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This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.

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Chapter 32!

It was just after 1:30am, the students and teachers of The Wammy House's were asleep or in their room's for the night. I carefully put a pair of blue latex gloves on my hands as I watched Backup picking Mr Ruvie's office door's lock, I don't know why I agreed to help him borrow or shall I say steal some of the orphanage's money from the office's electronic safe to pay for his airline ticket to Los Angeles. I don't know how he plans to get away with it, I mean won't they notice the money is missing if they kept a note on how much was in the safe at all times. I heard the door unlock, he put his lock picking kit into his black sports bag and carefully opened the door. He told me to carry his bag for him, I picked his bag up and watched him get up from the floor. He looked both ways down the corridor, he beckoned me to follow him before he disappeared into Mr Ruvie's office. I walked slowly into the office, I heard him close the office's door quietly behind me and I stopped in the middle of the room as I looked around it.

I always hated Mr Ruvie's office, it was to cluttered with furniture and antiques. There was also this strange smell coming from somewhere in the room, I'm not sure what makes the smell but it's unsettling. I felt Backup take hold of my wrist, he walk me over to an old stone fireplace on the other side of the room and took his bag from my hand as he stopped me near a old looking globe. He placed his bag down on the floor, he crouched in front of his bag and took a hand held torch from it. He switched it on and told me to shine it onto the fireplace for him. I nodded my head as I took the torch from his hand, I watched him crawl inside of the fireplace and knock on the back wall of the fireplace with his fist. I slightly bent over and watched him removing some bricks from the wall at the back of the fireplace.

" Backup, are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked quietly. " I mean what if we get caught, do you realize how much trouble we could get into if we're discovered in Mr Ruvie's office. Especially you Backup, you're meant to be a role model for most of the younger students in the orphanage even if that's hard to believe or if it's hard for me to believe..."

" Yes, my plan is perfectly thought through..." He replied. " Nothing can faultier it unless we're discovered, but I know Mr Ruvie is on medication right now which makes him drowsy. If we keep quiet and make no sudden noises then we will be fine, as you very well know his room is located right through that door over there..."

" What, I didn't know his room was right next to his office!" I whispered.

" Hush my dear, do not panic..." He chuckled.

I itched the back of my head as I looked over at the door to Mr Ruvie's room, if I had known his room was right next to his office then I wouldn't have agreed to help him. I looked back at Backup when I heard tell me to keep the torch still, I turned my attention back to him and blew my fringe away from my eyes. He had made a pile of bricks next to the fire poker stand, he took the torch from my hand and shone it onto the electronic safe. I bit at my bottom lip as I watched him typing the password into the number pad of the safe, I wonder how he managed to get hold of the password for the safe? I heard it beep, it unlocked and he opened it up. My eyes grew wide when I saw loads of bank notes piled up in wads, there must be thousands of pounds inside of the safe. I heard Backup tell me to hold the torch for him, I took the torch from his hand and watched him unzip his bag. He put a new pair of latex gloves on, he began to take wads of bank notes from his bag and exchange them with the wads of bank notes from the safe. I crouched on the other side of the bag, I took a wad of bank notes from his bag and took a closer look at it.

" Is this fake money?" I whispered.

" Yes, it was easy to get hold of in this place..." He replied.

" Where did you get fake money from?" I asked. " Surely someone will notice fake money going missing, how do you plan to get away with this?"

" I got it from the attic, there is a box full of fake notes hidden behind a book shelf in the attic..." He replied. " It's kept there for student study purposes, but by the time they figure it out I will already be miles away from the orphanage. My destination as been chosen, I will be leaving The Wammy House in 5 days time to Los Angeles and the offer is still open if you would like to join me on my little adventure..."

" That's pretty short notice for an important decision like that to me made and especially when you'll be leaving in 5 days time, do you even have a passport yet?" I asked.

" You very well know I have been making fake documents for the past few days, all I need is a yes or no from you in the next few minutes and I can easily make you some fake documents too..." He replied. " Time is ticking away, do you really what to spend some of your lifetime in this place when you can be living a normal life outside in the real world with someone who could take care for you if you desired it..."

"And I'm guessing that person is you?" I asked as I placed the wad of bank notes back into his bag and got up from the floor. " The person who once left me up a tree in the freezing cold, the same person who told me they would go for help and never came back. My list could go on forever with the times you've abandoned me, it's a good job A was always around or I may have turned into an ice lollie with the amount of times you locked me outside when I was emptying the kitchen's bins!"

" Childish pranks long forgot my dear, but please think about my offer..." He replied. " This maybe your last chance for a normal life, wouldn't you like to feel freedom once again?"

" Fine, I will think about it!" I sighed. " Just please hurry, I'm getting tired of holding your stupid torch for you!"

I watched Backup swap all of the wads of bank notes from the safe for the fake ones in his bag, he zipped his sport bag up and quickly put all of the bricks back into the wall of the fireplace. He carefully took the plastic carrier bags from his feet as he stepped out of the fireplace, he handed me the plastic carrier bags and picked his sports bag up from the floor. He took the torch from my hand, he switched it off and told me to stay close to him. We quietly left Mr Ruvie's office, we hurried along the corridor and made our way back to the floor our rooms were on. Backup asked me to join him in his room for a while, apparently he had something he needed to show me before I went to bed.

We both hurried into his room, he closed the door behind him and locked it. He walked over to his bed, he put his bag under his bed and told me to put the plastic bags in the bin as he walked to his bathroom. I did what he asked, I wiped my hands on my jeans as I sat down on a chair at his desk. I took a quick look around his room, it wasn't as messy or stinky like it was a few days ago. I picked a book up from his desk, he must be learning about DNA structure and functions. I flicked through the book's pages until he returned from the bathroom. I watched him switched his desk's lamp on, he opened his desk's draw and took a folded up denim jacket from the draw.

" I thought you may like one of my Alternative's denim jackets as a memento, I took it from one of his boxes with his belongings in it from the attic. I know you were close with him, but I think he would like you to have something of his to still feel close to him when you are feeling lonely..." He said and took his book from my hand. " Excuse the mess in my room, I need to clear most of my belongings out before I leave. Most of it will be left behind, but if you would like to borrow my things then be my guess..."

I took A's jacket from him, I placed it down on my lap and ran my finger tips over it. I sighed to myself as I put my hand into the jacket's pocket, I took a few empty toffee wrappers from the pocket and looked at them. They were shiny and sticky, it makes me miss him even more seeing his favourite treat's wrappers in my hand. I remember A telling me sometimes it's better to go with the flow, just keep going and don't look back. Maybe that's what I should do, maybe I should accept his offer and get out of this place. I closed my hand as I looked up at Backup, he was looking through his book. I put the wrappers back into the jacket's pocket, I got up from the chair and hung A's jacket over the back of the chair as I cleared my throat.

" Beyond Birthday, may I come with you?" I asked quietly. " I think I want to go with you after all, I may not be able to offer you any money though. But I promise to be your companion, you said you would take care of me and I want to make sure that someone is looking after you because you get into a lot of trouble sometimes. I can also cook and clean for you, I could even get a job if you wanted or something when we get a visa so we can work..."

" If you must accompany me then I shall allow it, but getting a job would be out of the question seeing as you are still young in the eyes of the American government. I will need to make us both birth certificate, I will have to gather what I need in the morning to make them when I attend my normal lessons in Watari's office when he his not looking..." He replied and closed his book. " But for now I advise you to sleep, you will need your rest because the next few days will be hectic and full of homework. I want you to learn as much as you can about Los Angeles in the next 5 days, if you could look into accommodations in the Los Angeles area or maybe travel routes I will be very grateful..."

" Won't I get into trouble looking up stuff like that for you online?" I asked. " Especially since you said that Miss Joyce was watching me and talking to Watari on the telephone about a student acting oddly in the library, will that not raise more questions if I am seem again researching things that have nothing to do with school work?"

" I believe you will not get into trouble this time, I lied about Miss Joyce watching you..." He replied with a smirk. " You were not in any kind of trouble, I wanted to leave the library and talk to you somewhere more private without prying ears. But I was telling the truth about the computer's search history being checked for each student, but we will talk more later in the day..."

" Okay, I will try my best..." I nodded and picked A's denim jacket up from the back of the chair. " Maybe it's best if I could find some maps for Los Angeles and photocopy them, it would make much more sense than looking for them online. Also we can take them with us, but it will be harder finding accommodations in Los Angeles on the computer. Wouldn't it be better if you waited until you were in Los Angeles, I mean you could probably find a apartment faster that way instead of relying on a computer..."

" Alright, we will figure it out as best as we can when it's the daylight hours..." He smirked. " I believe you have a free period at 10am, that would be the best opportunity for you to begin your research seeing that most of the students will be in lessons and Miss Joyce normally goes for a break between the times 10am till 10:45am. Use this time to look into accommodations and rented apartments, just leave everything else to me..."

" This is not going to be easy, is it?" I asked.

" It will get easier when we leave this place, you just have to trust me..." He replied. " Now I will wish you a goodnight, I need to be left alone to think and continue making your documents..."

" Okay, Goodnight..." I said.

Backup escorted me to his room's door, he quietly opened it and looked both ways down the corridor. He told me to go carefully back to my room, I nodded to him and crept out of his room. I walked slowly down the dimly lit corridor to my room as I glanced over my shoulder and bit at my bottom lip, I just hope we don't get caught.

Today is the day I leave The Wammy House, but only me and Backup know about it. We had been careful and planned each step of our journey out. Our flight had been booked to Los Angeles, we just had to pay for the tickets when we arrived at the Airport and we had to bring some ID with us to prove who we were when we paid for the airline tickets. Backup had made us both some passports, fake medical documents and fake IDs saying we were both over the age of 18. We even had alias names too, Backup had taken A's Mother and Father's names from A's personal information that was kept in his private files on the top floor of the orphanage, I have no idea how he managed to gain access to those kind of files with the doors having finger print scanners as locks on them.

We had arranged to leave after Midnight, our flight didn't leave until 6pm on the 25th of November. So we had 3 days to get to Heathrow Airport, we had planned to walk all night to the Winchester train station and stay there until the train to London arrives. Then we would travel to London on the train, but that would leave us with 2 days to spare. I'm not sure what we will do when we get to London, but we have enough money to stay in a hotel when we get there for the night. But the next problem will be changing the money into USA dollars and how will we sneak the money onto the plane. I'm glad Backup is dealing with that side of the problem, he seems to have many ideas on smuggling the money out of the country.

But for now we just have to get through the day and act normal, we don't want anyone to notice that we're planning our escape route from the orphanage. On our lunch break me and Backup had walked around the building trying to figure out the best way to sneak out of The Wammy House, there is so many ways of getting out of this place. Backup had decided in the end that my room's window would be the easiest way out of the building, but I'm not sure how I will get down from my room seeing as it's on the second floor. But he told me to leave it to him, all I had to do was wait in my room for him and stay awake until he came to collect me.

I zipped up my duffel bag as I quietly hummed to myself, it was nearly 11:50pm. I had packed lightly like Backup had told me to, we had a long journey ahead of us and heavy bags would just slow us down. I quickly got changed into my black jeans and a blue long-sleeved t-shirt, I didn't fancy wearing a dress in this cold weather. I sat down on my bed, I put my sneakers on and tied my hair up into a messy bun. I grabbed A's denim jacket from the end of my bed, I put it on and wrapped my woolen black scarf around my neck. I looked over my shoulder when I heard a drumming noise coming from my room's window, I quickly crawl over to it and drew the curtains back. I saw Backup drumming his finger tips against the glass of the window, he gave me a smirk and disappeared from my view.

" Where did he go?" I asked myself as I quickly opened the window and partly leaned out of the it to see him climbing down a ladder. " You can't be serious, I'll end up falling or hurting myself..."

I watched him jump from the last step of the ladder, he looked up at me and beckoned me to follow him with his hands. I bit at my bottom lip as I slightly nodded my head at him, I grabbed my bag from my bed and switched the bedside table's lamp off. I hung my bag over my shoulder, I carefully climbed out of the window and began climbing down the ladder. It wasn't long until I got to the bottom of the ladder, I let out a sigh of relief as I stepped of the last step of the ladder. I watched him carefully pulled the ladder away from the wall, he placed it behind some bushes and made sure it was hidden from sight.

" Where did you get those ladders from?" I asked.

" It's not important, we need to hurry before the alarm is raised that two students are missing from their classes in the morning..." He replied, he quickly picked his sports bag up from the ground and took hold of my wrist as he walked me away from the bushes. " There maybe chances that they will try to find us, but I find it highly doubtful that they will waste their time looking for us. Many students have runaway from the orphanage in the past and they did not even lift a finger to find them, tragic isn't it?"

" Really? What about Watari? " I asked." Surely he would try and find missing students, I know he his a very kind hearted man and would travel to the ends of he earth to protect his students!"

" Especially Watari, he wouldn't notice because Mr Ruvie normally covers it up without his knowledge. Now please keep your voice down and try to keep up with me..." He replied with a sigh. " We need to hurry and get off The Wammy House's premises unseen, I know on the odd occasion they sometimes have a security office prowling the grounds with a guard dog. It's very rare, but it's better to be safer than sorry in these kinds of situations..."

" Okay then, lead the way..." I said quietly.

I quicken my walking pace to keep up with him, he really was a fast walker. I glanced over my shoulder several times as we hurried down a pathway that led to the woods near the orphanage, I felt Backup let go of my wrist and stop me at the gate that led into the woods. I watched him open the gate slowly, he told me to take one last look at orphanage before we left because it would be the last time I would ever be seeing this place. I turned my gaze away from him, I looked back down the pathway and sniffled. The orphanage was dark and still, but there was one light shining bright from the window of the attic. I wonder who is in the attic? I know no one used the attic expect for A when he was alive, maybe they're turning it into an office like I heard a few of the students mention in the last few weeks. I felt Backup take hold of my hand, he told me to hurry up and keep close to him as we made our way through the woods. I gave him a nod of my head as he pulled me through the gateway, he closed the gate behind us and led me down a pathway which led into the dark woods.