we're under pressure. seven billion people trying to fit in.

President Monroe sat down at the dinner table after informing their staff that they could tell Sonny to join them for dinner. Diedre picked at her potatoes and cleared her throat as she waited for Monroe to say something, anything. She couldn't believe that he had reduced to beating Chad to death and then releasing some of his anger on Sonny just because he didn't approve of their relationship. She wasn't even surprised when Cecilia ran into the dining room, her eyes wide and alarmed.

"Allison is not in her room," she stuttered as President Monroe's silverware made a clanking sound against his plate. His face hardened as all of the possibilities ran through his head. He refused to lose his 16 year old daughter to a 21 year old man with nothing to his name.

"Have you checked the whole house?" President Monroe questioned as Cecilia nodded and Diedre made a satisfied hmph sound. She would've ran away too if her dad had ever put his hands on her.

"Would you excuse me?" she wished she could warn Sonny that the entire country would be looking for her. She had a really recognizable face. But from the look that Alexandra was giving her, she was sure that Sonny already knew.

Sonny knew that they had been driving for a while. They had successfully made it past the White House security, since they knew Chad had been fired and was told to leave immediately, they hadn't asked any questions at all. Sonny was sure that her dad had found out that she had escaped and the entire United States security force would be on their asses in less than five minutes. They were almost to the car rental place. Alex had told them to switch out their cars there and she would go pick it up later. They were crossing the country to California but they weren't staying there. They were going to LAX and taking the first flight to Italy, that's where they had figured out the address was at. Sonny wondered why in the world Alex was sending them to Italy but she had always wanted to go there so she didn't really mind.

"We're here. Stay in the car," Chad leaned over and gave her an affectionate peck on the cheek before he grabbed his wallet and walked into the building. Sonny felt like she was in one of those cheesy romance novels she used to spend all of her time reading. She was running away with her older boyfriend that her dad didn't approve of. There were so many things at risk. If they were found, Chad would be thrown in jail. Neither of them would ever see the light of day ever again. But they were willing to take the risk because they were just so in love with each other. Someone should write a book about that.

"Sonny," Chad opened the door for her and she slipped her sunglasses onto her face. She never wore her hair in a ponytail in public so hopefully she just looked like another average teenager. Sonny walked around to the trunk to help Chad with the bags. They closed and locked the door before walking over to a navy blue Malibu, sliding their luggage into the trunk before hastily climbing into the front seats and zooming away from the car rental place, to avoid all questions.

"Sonny, I need to know something," Chad let one of his hands slide away from the wheel and he intertwined his fingers with Sonny's as she leaned closer to him.

"Do you really wanna run away? I don't wanna pressure you and if you wanna go back home, I'll turn myself in and let you live your life. I don't want you to have to live in fear and wake up one day and suddenly just have to move because someone is on the trail to finding us. It's too much and you don't deserve that," Chad admitted as Sonny sat back in her seat and bit the side of her lip.

Chad was her life. She couldn't picture it without him. If she had to go back home and he couldn't come with her, she wouldn't hesitate to kill herself. Chad was hers and he was the one constant thing in her life and she definitely wasn't gonna let him go so easily. She had never wanted something or someone so bad in her life as much as she had wanted Chad.

"You're my future. There's no me without you. I don't care what we have to do. We're doing it together. You're stuck with me. You can't get rid of me," Sonny replied as Chad chuckled and dangerously looked away from the road to give her a kiss on the lips. She wanted more but she knew they needed to get out of Viriginia first. They weren't safe there.

"I've never stayed at a motel before," Sonny admitted as she bit into the Subway that Chad had bought them to share. She wanted to whine and complain that she didn't want Subway because she actually hated cold sandwiches but she kept her mouth shut and sucked it up. She would have to endure a lot of things that she didn't like.

"Only used to those glamorous, five stars?" Chad joked as Sonny nodded and picked the banana peppers out of her half of the sub. Chad threw away his wrappers as Sonny finished off her sandwich and washed it down with iced tea.

"We made it out of Virginia," Sonny joked as Chad chuckled and laid back on the bed. It was three in the morning and he was absolutely exhausted from driving for so long. He would ask Sonny to drive but he didn't trust her behind the wheel just yet.

"It feels like we're in a movie," Sonny let her head rest on Chad's chest as he let his fingers run up and down her back.

"Go to sleep Sonny," he laughed as she turned and poked him in the jaw.

"I'm not sleepy. I feel so badass right now. Like I can do absolutely anything," Sonny flipped her hair over her shoulders and then remembered that she was supposed to get hair dye.

"Chad, we have to go get hair dye," Sonny reminded him as he groaned and grabbed the keys off of the side table. He slid his feet into his shoes as Sonny did the same and followed him out to the car. They had never gotten their luggage or money or anything out of the car and they didn't plan to. Chad found a drug store about twenty minutes away from the motel on the outskirts of a small town.

Sonny got out of the car and walked in, keeping her head down as she walked straight to the cosmetics section with Chad right behind her. Chad picked up some other items to not make the hair dye so obvious or suspicious. He grabbed a packet of condoms, just in case, and a few water bottles. Sonny came around the corner with a huge smile on her face.

"Birthday cake oreos!" she said in pure amusement as Chad chuckled and took the package from her.

"I can't believe you've never had these. They've been out for a while now," Sonny brought him over to the hair section and picked up two boxes.

"Blonde or red?" Sonny asked as Chad pointed to the blonde one, since it was the complete opposite of the hair color she had now. They went to the check out and Sonny couldn't help but look at the TV. The news was on and of course the main story was about how Sonny was missing. Her dad claimed that Chad had kidnapped her. If they got caught, Chad would be in even more trouble, even though she had willingly left with him. He would get locked up for the rest of his life.

"Shame that her own bodyguard took her," Chad's picture flashed on the screen and the woman caught Chad's eye, who had been looking around the store.

"How much is that?" Sonny asked in fear that the woman had recognized Chad. The items were already in bags but the woman froze, her hand inching towards the phone by the cash register.

"Ma'am?" Sonny questioned as Chad let his fingers wrap around the bags as the woman picked up the phone and dialed those three deadly digits.

"911 what's your emergency?" Sonny and Chad grabbed the bags and bolted out the door. The cops would be on their asses in no time. Chad pulled out of the parking lot before Sonny could even close her door. She yanked it shut as he sped off onto the road, almost running into a car as he tried to get into the right lane.

"I'm sorry Sonny," he apologized as he ran his fingers through his hair and focused on driving, his knuckles turning white from how hard he was clenching the wheel. What was he apologizing for?

Sonny saw the flash of blue and red lights before she heard the sirens. Chad stepped on the gas pedal as she looked in the rear view mirror and saw at least seven cop cars chasing them down the dark highway.

You wished for an interesting life. Now you got it.