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Rosemary POV

Ugh, what is the beeping noise in my arm? I slowly open my eyes to darkness. Oh, excellent, am I dead now. Looking around, I see a monitor beeping as it reads my heart rate, respiration, O2, and blood pressure. I lift my hand to see an IV in it. From the look of things, it seems that I am in the hospital. But how did I end up here? I sit up, wincing in pain, my head and sides hurting. I glance around the room jumping as I see Blake and Damien on either side of me sleeping quietly. They both look so cute when they're asleep, but I don't think they are comfy like that. Gently climbing out of bed, trying not to wake them up, I make my way to the monitor and turn it off. Removing the cuff and oximeter, then I gently pull the IV out and apply pressure to keep it from bleeding. I walk over to Blake placing a soft kiss on his cheek and then over to Damien kissing his cheek as well. Sighing quietly grabbing my clothes, I reach out and turn the door handle as gently as I can. I poke my head out looking left and right before stepping out. Shutting the door behind without making a sound. I'm sorry you two and I love you both. I find a place to change before I leave the hospital. I need to get a change of clothing and a brush to fix my hair. I'm not sure what I am doing. All I know is that after today I can't go back there at all. I'm leaving this place behind me without a place to go. But I know that I need to go. I don't want to trouble Blake anymore. I'm going to miss him so much but I'm glad I got to see him before I left. I will also miss Damien as well, he's been there since I met him. I don't know why but myheart feels like it's breaking into a million pieces, each step that I take it breaks a little more. I could feel the tears rolling down my cheek. I'm so sorry Blake and Damien. Walking as best as I can, I make my way back home. The lights are all off meaning that mother has gone to bed already. I'm not sure what time it is but I know that I need to be quiet. I make my way silently to the shed it's too dark to see but I don't want anyone to notice me. Especially not mom, she would probably drag me back into the house. Stepping into the shed as quietly as I can, trying my best not to bump or to step on anything. Using my hands to make feel around my surrounding , as I count my steps to locate what I'm looking for. Finally I find a bag that I had packed sometime ago. I knew that no one would notice it or even grabbed it since it looked dirty and ripped. I step back out from the shed and make my way out from the yard, stopping as I place an envelop where I know that Blake will find it . I still have no idea where I will go, but I better start walking if I want to be gone before anyone notices. Again I'm sorry Blake for leaving like this without telling you good bye. I make my way down the street with a heavy heart, and a weight off of my shoulders. I am finally free.

Blake's POV

I'm awoken by the sounds of footsteps and voices coming into the room. Who could it be at this time. It is too early to be up and I really don't want to go to school today. "SHE'S GONE!!!" whose gone what the heck are they talking about. Suddenly I remembered that Rosemary had been brought to the hospital by Damien. My open eyes open sitting up in bed as I now see an empty bed in front of me. Damien face reflecting my own expression of surprise. I turn my head trying my best not to growl at the unsuspecting people in the room. "WHERE IS ROSEMARY?" I asked unable to hold my anger back. Someone responds their voice shaking "I-I-I'm not sure where she is!" I believe they are one of the nurses. Making my way to the 3 people in the room. "HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHERE SHE IS? screaming at them. I felt a hand on my shoulder, turning my attention to look at who it was. "Blake you need to calm down, you are scaring them." breathing in deeply, exhaling finally calming myself down. "I'm sorry about that. Did no one see her leave?"  they all shook their heads. "We came in to do our rounds, that's when we realized that she was gone." another person answered. Somehow Damien was able to convinced them to not call the police and one by one they left the room, leaving me and Damien alone. I wonder if she went back home. My stomach churned at the thought of her heading back home and mom hurting her once again. At this point I wouldn't doubt that my mom would do more, with the way she had been last night. Mom would definitely hurt her worse, in her state Rosemary...I didn't even want to think about it. Damien came back sighing then looking at me with a concerned look on his face. "It's going to be difficult to locate her Blake. With many people walking in, out, around the hall, and chemicals. We can no longer smell her scent anywhere. Which mean she could have left a long time ago." We both groaned at the same time. "Do you think that she probably went back home?" he asked with anger in his voice. "Come on we have to go right now!" We said thank you to the medical staff, hurrying as fast as we could to leave and make it home before anything happened. It seriously felt like the drive back took forever and time was just going so slow. I jumped out of the car as soon as I pulled into the drive way. My stomach in knots thinking about the worst case scenario of finding rosemary hurt. I told Damien to look around in the back and I would look inside, we would meet back at the car if we found her or not. Running into the house screaming her name "ROSEMARY? ROSEMARY ARE YOU HOME?" Where could she be? My mom came running down the steps. "Can you please stop your racket. Why are you looking for that useless girl?" grabbing her by the shoulders, glaring at her my anger coming up to the surface. "What did you do to rosemary? I snarled at her trying so hard to not hurt her. "That worthless girl hasn't been home since yesterday. I hope that she doesn't come back ever for all I care." pushing her away from me, she was right about one thing rosemary didn't step in here at all. so then where can she be? I turned and walking out of the door, making my way back to the car. Damien returned with a white envelope in his hand. "Blake, she was here. even though it was faint some of it lingered in the shed and then I saw this." I took the letter and ripped it opened.

"Dear Blake

Sorry for leaving so suddenly without saying good bye. I know that if I told you that you would have stopped me. I don't want to cause you any more trouble than I already have. Thank you for always protecting me from mom. I don't want to get in your way. You'll be graduating this year and then I'll be all alone. I wish that I could have seen you one last time before leaving. But I feel that it would make it harder for me to leave. I don't know why I kept letting this happen. I do know that I didn't want you to grow up without a mom. After all I didn't grow up with mine. I was hoping in the back of my mind that one day maybe we could go back to the way things were. One happy family. But I know the more I hoped the less likely it was bound to happened. Mother hates me and I really don't understand why. Anyway I shouldn't make this that long. I just wanted to say goodbye. Maybe one day we will meet again. Who knows you might have a girlfriend by then. I wonder where our life will lead us. Honestly I'm not sure where I'm going. I'll just see where my legs and the little bit of money I have saved take me. 

I love you Blake. I'll miss you a lot. I wished I could of seen you one last time. One last hug would have been good. 

Love, Rosemary.

P.S. Don't be mean to Damien. after all you both make a good come. >.<"

I let out a growl climbing back into my car, Damien coming around swinging the door open. "What happened Blake? What did the letter say?" He asked climbing into the passenger seat. "Rosemary has decided to leave. Where too I'm not sure and the letter doesn't say." The car came to live with a roar as I sped out of the driveway once more. I'm not even sure where to start at all. I doubt that she would return to school and who knows how far she could of made it while we all slept, not to mention which direction she head in. gripping the steering wheel so hard that my hands began to hurt after a while. Damien finally broke the silence. "What the hell is she thinking?" He had the read the letter over and over. sighing softly "I'm guessing that she was planning to leave after I graduated. Except that she decided to set it into motion earlier than she hoped for." I just wish she knew that I was planning to take her away from all of this. Also what the hell does she mean that I may have a girlfriend by the time we meet. Is she an i***t? Does she really only see me as a brother? When I don't see her as my sister. I pulled into Damien's driveway after driving around for a bit. I was thinking that it would be better just to drop him off and I could leave after this. I really don't know where I would go first. But I couldn't just let her wonder alone. I had to think hard, try to remember somewhere that she would want to go to. When we were little she always dreamt of going far away somewhere beautiful. Hitting my head against the steering wheel sighing once again. "Wait here dude. I'll be right back." I heard Damien say and the passenger door slam. What the hell was this dummy thinking now? I don't have time for this.