Protecting Me

Chapter 5

Gabriella's POV

I ran down the road not wanting to look back, this was it. I was not going back. They had made it way over the line. I understood that they sometimes had been trying to protect me, but this time? Just because they didn't wanted me to go to Hawaii that was insane! I was not baby! Not even a child!. I was a young adult. They shouldn't be treating me like I was a 5 year old. I knew I was going to hurt them, especially Troy. And I actually hated myself for that, but what was worse, me hurting them or them hurting me?

I walked in to the city. Trying to find a car that was going out of town. I had no money, only my iPod. So I was hoping somebody would drive me for free.

"Excuse me do you need a ride?" a girl at about my age asked.

"Yeah I do, but where are you going?"

"California"

"Perfect"

"Well then jump in" Yes this was perfect, now I was going really far away from home, and that meant it would be harder for my parents to find me. I knew this kinda sounded selfish, but I was tired of my parents, Austin, Troy and especially AJ trying to control my life. I was sick of it, and I knew this was the only way for it to stop.

Troy's POV

Why was this happening? Why did I just let her go? Why? I was loosing her. But if I had made her stay, I was probably going to lose her anyways.

AJ, Austin and I were still sitting in the living room shocked, how Gabriella reacted. Gina and Greg walked in

"Hey you guys" Gina said with a smile. She looked around looking confused.

"Where's Bella?" no one said anything, and Gina looked at AJ.

"Alice, where's your sister?" she didn't answer.

"ALICE JANE MONTEZ, answer me!"

"I..I don't know mom, she just left"

"She's not coming back" I said almost in a whisper, but surprisingly they heard me.

"Troy what are you talking about?" Gina asked confused.

"She's not coming back, she has left"

"Troy that's ridiculous" AJ said with a laugh.

"No it's not; I know she's not coming back"

"Troy I really hope you aren't right, but if she's not home by tomorrow I'll call the police" Gina was really crushed, I knew she believed me.

"She's coming home again" Greg said trying to calm Gina. But they had lost their daughter whether they liked it or not.

A week past by and Brie were still gone. All over the country she was went missing.

Gabriella's POV

For the last week I had been sleeping on the street. I had been singing different places and had got a few money for food. I walked by a shop and saw a magazine. The headline said 16 year old girl MISSING. Damn I thought now people would begin recognize me. I still had a few money left, so I walked to a shop and bought a scissor. I pulled the hat of my hoodie over my head and walked back to the bench I had been sleeping on. There was a lady.

"He excuse me, do you know how to cut people's hair?"

"Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry it's really appropriate, but I was thinking if you could please cut my hair"

"Well luckily for you I have been a hairdresser once"

"Perfect" I was hoping she wouldn't recognize me from the magazine.

"Well it isn't free"

"But I doesn't owe anything" I lied hoping she would do it anyway.

"Well your shoes will work" she said looking down at my Jimmy Choo shoes.

"But this is my only pair of shoes" I said hoping she would understand and cut my hair.

"Well if I get your shoes, you can get mine and I'll cut your hair"

I looked down at her flats, they weren't that bad, but they weren't my shoes. "Okay fine" I said and she cut my hair.

Now I had got hair to my shoulders, it still looked like me. But I knew it wouldn't be so easy to find me anymore.

And on the front page of a paper, they had described me with long dark hair. And my hair surely wasn't long anymore.

Troy's POV

AJ was visiting us and just out of sudden I started yelling at her. "AJ it's all your fault. It was your idea not going to Hawaii anyway!"

"Troy you think the reason she left, is because we didn't go to Hawaii?"

"No. I know that's not the reason, the reason is because of us trying to protect her too much. And you the worst!"

"You think that's the reason she left?" Smiles at the thought.

"No AJ I don't think so. I KNOW so. You made her the little girl she wasn't. You were always acting like she was a little girl. Especially when we were going to a party. She's old enough to take care of herself, but we were acting like she wasn't!!"

"Troy relax, it's not AJ's fault" Austin defended her.

"Austin it is and you know it. I'm not saying it aren't ours too, but AJ only made thing worse" I yelled and Austin went silent, I knew he know it was true.

Crappy ep. I know :P But please review if you want the next one.