I Hope You Had the Time of Your Life

Have you ever wanted to run so fast you couldn't feel your legs anymore? Well that's what I'm doing right now, and let me tell you, it's not a pleasant feeling. Light snowflakes were falling down on my freckled nose as my black Dr. Martens crunched along the side of the highway. Several cars beeped, their owners yelling at me. I Hanna's heavy breath down my neck. "Keep going. Don't listen to them."

My name is Lola Snow and my life is a complete wreck.

I am an eighteen year old runaway from Rodeo, California. My family moved here from New Jersey when our mother died three years ago. I have five siblings, I am the second youngest in the family. Hanna, my oldest sibling, is here with me. All we ever wanted was freedom, but we could never have it because our father was so strict. He wanted to keep us forever.

Well guess what? He can't.

We decided to leave early this morning, taking only what we need. We would be living on the edge. Our father would surely contact the police, but we didn't care. We would run until we could no longer. Live until we ran out of life. Work until our fingers broke.

Could we make it? We didn't know. But there was one thing we did know. We sure as hell would try.

I hear a squeal on the road and a scream. I whip around, not knowing what was going to happen. My mouth parts, and before I know it, her body is smashing through the windshield. Blood covers the white SUV and I finally let the scream escape my mouth.

Hanna.

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