High School

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In a moment of rage Emery stood up, tears still streaming down his face and he sniffled every so often, he grabbed a large rucksack and shoves in some of his clothes, and some packs of blood, and he slung the bag over the shoulder and headed towards his bedroom door before he rested his head against it and threw his bag to the floor. He cried against the door and slammed it with his fist, before he stood up and wiped the tears away from his eyes, commanding himself to stop crying.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

She slammed against the tree, time after time. You're only hurting yourself. The voice says in her head. "That's what I want!" She screams, then phases back into her human form. She didn't care if she was naked, she just didn't care. She punches the tree, it's bark cutting her knuckles. She then grabs the lowest branch and climbs up. She keeps climbing, and climbing until she gets to the tallest branch. It was thin, but it could hold her. She pushes through the canopy of leaves and screams at the night sky. "YOU DID THIS!" She screams at the moon. "YOU DID THIS TO ME!"

 

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Emery walked over to his desk and pushed everything on it onto the floor, aside from a single piece of paper and a pen. He chewed his lip for a moment, calming himself down before he sat at his desk and picked up his pen. He had stopped crying, by now, and he wrote neatly but shakily on the paper.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leela climbs down from the tree, scrapes all over her body. A cold chill hits the air and she covers herself the best she could. She sits down by the tree, leaning her back against it. The sticks and leaves underneath her were uncomfortable, but she didn't care. She stares blankly in front of her, her tears had long since stopped falling. All she could think about was if she ever, EVER, saw Edward Nile again. She wouldn't hesitate to rip him limb from limb, then crush his heart in her teeth.

 

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He wrote the first thing that came to his head, and scrunched it up and threw it into the bin before finding another piece of paper. He wrote a whole poem on that one before scrunching it up and throwing it at his window. Ripping a page of paper from his notebook he finally writes something that is bearable, and he stuffs it into his pocket before standing up and unlocking his bedroom door, walking down the stairs and into the entrance hall. No one was to be seen.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

She sat there, thinking of ways she could hurt Emery's father the way he had hurt Leela. She crosses her legs as it starts getting colder and she shivers. "I don't care. Start snowing! Do it! Let me freeze!" She screams at nothing, still staring angrily at a tree in front of her. She feels the cold on her skin and is reminded of the first time Emery had touched her. His cold hands. She then hits her head against the tree three times, getting that thought out of her mind.

 

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Emery walks out of the double doors without a second glance, hurrying along down the hill and walking the well known path to the woods. When he got in there he walked through the trees trying to find theirs, maybe if he left the note there then Leela would find it one day. He saw the tree in the distance and then he smelt werewolf, and his thoughts became clouded by the things he could do and the things he could leave behind. He ran to her, grabbing her shoulder and putting one hand behind her head so that she stopped hitting her head against the tree. He didn't look at her naked body but instead he looked at her face, moving the hair from her eyes and wiping away blood and tears. He didn't feel hungry any more, her blood didn't make him feel hunger, it made him feel concern. He looked into her eyes, his hands on her cheeks tilting her head up to him.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

"Em-Emery? What are you doing here?" She asks, looking up at him. She shivered again, and her vision was blurry. Am I hallucinating? Her hands reach up and grip Emery's face, he was there. He had come to their spot, just like she had. More tears fall from her eyes as she crosses her arms across her chest once more. "You, you shouldn't be here."

 

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Emery crouches down next to her and pulls her closer, "I know, I know but I don't care and everything is wrong but I know what I want to do." He wipes away her tears before he starts to cry too, now that he knew how he couldn't stop. He pulls her into a desperate hug and they cry together, his hands run through her hair and he lets her bury her face in his shoulder. "I'm getting away." He says, his voice shaky, was he really going to do this?

 

[HappyBeingMe]

"Where are you going?" She asks through her tears, her head still buried in his shoulder. "I'm coming with you." Leela says, and she would. She would follow him to the ends of the earth if she had to, and that was a promise. She didn't want him to go anywhere alone, and she herself wanted to get away from this god forsaken town.

 

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"I own a place. I go there when things get rough." He whispers. His family had a lot of money, he'd bought it in secret, and his parents were still unknowing of it. It was only an old abandoned warehouse but he'd turned it into his own apartment. He was glad that Leela wanted to come with him, he didn't want to go without her, he didn't think he could live without her there.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

A smile pops onto Leela's face and she pulls her face from his shoulder. "Okay, well as you can see I'm a little short on clothing at the moment." She says, a blush making it's way onto her tear stained face. "Do you think we can make a run to my house?" She asks, wanting to pack some clothes and a few other things.

 

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Emery nods and then looks around awkwardly, was she gonna have to walk to her house naked? He chewed the inside of his lip before he pulled off his blood stained shirt and offered it to her, revealing his pale torso that was slightly toned and had a few scars littering it.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leela's eyes glance at his torso, then she takes the shirt and puts it on. It reached the upper part of her thighs, which means she would have to hold it down with her hands. "Thanks." She says, then stands up shakily. She looks down at her scraped knees and sighs. Seeing as she had climbed a tree naked there were scrapes all over her body, along with her knuckles. A few of her fingernails were completely torn off and she winced before placing her fingers in her mouth awkwardly.

 

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Emery stands up and holds onto Leelas arm so she doesn't fall over, and then he looks down at her. "You look like you've been through hell," he observes, and notices how shaky Leela is. He takes note on her size and remembers how little she weighs and chews the inside of his cheek again, he always did that when making a decision. "I can carry you, if you want me to?" He asks, still holding onto her arm.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

She felt weak, as if she hadn't eaten in days, she wanted to say no to Emery carrying her, but instead she nods and holds the shirt down. She didn't want to look like she was inferior, but she didn't think she could walk all the way to her house. She was tired, and limbs hurt. All because of the tree she had climbed, climbed all the way to the top. She turns to the tree and looks at it's trunk, seeing the claw marks through their initials.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Emery smiles and picks her up bridal style, laughing slightly. He begins to walk to her house, his arms just under her knees and his thumbs stroking her leg comfortingly. He noted the scratches through their initials and a small pang could be felt in his stomach but he brushed it off. He got to their house in no time, no one was on the streets so they didn't get looked at oddly, he carries her inside the house and sets her down gently.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

"Thanks." Leela says before going into her bedroom to get some clothes. She takes a quick shower and changes into a pair of black sweat pants and a green shirt. She then grabs a suitcase from her closet and throws some clothes in it, along with a few keepsakes. She rolls the suitcase into the living room and sighs. "Alright."

 

[buildingaspaceship]

Emery grins at her, he didn't need to pick anything up because he already had clothes there, but how would they get there? Emery had a car but it was back in his houses garage... He thought of something, and he told Leela that he'd be back in half an hour. He'd have to retrieve his car otherwise they wouldn't get there. He walked out if his house and to his own, up the large hill and into his garage. His car keys were in a drawer, so he retrieved those and climbed into his car. He hadn't drove this in months.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leela nods and sits down on the couch, waiting. While she waited she turned the tv on, then turned it off as soon as she saw what was on. It was her father's favorite show, the one they would watch together every week. She thought about her aunt, who was most likely taking care of the funeral arrangements, then checked her phone. She had a lot of missed calls from her, but instead of calling her back Leela takes the battery and sim card out of her phone and puts them on the table.

 

[buildingaspaceship]

He drove down the hill fast, and arrived at Leelas house after about ten minutes. He pulled up next to her house and walked inside, smiling. "Your chariot awaits," he laughs and he grabs her suitcase and rolls it outside and puts it in the car, he runs back quickly and picks Leela up before she can protest, walking down to the car. He opens the door and puts her in the passenger seat, shuts the door and walks around to the drivers side, he gets in and grins. He couldn't believe he was doing this.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leela laughs at him and the laugh gets louder when he picks her up. When he puts her in the passenger seat she puts on her seat belt and looks at her house. Her old house, she was going to miss it but she had a feeling that she was going to love her new life. "I'm so ready." She says and rubs her sore hands together before licking her knuckles to make them feel better.

 

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"Good," Emery smiles, a nervous but good feeling in his stomach. He begins to drive, neglecting his seatbelt, and he turns on the CD player and sound fills the car. Change (In the house of flies) by Deftones plays, and he grins and taps his fingers to the beat. He drives for a while, before they reach the edge of town and as he passed the town sign he puts up his middle finger at it.

 

[HappyBeingMe]

Leela laughs at his gesture, then does the same. She throws her semi dry hair into a ponytail and looks out of the window, watching the trees and signs roll by. Her eyes became heavy and a yawn escapes her mouth. "I'm gonna take a nap." She says and leans back in the seat. She removes the seat belt for more comfort and puts her hands behind her head.

 

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Emery turns off the music as she falls asleep, and he drives in silence for an hour and a half before he pulls up outside a building that looked old and ruined. He looked over at Leela, he couldn't bear to wake her, so instead he got out of the car and unlocked the door to the warehouse, then walked round to the passenger side and got Leela out of the car, carrying her bridal style up some steep steps. The room was open, the only room was a bathroom, everything else was open. He walks over to the messy bed and puts her on it, covering her with the blanket. Then, he goes and gets the suitcase, bringing it and putting it at the end of the bed. He looks at the time, very late, and he shuts the curtains and, still shirtless and in sweatpants, climbs into bed next to her.