John's POV
We followed Johansson into her office and sat down in the chairs across from her desk.
"Mr. Jefferson has brought to my attention that you two have been engaging in homosexual activities." She started. "I would like to give you two the benifit of the doubt, since I know you two boys are well behaved. If what Mr. Jefferson has said is false, now is your chance to tell me before this gets out of hand."
Alex and I just sat there in silence, looking at the floor.
"Is what he said true?" She asked. "Let me remind you that this is an offense punishable by expulsion." She added.
We stayed silent, not sure what to do. Finally, Alex spoke.
"We're sorry, Ms. Johansson." Was all he could muster.
"If your not going to deny it, I have no choice but to expel you." She reminded us.
"We can't deny it. Because it's true." I said. There was no point in hiding it anymore.
"Then you boys pack your things. I will call your parents to come and pick you up in the morning. Your expelled." She said firmly.
We got up from our seats and ran back to our dorm.
"What are we going to go?" I asked while packing my stuff. "We can't let them split us up."
"I don't know. I don't think there's much we can do." Alex said, defeated.
We sat there for a few minutes, thinking. Then, smithing came to me.
"We could run." I exclaimed.
"John..." Alex started.
"No! Seriously!" I started. "We pack our stuff, sneak out, rent a car, and get out of here! Neither of us have anything we would be leaving behind, so let's just go, while we still can."
Alex lit up. We both ran and started packing.
"Wait. What about Laf and Herc?" Alex suggested.
"Oh, god. I have no idea." I said.
"We should at least leave them a note." Alex said, then grabbed a peice of paper. We started writing.
Once we were done, I read over it to make sure it was perfect.
Dear Herc and Laf,
Thomas told Johansson, and we were expelled. We have to run. We're so sorry we're leaving you, and that we can't tell you what we're doing. We don't want you to get into any more trouble than you may or may not be in because of us. We're so sorry, and we hope we get to see you again someday.
We will miss you,
John and Alex
We slipped it under the door to their dorm once everyone was asleep. Then, we came up with our plan.
"And this is definitely what we want to do?" Alex confirmed once we finished scheming.
"Yes." I said, and looked at the clock. "And we need to go now if we want to get out of town before daybreak."
Alex grabbed the cash box from under his bed, and we both grabbed our last few belongings, then we snuck out of the school through the cafeteria, and ran across town to the car rental place. When we got there, it was deserted because of the late hour.
"Hello boys." The man behind the counter smiled when we walked in. "How may I help you?"
Alex walked up to the counter and said, "We would like to rent a car please."
"Ok. License please." He said, and we just stood there staring at each other.
Alex reaches into his pocket and pulled out a New York drivers license.
"When did you get that?" I asked.
"Last year on my birthday, Laf and Herc took me to get it so that I would have it just in case I needed it." He explained.
"Here you go. That will be $75." The man said, handing back the license and a set of car keys. Alex handed him the amount in cash, and we went out to our rental.
We got in, and Alex asked, "So where are we going?"
"Somewhere outside of New York." I answered. "Philadelphia, maybe."
"Yeah. That sounds good." He answered, and turned the ignition in the car.
"This is crazy." I said once we were on the road.
"I know." Alex laughed. "We're never going to be able to come back here."
"Yeah." I answered.
While we drove, we worked out the little details of what we were going to do once we got there. We would live in a small, cheap place just outside of the city. We would both get jobs and save as much as we could so we could buy a car. We would both do online school to finish our high school educations. We would cut ALL contact with our parents and family members. We both left our phones at the school so they couldn't track them. We would start over. Maybe, just maybe, we could pull this off.
We drove through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. Once we got there, we checked into a cheap motel and Alex went to return the car. While he was doing that, I walked to the drug store a few blocks down the road and bought two cheap flip phones.
"How much money do you have left?" I asked Alex once we were both back at the motel.
"$1759." Alex answered.
"Geez. You weren't kidding when you said you were saving." I replied.
Alex started changing into his pajamas, and that's when I noticed that it was already nine o'clock.
"Wow. This day flew." I said, and I changed, too. We both layed down in the bed in the middle of the room. Alex laughed.
"What?" I asked.
"I just realized this this will be the first time we sleep in a bed together." He replied.
I thought about it for a minute. "I guess so." I laughed.
We stayed up talking for hours that night, until we finally fell asleep around midnight.
(A/N - I bet you weren't expecting that! What will happen next? Don't forget to review!)