The Runaway

Starting at the Beginning

*Hey everybody new story I thought up, hope you like it let me know if I need to fix the color of the words on the cover don't know how often I will be updating so hang in there.

Why does everybody seem to hate me? Like seriously I do one thing and people get mad at me or laugh at me, make fun of me and stuff like that. So I may not be the best looking girl in the world and not everyone can love my personality but that doesn't mean they have to hate me, even my family who are supposed to love me unconditionally yes they too seem to hate me at times, but I guess it is okay because I hate them too sometimes.

I guess I should tell you about myself before I rant on about my problems. I'm Sasha Brooks a senior at a local high school, Acadia High I'm 17 years old, I have jet black pin straight hair and blue eyes, a few freckles dot my face, but it's hard to make them out with the acne that covers my face. I'm shy and not a people person, though people think I am a nerd due to my antisocial tendencies they are completely wrong, sure I have subjects that I like and am good at but most I am terrible at.

To sum me up I am with no doubt the least attractive girl in school. At least that is how I used to view myself before now. This story that I am about to tell you happened over the summer between my junior and senior year of school.

So being hated by what felt like everyone was only one of my many problems that now don't seem that bad but just that little while ago were horrible. One problem was before I felt like I was hated I was a social outcast no real friends and my sister was already in college. Another problem I felt like I had to live up to my sister when she was in high school she got mostly A's and B's so that is what I felt like I had to do as well.

Problem number three at the end of my junior year I randomly developed a crush on Austin Parks one of the popular guys in my grade, he's athletic, smart, funny, hardworking, at times he can be nice and caring and not to mention the fact that he is good looking. He has light blonde hair but not platinum he sometimes lets it grow out but keeps it at a manageable length. You may think what is the problem with that and it is that I never wanted to like him I never thought I would like him, oh and he has a girlfriend and will never like me back.

No to finally get to the start of my story. I felt like an outcast everyone like hated me like I wasn't smart and had a pointless crush on Austin. So I just wanted to get away from it all leave the stress of everything behind me but it was summer how bad could it be, well it meant I had nothing to do so I sat up in my room reading my favorite book series that I had bought for myself. Actually, it was a bunch of series that were all connected but long story short I was alone and sometimes it was nice but most of the time it felt like I was ignored which further lead me to believe I was hated.

One day I got yelled at for something I did that is part of my personality and that is when I decided I had had enough I decided to get out of there so I started planning. I grabbed my backpack and a duffle bag and started to collect things the necessities things like clothes, food, money, toiletries. And a few things that would be good to have like my phone laptop and their chargers along with a notebook pencils lead pens erasers those kinds of things. And though it was the summer I still grabbed a blanket.

I checked my stuff several times I needed to make sure I had everything because the first chance I got I was going to run away. It was a Sunday my family always go to church Sunday mornings but I told them I wasn't feeling good and so they let me stay home. Once they left I changed out of my pajamas and into street clothes. Grabbed my bags and my keys (just in case), did one last check and headed out. Since it was Sunday there weren't many options of where I could go as a lot of places were closed. But I knew a place I could go for at least today.

There is an abandoned shed that is on schools property that is never locked I could stay there before moving on tomorrow. You are probably thinking what about when my parents get home won't they look for me? Well they probably won't notice right away and when they do they will wait before calling it into the cops, but once that happens it will be a little bit before they say I'm missing officially.

When I make it to school after walking the few miles it takes I look around to see if anyone is watching and nobody is so I walk around the building and out to the shed in the backfield. I open the door a crack and stuck my head in, as expected no one was there so I open the door fully and the light from outside pours in. It was a decent shed for it being on a school property and not used, there were some spider webs which I cleared away but that was it no mice or other bugs.

It was still early so I walked around the school grounds trying to stay out of view from most people, something I was good at. After a few hours of walking around my stomach growled telling me it was time to eat. I made my way back to the shed and went through what food I had taken with me. I had grabbed a bunch of fruit snacks, brownies, and other more snack-like foods not much of a lunch I thought to myself, oh well it only has to last to Monday because that is when I will get my money I have saved up from the credit union.

I stayed in the shed for the rest of the day and now it was after 10 at night so I grab the blanket to use it as a pillow it may not be comfortable but it was better than nothing. I drifted off to sleep day one of running away was successful.