go away with you and then you give me a hard time when I say I'll go? Jeez."

"Sorry, but you'll go?" I smiled at him.

"Just tell me where."

"Anywhere, everywhere."

"Alright." He drove off. I had no idea where we were going, or what we were going to do when we got there. All I know is that we were going.

It had been silent for the past half hour. I've never really liked the silent. I turned on the radio.

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away with me where they can't tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows
knee kigh
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

"Jude…" Kwest whispered as he shook me gently awake. "You fell asleep."

I looked out the window sleepily. I didn't recognize any of my surroundings. "Where are we?"

"Anywhere and everywhere," he replied.

I let out a small laugh.

"It's about nine right now, so I was going to find some place for us to stay for the night. That cool?"

"Yeah, that works."

He pulled up to a small inn. "I'm going to check in."

"Alright."

He kissed my cheek and got out of the car.

I don't know why but it felt so perfect just being away with Kwest. Just the two of us together. Unfortunately, I had the strange feeling that we wouldn't be along together for that long.

I just tried to put in from my mind. I wanted to focus on the now. And now I was with Kwest, somewhere far from home.

He came from the front office and said, "C'mon, let's go."

AN: Interesting. Anyways, R&R!