Run Away Child

Mirza’s new boyfriend??

I sat on the stairs and started rethinking my life choices. Jordan walked over and sat with me. 

“At least we don’t have to go to the doctors.”

I couldn’t help but to laugh. He grabbed my hand and we walked back to the kitchen.

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you. I just wanted to make fun of you guys because we did the same thing at your age.”

“Well, not exactly. We tried to be quiet when we did it. Plus we didn’t leave huge hickies on each other like they did to each other.”

And that’s when I noticed that he had hickies from last night. I covered my mouth before I started laughing. 

“What? Sophia why do you look like you are about to explode?”

“Because you have hickies on your neck.”

“Well so do you.”

“I knew that. But I didn’t realize the ones that I gave you were going to be so dark.”

“Please tell me why we are talking about this in front of my parents?”

“Please continue. This is entertaining.”

His parents looked very interested in this conversation so Jordan and I started laughing. 

“Is it so dark that they will be there when we go back to school tomorrow?”

“Babe, they are going to be there for the next week.”

“The boys are not going to drop this.”

“You sound almost upset. Just remember that I have this huge one on the side of my neck that will be there for almost a month.”

“True. What will my coach say?”

“He shouldn’t care that much. It's just a hickey. You’re being overdramatic.”

“You’re right.”

We stopped talking about it and ate breakfast. I went upstairs and changed into my clothes. I came back downstairs to help clean up from breakfast when I saw that the door was cracked then I heard a car running outside. I walked to the kitchen to see Nick standing there with everyone. He turned around then saw me.

“I didn’t know you spent the night.”

“You don’t keep tabs on me.”

“True. But someone could have told me that mom and dad came back.”

Rosa stood up. 

“We tried calling and texting you but you weren’t answering. They said you were at a friends house.”

“My phone died and I didn’t have a charger.”

He looked closer at my neck then turned around and looked at Jordans. He figured out pretty quick what happened last night. He got really angry then walked up to me. He tilted my head so he could get a closer look at them. He looked like he was going to kill Jordan. 

“Looks like you two were busy last night.”

“Nick.”

“Don’t Sophia. You know how I feel about you and yet here you are, dating my brother and sleeping with him!”

“It is none of your business what happens between me and Jordan!”

“Right! Like it’s none of my business that you two are wrong for each other!”

“You have no right to say that! We dated for a week a year ago! Get over it already!”

“No! I love you So-”

“Don’t you dare! You have no place to say those words to me. We didn’t even date long enough for either of us to say those words.” 

He looked at me and realized that he wasn’t going to win this argument with me. He walked away from me and went to his room. I walked up to Jordan then he saw the fear in my eyes. He pulled me into a hug and told me that everything was going to be okay. Rosa and Daniel looked completely stunned at what had happened. 

“Hey, go to the car. I'm going to drop you off.”

“Okay.”

I walked over to Rosa and Daniel and gave them each a hug goodbye. I headed out to the car then sat there for a little bit before he came out. I got on my phone and texted Mirza that I was on my way home. When he got in the car he seemed upset. 

“Talk to me.”

“I can't believe him. I understand that he likes you and all but him acting like that in front of our parents is not right.”

“It’s okay. Here is the other thing, it would be illegal for usto be together anyway. He’s 18 and I'm 16.”

“True. I didn’t think about that. Just promise me this.”

“Yes?”

“If we break up, don’t get back with him. Don’t even think about it.”

“Well I have no intentions on breaking up with you so I promise.”

I leaned over then gave him a kiss. He pulled out of his driveway and started driving to my new home. On our way there I was looking outside the window then noticed that there was a new restaurant in town.

“Look.”

I pointed to it then he nodded.

“What about it?”

“Wanna go there monday? My treat.”

He looked at me as if I were joking. 

“Why not.”

We soon pulled up to Mirza’s house then he got out with me. He walked over to the front of the car and gave me a hug.

“I’ll call you in a bit.”

“Okay.”

He got back in the car then I walked inside.

“Mirza! I'm back.”

I walked to our room looking for her. Then I walked into the kitchen to see her making out with a guy.

“Come on Mirza!”

She pulled away from the guy and looked at me. She was utterly embarrassed.

“Sophia! I didn’t know what time you were coming back.”

“I texted you. Seems like you had a fun night.” I pointed at the guy. “Who is this?”

“My name is Brandon.”

“Well Brandon, if I were you I would sit down cause you are about to get hit with a wave of questions.”

He looked at Mirza noticing that she was trying not to laugh.

“Don’t worry. I don’t bite.”

He sat down next to Mirza trying to mentally prepare himself for what was about to happen.

“Age?”

“17.”

“What highschool?”

“BB. I'm a senior at your school.”

“Lovely. Sports?”

“Football. Defensive line.”

“So you know who I am?”

“Sorta.”

“Sorta?”

“I have heard of you. You used to date Nick Hernandaz but now you are dating his younger brother Jordan.”

“Nick and I were together for a week his senior year.”

“What happened?”

“He got controlling and I don’t like to be controlled. So I dumped him.”

“Well I'm sorry for bringing it up.”

“Back to the topic at hand. So you know that my boyfriend is the quarterback.”

“Yes.”

“So you know that if you hurt this girl, I will call him then he will kill you.”

His eyes went wide then his face went pale. I started laughing.

“Chill. I was joking.”

“Sophia. Don’t lie to him.”

“Okay, I was partially joking. But seriously though. You break her heart and I will kill you.”

He looked scared enough so I got up, patted his shoulder, and went to my room. I heard the front door open then shut so I knew that he left. She walked into the room and she looked like she was going to kill me.

“You know it was funny. You can’t be mad at that.”

“It was but I like him.”

“Okay? I can’t scare him a little bit like what you have done with literally every guy I have been with?”

“True but I really like this one. Plus we both knew that none of those guys were going to last long anyways.”

“I can’t be mad cause you are right. So, did you have fun last night?”

“Yes I did as a matter of a fact. Thank you for asking. It looks like you did to cause I saw the way you were walking and the way you are sitting.”

I looked down then covered my face. I got really red.

“So, wanna talk about our nights?”

“Why not. You first.”

“Well we have been talking for a little while now so I invited him over because my mom said that she was going to go out with some friends. So he came over but at first we were watching Netflix and cuddling then we started to kiss. I wound up on top of him and we eventually had s*x. It was really good.”

“Well I'm happy for you.”

“And what about you?”

“I don’t kiss and tell.”

“Wow.”

“I know. But you knew this.”

She shook her head and was upset.

“Come on. Please?”

“Nope.”

She sighed. She sat down on her bed then started texting someone. A minute later she started laughing. 

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“Not nothing. Don’t make me get up.”

“It's an inside joke between me and Brandon.”

“Whatever.”

“So what happened last night?”

“What do you mean?”

“You left to go clean but you spent the night and got freaky.”

“Well at first we were just cleaning then Nick and a few of his boys joined us and we just had fun. We ate pizza and watched movies the rest of the night. Nick and the boys left so it was just us. Soon his parents got home but we still umm.”

“You did it with the parents home?!”

“And they heard everything.”

She stared at me for a moment trying to figure everything that I just said out.

“So you're telling me that they heard everything that happened?”

“And our conversation after.”

“How was the conversation with them this morning?”

“They just made fun of us. They weren’t mad at all. Nick on the other hand was furious.”

“Oh my lord.”

“I know.”

“What about hickies? Did you give him any?”

“His whole neck is covered.”

“Atta girl. Mark your territory.”

I couldn’t help but to start laughing. 

“Hand me the vape.”

“Okay.”

She got up then handed it to me.

“New flavor. Watermelon.”

“I like that one. Watermelon and blueberry are my favorite.”

“Same.”

I sat there vaping for a little while before I got a text saying that there was going to be a party at the football field for the players and whoever they invite.

“Yo. Party tonight. Let’s get ready.”

“Aight bet.”

I got up then took a shower. I walked to the room in my towel thinking that no one was there other than Mirza but I came out then I saw Brandon sitting there. I screamed.

“When did you get here?!”

“A minute ago!”

He covered his face.

“MIRZA!”

She came running then saw what happened. She pulled Brandon out of there and I got dressed. I walked out then looked at the both of them.

“You could have warned me that he was coming back.”

“I'm sorry. I thought that you would have gotten dressed in the bathroom.”

“I was coming out to ask you what I should wear because you usually like to dress me up.”

“True. I'm so sorry.”

“Let’s forget this happened. Also, I won’t tell Jordan.”

We all nodded in agreement.

“Also Mirza, no heavy drinking. You aren’t going to black out tonight.”

“Deal.”

I went back to the bathroom then dried my hair. I then curled it then started to do my make-up. Jordan facetimed me halfway.

“Hey babe.”

“Hey pretty lady.”

“Are you almost ready?”

“Yep. Leaving to pick you up now.”

“Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.”

“Okay. I'm going to stay on facetime because I wanna talk to someone while I'm driving there.”

“Okay.”

“So how did Mirza respond to the hickies?”

“She laughed but she had a dude here last night so she can’t talk.”

“Who?”

“His name is Brandon. He’s on your team.”

“I know who you are talking about. He’s a good dude. I approve.”

Brandon started laughing then shouted from the kitchen, “Thanks bro!”

“Wait he’s there?”

“Yep. he’s taking Mirza.”

“Well I'm pulling up in a second.”

“Okay I'm walking out now.”

“Alrighty. See you when you walk out.”

I hung up the phone then walked out. Jordan was sitting on the hood of his car and when he saw me he cat called me.

“Wow babe. You look great.”

“Well thank you. So do you.”

He grabbed my hips, pulling me towards him. He gave me a kiss then we got in the car. He started the car and put his hand on my thigh. Mirza doesn’t live far from the highschool so we arrived pretty early so we helped everyone set the stuff up.

“First football meeting of the season. Gotta make it awesome.”

“Exactly.”

I ran to the other side of the field then started setting up the decorations. I climbed up the ladder then started hanging up the lights. Liam and Kyle ran over to me to help.

“Hey Sophia. Want some help?”

“Sure. Thanks.”

“No problem.”

They helped me put up the lights while Liam held the ladder so I didn’t fall. Once the lights were up I climbed down then saw how good they looked. Liam gave me a high-five then Kyle nodded in approval. I ran back to the booth and asked what else I could help with. They told me that everything else was already done then thanked me for helping out. 

I walked around looking for Jordan so I could ask him what we were going to do while we waited for the party to start but I saw him with his boys so I didn’t want to bother him. I walked over to the bleachers then sat down. I pulled my phone out and started watching YouTube. Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone walking towards me so I looked up. It was Kyle.

“Hey loner.”

“Hey loser.”

“Ouch. That hurt.”

He sat down next to me then started laughing.

“Act like I care.”

“You are so mean.” 

He fake sniffled like he was going to cry.

“Look who’s talking.”

“What does that mean?”

“You have a reputation for being a player and not caring about the girls feelings after.”

“Half of that is true. I do care but I am a player.”

“Why?”

“I just haven’t met someone that can match my level if that makes sense. I just haven’t met a girl that you know, understands me.”

“I get that completely. But I think you should change the player part. It’ll help you out. Also, don’t go for the easy girls. They are usually the one that won’t last.”

“True. Very true. Thanks for the advice.”

“No problem. I mean, look at Nick. He was a player then I told him about himself now he literally wouldn’t leave me alone. You just have to find the right girl that will tell you about yourself but don’t act the way that Nick acts. Or else I will personally kill you.”

He started to laugh. “Deal.”

We sat there talking for a little while before people started arriving. 

“I didn’t ask but who did you bring here?”

“You won’t like it.”

“Try me.”

“Sarah Abbis.”

“Seriously?! Come on. I thought you were a player.”

“She’s not that bad.”

“She's a Sophomore but she has dated or slept with almost every single football player on every level.”

“Okay, maybe but, she’s nice at least.”

I slapped the back of his head.

“Ouch! What was that for?!”

“Being an i***t!”

“And here I thought you were going to be nice.”

“Nice isn’t in my vocabulary when it comes to my friends being idiots.”

“Awe, she said we are friends.”

“Want me to slap you again?”

“I’ll pass on that.”

“Exactly.”

“Jordan has his work cut out with you.”

“What does that mean?”

“I mean, he must really like the abuse.”

“I don’t hit him like that.”

“What?”

“I don’t. Because I know he will pick me up and throw me like a football.”

He started laughing really hard at that.

“What?! I'm not wrong!”

“So he is the only person that you wont hit?”

“Pretty much.”

“Wow. he is so lucky.”

“Oh you best believe that when we were just friends that we would fight all the time. Now us play fighting turns into sex.”

“I DID NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT!”

I couldn’t hold a straight face. I started laughing so hard my stomach hurt and I couldn’t breathe.

“I was joking!”

“I hope so.”

“I was. We have only done it twice.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. last night was the second time.”

“Again. I didn’t need to know that!”

“That time I wasn’t joking.”

“Wow. I thought that you would have done it a lot more than just twice. Also the looks at yalls hickies makes it seem like you two have been for a while.”

I got bright red.

“You saw them on him?”

“Not hard to miss.”

“Welp, at least his parents weren’t mad.”

“Wait, his parents weren’t mad?”

“Nope. they thought that it was funny.”

“Wow.”

“I know.”

We sat there talking for a little while before Jordan texted me asking where I was.

“And now the loner has to leave.”

“I'm not a loner. I just didn’t want to bother him while he was with his friends.”

“Mmhmmm.”

“I'm serious! He was with his boys and I didn’t want to interrupt them.”

“Okay loner. Whatever you say.”

I got up then walked away. I texted Jordan saying meet me at the concession stand. I started walking over there when I felt a girly hand pull me to the side into a shadowed area where no one could see us.

“What are you doing?”

“What?”

I remember that voice. It’s Sarah Abbis.

“Kyle. What are you doing with him?”

“We are just friends. We were talking cause my boyfriend was busy.”

“Don’t lie!”

“I'm not!”

She went to hit me but I grabbed her hand then pushed her into the storage house. 

“Don’t you dare.”

“I'm going to kill you!”

She got up, charging after me. She went for my waist so last second I moved so she rammed herself into the fence. She dropped so I grabbed her by the back of her head, dragging her out to where everyone could see us and threw her to the ground. After a few people started looking I kicked her a few times then walked away. 

I walked over to Jordan, scaring him cause he wasn’t paying attention.

“You scared me.”

“Sorry.” I said laughing.

“What took you so long?”

“Sarah Abbis accused me of cheating on you with Kyle because we were sitting on the bleachers talking.”

“That’s it?”

“Then she tried to hit me so we fought for like two minutes before I dragged her into the open for everyone to see that she got slapped around.”

He started laughing so hard I thought he was going to pass out.

“Yep, you are definitely my girl.”

He wrapped his arm around me then we started walking around. We saw some friends so we stopped to say hello to them. Kyle ran up to me.

“Sophia, I need to talk to you. Alone.”

“Okay. I’ll be right back.”

He grabbed my arm then pulled me away from everyone.

“What did you do?”

“She accused me of cheating on Jordan with you then tried to strike me. So I fought her and made a fool of her beca-”

“Sophia, talk slower. She accused us of being together?”

“She saw us talking on the bleachers. So she thought that we were cheating.”

He ran his hands over his face then through his hair.

“Look I'm sorry Kyle. I shouldn’t have responded like that but she tried hitting me because she thought that I was lying.”

“No no no. You had every right. Can I give you a hug without you know, it being weird.”

I laughed then gave him a hug. We walked over to the group then started talking to the group like nothing happened.

“Sophia, wanna go see what Mirza and Brandon are doing?”

“Why not.”

We walked away looking for Mirza and Brandon. 

“What did he want to talk about?”

“What happened between me and Sarah.”

“Okay. The hug?”

“Jealous much?”

“Extremely.”

“Babe.” I stopped walking in front of him causing him to look me in my eyes. “I am yours and only yours. Matter of a fact I talked about you the majority of the time we were sitting on the bleachers.”

He chuckled then kissed me. He pulled away then pointed to Mirza and Brandon.

“Wanna mess with them?”

“Absolutely!”

I laughed then we ran over to them.

“Hey guys!”

“Hey Sophia. What’s up?”

“Nothing. I got bored. So, what are you two doing?”

“Dancing. Having fun.”

“Fun, fun.”

“What are you planning?”

“What ever could you mean?”

Jordan snuck up behind them then screamed making the both of them jump and scream as well. I started laughing so hard I fell to the ground. Brandon turned around then pushed Jordan to the ground then he started laughing.

“You two are so mean!”

“No! We are hilarious!’

“I can’t stand you two!”

We got up then started to calm down.

“You know you love us.”

“That is debatable right now.”

“Well we do have school tomorrow so no heavy drinking.”

“Okay mom.”

“Hey didn’t you just get into a fight?”

“You did what?”

“Thank you Brandon for getting me killed.”

“I thought she knew, sorry.”

“You got into a fight? When? Where? Why? Who?”

“Sarah Abbis, like thirty minutes ago, she accused me of cheating on Jordan with Kyle, her latest conquest, and near the storage house.”

“Did you win?”

“What do you think?”

“That’s a yes then. Atta girl.”

I was utterly shocked. The last time I got into a fight she tried to rip me head off. The rest of the night we had a lot of fun. We were dancing and not drinking much because we had school the next morning. It was reaching the end of the party when my phone started going crazy.

“Hello?”

“Sophia it’s Nila. don’t come home tonight. I’ll have Mirza bring you a pair of clothes to change into. Your mother is here looking for you. Don’t worry I hid your things before I opened the door for her.”

“Thank you, umm okay. I’ll stay with Jordan.”

“Okay. I'm so sorry.”

“It’s not your fault. I shouldn’t have gone there.”

“No no no. I would rather you be here than anywhere else. I'm going to have to hang up now.”

“Okay thank you.”

She hung up the phone athen Jordan saw the fear in my eyes.

“Sophia what’s-”

I cut him then took off running looking for Mirza.

“Mirza!”

“What? Are you going to try-”

“My mom is at your house!”

“What?!”

“I just got off of the phone with your mom. She told me to tell you. I'm going to Jordan's house tonight. Bring me some clothes out to change into.”

“Okay. Are you sure?”

“Positive!”

Jordan came running after me.

“Sophia! What’s wrong?”

“My mom is at Mirza’s house looking for me. Don’t worry, she doesn’t know where you live.”

“Okay well you are coming home with me then.”

“Alright. Mirza is going to run a change of clothes out for me so I don’t go to school in this.”

“That’s a good idea.”

We spent the rest of the night together. Mirza, Brandon, Jordan, and I. When the party was over I went to Brandon’s car telling Mirza to not pick something trampy but she promised me that she wouldn’t. I walked over to Jordan's car and got in. As soon as I closed the door he looked at me.

“Let it out.”

I dropped my head in my hands, balling my eyes out.

“It’s all my fault.”

“No it’s not.”

“Yes it is!”

“No babe it’s not. You don’t control other people.”

“If I didn’t go to their house she wouldn’t have gone there! If I didn’t drag other people into my mess then they would be fine! But no, I have to worry about if when we get there Nila will be in an ambulance because my mother is a physco and would hurt her if she found out that Nila was lying to her!”

“Your mother knows that if she hurt Nila then you would never forgive her also would never even think about going back.”

“I'm considering going back. So no one else has-”

“Don’t you dare! I would be worried about you every single second that you weren’t with me and you were there.”

“I don’t want all of you risking it to protect me.”

“We are protecting you because we love you.”

“I know. But I just don’t want something bad to happen.”

“If something bad happens we will deal with it together. Always and forever babygirl.”

“Always and forever.”