Run Away Child

She what?

“It was nothing. Everything has been handled and the cops stopped by today and asked me a few more questions. You don’t have to worry about anything.”

“Fine but I can still worry about you.”

“I know just don’t be extra.”

He looked at Daniel and looked like he was going to pop a blood vessel.

“Daniel started yesterday. We were actually talking about you.”

“Oh really?”

“Yeah, she really likes you. She talked about you like you were a God.”

Jordan couldn’t help but to laugh. 

“Well I suppose that is a good thing.”

“Definitely.”

“Alright I have to get back to work and you have to go to football practice.”

“You are a football player?”

“Yep. I'm the quarterback.”

“Nice. I was the blind side.”

“Sweet. Well the lady is right. I’ll see you at home. I love you.”

“I love you too.”

I gave him a hug and a kiss. He left and we went back to work.

“So does he also smoke?”

“No. He doesn’t like it but he knows it helps with my anxiety so he doesn’t get as mad as he used to. He just doesn’t want me to do it around him.”

“Ahh.”

“Yeah.”

We got back to work and finished inventory. I saw that there was a closed cash register so I opened it and started ringing people up. By the time it was the end on my shift it was getting really dark outside.

“Hey Robbie.”

“What’s up?”

“I'm leaving for the night.”

“Alright. Good night.”

“Good night. See you tomorrow.”

I grabbed my things and left. I was walking outside when I saw Daniel. 

“Are you heading home?”

“You have to stop scaring me like that. But yes. Are you?”

“Yep. I'm walking home right now.”

“Why isn’t Jordan picking you up?”

“I want to walk. I honestly love walking. It helps me clear my head and just focus.”

“Well alright. Good night.”

“Good night.”

I walked home and the cool breeze felt good. I got home and saw Jordan’s car in the parking lot. I walked upstairs and unlocked the door. I walked inside and saw rose petals and t-light candles leading from the front door to the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen and saw that he made dinner.

“Jordan?”

“Surprise!”

“What is all of this?”

“I wanted to surprise you with something romantic. So eat your dinner and I’ll show you the rest of it.”

“Okay.”

I sat down and ate what he made. It was surprisingly really good. Once we finished eating he brought me to the room and told me to wait there. I heard him start the water in the bathroom. He came back into the room and grabbed my hands.

“I know you worked really hard and really long today, so I thought that taking a nice, hot bubble bath would be relaxing.”

He brought me into the bathroom and I saw that he really did start a hot bath.

“Only if you join me.”

He looked me up and down then bit his lip.

“Deal.”

I started getting undressed and so did he. He got in and sat down. I sat in front of him and leaned back so I was laying on top of him. He started rubbing my neck and shoulders. It felt amazing and he knew what he was doing. 

He started kissing me and rubbing my head. He pulled me back by my hair which caused me to moan. I turned and started kissing him. I got on top of him and tangled my fingers in his now wet hair. He guided himself inside me and I started going up and down slowly. 

I started moaning when he grabbed my neck while we kissed then he started moaning when I started going faster. He moved his hand from my throat to my hair and pulled it back and started kissing my neck. I started getting loud and he loved it. He whispered in my ear, “Baby, I'm going to cum.”

That’s when I realized that he wasn’t wearing a condom. I got up and he looked confused. I walked over to the sink and arched my back. “Bust on my back.” 

He walked over and put himself inside me. He put one hand on my back pushing it down and the other pulling my hair. He started slowly and got faster and faster. I couldn’t help but to get loud because it felt amazing. He pulled out and busted. When he finished I turned around and sat in the sink. 

He grabbed my hips and we made out for a little while longer. He drained the tub while I grabbed each of us a towel. I handed him his and he wrapped it around his waist showing his abs off. They are still wet and it makes them ten times more of a turn on. I wrapped the towel around my body and went to the room.

“Well I was planning on us having s*x on the bed not in the bath but you know, either way that was amazing.”

“I know.”

He walked over to the dresser and pulled out a pair of boxers. I walked over to the closet and put on a hoodie and then walked over to the dresser and put a pair of lace panties on to tease him. He noticed what I was doing then bit his lip.

“You are a tease.”

“Yup.”

“It’s not fair sometimes.”

“Trust me, I know.”

I climbed into the bed and cuddled with Jordan. 

“I want a puppy.”

I looked at him.

“What?”

“I want a puppy.”

“Jordan, we just got an apartment. I mean yes getting an apartment was a huge commitment to our relationship, but getting a puppy is next level.”

“I know. But I think we can do it.”

“Jordan we have school and work. A puppy needs a lot of attention.”

“I know but I still want one. We can make it work. We live next to a park. And we have a friend group that would help us.”

“I’ll make you a deal. If by the time the summer comes around and you still really want a puppy, we will get one.”

“Seriously?”

“Yes.”

He pulled me closer to him and I could feel the smile on his face. 

“What kind do you want?”

“A German Shepard.”

“They are a lot of work. And they have to have a job and keep busy or else they will tear up the house. I know this because at my dad's house he has two German Shepherds.”

“Okay. What do you suggest?”

“What about a Corgi?”

“A Corgi?”

“Yes. They don’t take up much room and they are adorable.”

“Or maybe a Samoyed?”

“They are really high maintnessed.”

“True.”

“A French Bulldog!”

“Deal. We are getting a French Bulldog.”

“They are the cutest things ever.”

“Then it’s settled. A French Bulldog.”

We lied there for a while thinking about what it is going to be like. I fell asleep before him and I was super happy. I woke up to my alarm going off. I walked to the kitchen and saw Jordan drinking a cup of coffee and doing research on French Bulldogs on his computer. I chuckled.

“Good morning.”

“Good morning. Did you know how interesting French Bulldogs were?”

“How long have you been doing research?”

“About an hour.”

“Oh my Lord.”

“At least you know I was serious about this.”

“I know.”

“Time to start getting ready.”

“Okay.”

I walked to the room and got dressed for the day. I put on a black tank top and a pair of dark blue ripped jeans. I put my favorite jean jacket on and my Nike’s. I did my make up and brushed my teeth. I straightened my hair. 

“Hey Jordan. We should go grocery shopping after football practice today.”

“Alright.”

I finished in the bathroom and went out to the living room. I stood there waiting for him so I pulled my phone out.  I started texting Mirza and she brought up my birthday.

“You do remember your birthday is in three days?”

“Yeah but I don’t care about my birthday. We aren’t doing anything for it and if you try to throw me a surprise party I will kill you.”

“Fine. But we have to do something.”

“I don’t want to. I just want to spend the day with my favorite people but not at a party.”

“Fine no party. But something.”

“I’ll think about it. But I think Jordan forgot.”

“Girl you know you are joking. He has been talking about what to do for your birthday since you two started dating.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah. I have to finish getting ready though. See you at school.”

“Okay.”

I walked outside and to the car. I got in and waited a minute for Jordan. I pulled out my phone and started playing a game. A few minutes later Jordan walked out and he looked angry.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s my brother.”

“What happened?”

“He officially crossed the line.”

“What did he do?”

“He spray painted a picture of you on a train car.”

“What?”

He showed me the pictures and it was me. It was a beautiful portrait of me before I cut my hair. He hasn’t seen me after I got it done.

“Jordan, this is the final straw. We are talking to your parents about sending him somewhere.”

“Sophia-”

“No! This is an unhealthy obsession! He needs to talk to someone about this and get over it!”

“Okay, just calm down.”

I took a breath and sat back. I crossed my arms and turned away from him. He tried to put his hand on my leg but I moved it. He looked sad about that. When we got to school I plugged my earbuds into my phone and blasted my music. I walked through the school and ignored everyone. I walked into the bathroom and sat down. 

I hung my bookbag up and pulled my vape out of my bra. I sat there for a while and tried really hard to get high. I sat there for a few minutes and it all hit me at once and I felt really high. I put my vape in my bra and grabbed my bag. I walked out and started walking around. 

I started walking to class when I saw Jordan walking with a few of his friends. He stepped in front of me and pulled me to the side. I pulled an earbud out.

“What?”

“Why are you mad at me?”

“Because of your brother.”

“I didn’t do anything though.”

Your brother is trying so hard to come between us. Jordan, he needs to leave.”

“I know. I'm trying.”

“Try harder.”

I plugged my earbud back in and walked to class. I sat down in class and didn’t pay attention but I got all of my work done. I spent the rest of the day ignoring everyone. When lunch came around I sat alone in the corner of the room. I didn’t eat anything but I sat there and read my book.

I walked to the advisory and told Mrs. B that I was just going to go to the library but I was actually going to the bathroom to vape some more. I sat there until the bell rang and I walked to my next class. I sat down and started doing my work when I saw one of Jordan’s boys walk over and sit across from me.

“Yes?”

“Sophia, what’s wrong?”

“Nick is obsessive. Did you see what he did?”

“I did. But why are you mad at Jordan?”

“Because I told him that Nick is going to continue to try and come between us again. I told him that Nick needs help and he didn’t listen to me. And now he is going around town, painting my face.”

“I get it. I really do and I agree with you. Nick does need help.”

“Thank you.”

“But, don’t take it out on Jordan. He left lunch and hid in the bathroom for a while. We went in there to check on him and I saw him crying. He has it bad for you Sophia. He loves you so much and he hates the fact that you are mad at him.”

“He cried?”

“Yeah. It’s not the first time if I'm being honest.”

“What are you talking about?”

“The first time that Nick tried something. He cried and none of us knew what to do.”

I didn’t know what to say. I put my things in my bag and left. I pulled out my phone and called Nick.

“Hello?”

“Come to my school. We need to talk.”

“About?”

“The fact that you are now painting me.”

“Did you like it?”

“Just come to the school. Now.”

I hung up and stood outside for a few minutes. I soon saw Nick’s 2019 black BMW X6 Vantablack pull up. I walked over to the side and opened the door. I got in and shut the door. I looked at Nick and I could tell that he was nervous.

“Why did you do it?”

“I was drunk and had paint. And since I knew you loved art, I painted you.”

“Nick-”

“Your hair. Why did you cut it and dye it? Did Jordan tell you to?”

“First of all don’t cut me off. And second of all he didn’t know until I came home. It was a surprise to him.”

“I love it.”

“I don’t care. You need to go to therapy.”

“What did you just say?”

“You need to go to therapy.” I said slowly.

He looked at me and he looked sad. 

“I know. I need help but I don’t know what to do.”

“If I help you, will you leave me and Jordan alone?”

“I will. I promise you that I wont do anything stupid again.”

“Good. The first thing that you need to do is start seeing a therapist. We are going to talk to some people and find you a good one. And once you are in therapy you need to go to rehab. You are not in a right mind set and the drinking isn’t going to help you.”

He nodded his head and looked down. 

“Hey.” I put my hand on his shoulder. “It’s going to be okay. You are going to be okay.”

“I'm so sorry for everything I have put you through. I don’t deserve your help.”

“I just want to make sure you are going to be fine. No matter what you are technically my family.”

He looked at me and smiled. I smiled back at him. 

“Does Jordan know you are with me?”

“No, I didn’t tell him. We, uhh, we got into a fight today.”

He dropped his head into his hands and started crying. 

“I'm so sorry. Everything is my fault.”

“No it’s not. You just need some help and that is okay.”

“I shouldn’t have done any of that to you. I just, I don’t know what is wrong with me anymore.”

“It’s going to be okay.”

He looked at me and I could tell that he was broken. I wanted to hug him but I didn’t want to make things worse. 

“I'm going to make a phone call. I had this really good therapist that helped me when my mom put me in therapy. I really think that she can help you.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

I got out of the car and pulled out my phone. I dialed Lana’s number and called her.

“Hello?”

“Hey Lana it’s Sophia Jones."

“Oh hello Sophia! What can I do for you?”

“My friend needs some help. He has agreed to start seeing a therapist and I really think that you can help him.”

“What’s his name?”

“Nichalous Hernandez.”

“Okay. Give me his information and I will contact him or he can come in today.”

“He will come in today. Thank you so much.”

“No problem. Have a great rest of your day.”

“You too.”

I hung up and got back in his car. 

“Good news, she has an opening today and I told her that you will take it. It’s a one hour session and you can trust her completely.”

“Thank you. This honestly means a lot.”

“I just want to see you better.”

“Okay, send me the address and I will head over there.”

“Okay.”

I got out of the car and sent him the address. I walked back into the school and went to the bathroom. I sat there and tried to control my breathing. I texted Jordan.

“Hey, I am sorry. I shouldn’t have taken my anger out on you. That wasn’t right.”

“It’s okay. I just hate it when you get mad at me.”

“Well I have good news.”

“Which is?”

“I just talked to Nick. He agreed to start going to therapy and then rehab.”

“Seriously?!”

“Yep. he is heading to his first session right now. He’s seeing Lana.”

“That’s amazing! How did you do it?”

“Don’t get mad.”

“What did you do?”

“I called him and told him to meet me at the front of the school. I got in his car and we had a really long talk and I told him that he needs to start talking to someone that can help him. He came to a realisation that he does need help.”

“I'm going to ignore the fact that you didn’t tell me that you were going to meet up with my older brother. I'm just happy that he is going to get better.”

“Me too. I’ll see you in seventh hour.”

“Okay.”

I pulled out my vape and hit it a few times. I sat there for a while and when I walked out of the stall I saw how red my eyes were. I knew then that Jordan was going to kill me. I walked to my seventh hour with my head down. When I got there Jordan was sitting in his seat and there was this girl standing there talking to him. 

He looked uncomfortable and when I walked in he smiled. She turned around and she didn’t seem familiar.

“And you are?”

“His girlfriend. Back off.”

“I tried telling her.”

“Whatever.”

She went to walk away but I grabbed her by her arm and pulled her towards me.

“I catch you again, you will wish you never met me. Got it?” I whispered.

She looked at me and nodded her head fast. I let her go and she ran to the other side of the room. I sat down and he looked at me. He smiled and then started laughing. He stood up and grabbed my hands forcing me to get up as well. 

He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me. He looked me in my eyes and saw that they were really red. He set me down and we sat back down.

“Were you crying or vaping?”

“A bit of both.”

“Sophia.”

“I know. But I needed to or else I was about to have a mental breakdown. It’s only if I need to and you know it.”

“I get it. And I bet meeting with Nick is the cause of it.”

“Just a little bit. And one of your boys.”

“Wait what? Who?”

“I can't tell you. But to tell you he told me that you cried today at lunch.”

“Noah?”

“Can’t say. To be honest they all look and talk the same.”

“What are you talking about?”

“They all look cocky and arrogant. They talk like they are constantly trying to get into a girl's pants or under her skirt.”

“Do I talk like that?”

“No. Because you can’t get under another girl's skirt if you don’t have your little friend down there. Try to cheat on me. I dare you.”

“I have no intentions. You are all I need and want plus more.”

“Good. Now get to work.”

“Bell hasn’t rung yet.”

“Well I'm going to plug my earbuds in and get to work.”

“Not fair. This is the first time all day you haven’t been mad.”

“Nope second. I wasn’t mad when we were at home.”

“That doesn’t count.”

“Yes it does.”

“No it doesn’t.”

“Keep arguing with me and we aren’t going to have s*x for the next week.”

His face got red and blank.

“Fine.”

“Really?”

“What?”

“You seriously stopped arguing because I threatened to take s*x away from you.”

“What can I say, you are the best I have ever had and I am addicted.”

“Good. Because shorty over there was going to get these hands if she touched you.”

He laughed.

“I know. I was scared for her.”

“Was she flirting with you?”

“She’s new. She was trying to shoot her shot and I told her that I am in a relationship and she said ‘I didn’t ask now did I’ and all I thought was ‘Sophia is going to kill this girl.’”

“You are right on that. Well, she knows her place now. She can look but she can't touch unless she wants to die.”

“And this is why you are my girlfriend.”

“Always and forever.”

“I have a song for you to listen to.”

“Okay?”

“It’s called ‘Beautiful Crazy’ by Luke Combs. It’s practically made for you.”

“I know it and I agree.”

We sat there for the rest of the hour talking about music and doing our work. Class was almost over when I got a text from Nick.

“Hey Sophia, I just wanted to tell you that I really like Nala and our first session went really well. Thank you for helping me.”

I smiled and showed it to Jordan. He looked at me with mixed feelings. I texted him back.

“I'm happy it went well and no problem. I just wanted to help.”

I showed Jordan the messages as reassurance that we were only talking about the therapy. 

“I don’t like knowing that the two of you are still in contact.”

“It’s only about therapy for him. It’s okay.”

“It better be it. I have practice tonight so don't wait up for me.”

“We have to go shopping for groceries, remember?”

“Oh I forgot.”

“It’s okay. I’ll go shopping but you are putting everything away.”

“Deal. this is why I love you.”

“Haha, it’s not the only reason.”

“True, I love you period.”

“And I love you too.”

We left class and I saw the new girl running up on me.

“Yo Sophia!”

“Don’t start something on your first day.”

“Fight me. Don’t threaten me-”

Right then I punched her in the side of the head and she dropped.

“Again, don’t start something on your first day. Now if you have any common sense, stay down.”

“Do you know who I am?”

“I honestly couldn’t care less. You tried hitting on my boyfriend, strike one. You tried fighting me, strike two. One left before I seriously fight you.”

“My name is Serina Vargas. And I am your worst nightmare.”

I looked at Jordan and we both started laughing. The bell rang and people started coming out of the school. She got up and tried to swing at me. I ducked and hit her in the stomach. She leaned over and held her stomach. 

“Strike three.”

I kneed her in the nose causing her to start bleeding. She dropped to the ground again and I hit her one last time for good measures. I walked away and Jordan followed behind me.

“I have never seen you fight like that.”

“Props to my boxing coach.”

“What?”

“I did boxing from eighth grade to the end of sophomore year.”

“How am I just now finding out about this?”

“It’s not something I'm proud of. Since I'm not built like other girls I would only fight guys and I was on the male team.”

“Sophia, you somehow manage to get cooler and cooler everyday.”

“Well thank you. I was thinking about going back. It helped with my stress and my anger.”

“Why not. It’ll be good for you.”

We got in the car and he drove me back to the house.

“Know what, I'm going to give you the car for the day. You are going to need it more than me so here.”

He handed me the keys to his most prized possession, to his baby. His Black 2019 Dodge Challenger SXT. He loves this car more than anything in the world because it was given to him by his grandfather before he passed away. He handed me the keys and ran inside. He changed into his uniform and ran outside with his gear. 

We got in the car and I started it. Little does he know that I can drive, I just chose not to.

“Wait, you know how to drive?”

“Been able to since I was ten. My dad would take us out to the country and let us drive the cars and motorcycles.”

“My Lord. you are way cooler than I am.”