《Rejected Mate》Chapter4: leaving home
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I was heading to the airport me and the doctor. I thought long and hard about where I wanted to go and I decided I want to go so I decided to go to Pennsylvania, but I'm not gonna say it to the doctor cause if Tristen finds out I don't know what ill do.
"You ready, I have a suitcase with clothes your size and shoes and I also have a carry-on. Do you know where you're going?" he asked me. I wanted to tell him but I couldn't.
"Yeah, I'm going to china I just don't know what part yet." I spaced out after that. Cause that was the only answer I could give him and I really didn't want to talk about leaving, but I had to bring it up again. " Well, I'm gonna go ahead and go ok, And again thank you for everything that you've done I really don't know how to repay you."
" it's fine it's Ok, wait do you have money to buy a ticket?" oh crap how am I suppose to leave
"No, I don't and I don't want to ask you. So please dont. You've already provided me with clothes you can't buy me a ticket it cost too much."
"It's ok I'll pay. Here take the money and go, I don't want to know what part of China and if the alpha knows your alive he'll find you and kill me. So go be free."
"Thann you so much I hope the alpha never finds out. And please tell me why. Why did you help me." he smiled and said one thing that broke my heart. " me and my wife never had a daughter and we always wanted on. If we could help you, you would be mending both our hearts." he smiled then walked away. I was left speechless but I had a plain to catch.
As I made my way to buy a ticket I remember a song I head weeks ago because I and one of my friends went to a concert and she was in her feelings because her boyfriend cheated on her now it's stuck in my head so I started humming to it.
Now my eyes are sweaty
As I bought my ticket to Pennsylvania and not china I waited to be called to leave.
"Flight to Pennsylvania leaves in 15 minutes" as I heard those words I started walking and made my way to the plane to leave.
To be free of a place that believed I was dead and people that didn't stand up to their alpha for what he did to their luna even though I was human it didn't give him the right to just let me die. He knew I had an open mind to things and he killed me for knowing he was a werewolf. He impregnated me but the thing is he doesn't know. SoI left with his child and I'm never coming back an there's nothing he can do about it.
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I don't know what we are. I don't know what would happen if I see Tristen again, but one thing I do know is that I will always love him and it breaks my heart.
It breaks my heart to know that he doesn't love me back. Tristen just used me, so he'll never see me again. He'll never see his child.
Well, Only time will tell. Maybe one day he will find out I'm alive, and maybe one day he'll come and look for me, but until that day arrives in nowhere to be seen heard or alive
If he finds me and takes me back to this horrible place. This place where I use to call home, back to where he killed me. where he forgot about me.
I will leave again and I will not come back. Even if it means walking away from your loved one
As I entered the door of the plane I went to go find my seat. It was a good thing I had a window seat cause if I had middle or aisle seat that would have been bad. The flight is just 3 and a half hours so I'm good with not using the restroom, and I get to look outside a bonus.
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10 minutes later
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After everyone was aboard and buckled up the captain spoke
"Hello, everybody, this is your captain speaking we will be leaving Texas and going to Pennsylvania I hope you have a nice trip so everybody sit tight and have a nice flight"
As the captain spoke everybody put their seatbelts on and they're electronics away. This was my first time on a plane, leaving my town.
"This is your first time."
I turned towards the girl well young girl she was in her early 20s. I nodded my head.
"well, you know the saying if your young It's not too late to try it is it. my name is Jacqueline. what's your name."
"Yeah, it's not too late. And my name is Braelyn." my voice doesn't sound like it usually sounds. I sound like I don't wanna leave or I'm just scared, Yeah that's it.
"So what you running away from parents, step-parents, foster people or a boyfriend, or let me guess husband you probably got married early. "
She sighed and really big sigh..
"Well I came to visit my family even though they treat me like trash sometimes I want them to change but they don't. but this time I don't think I even want to come back. It's like I try and try but it's just not worth it you know.
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Enough about me how about you I know that look anywhere. Ever since I came and sat down you had this look on you. So who the hell do I have to beat up."
I saw the look on her face when she talked about her family and how she talked about why I was running away. how does she know? what gave her the idea?
"are you OK? what happened to you is the question."
I tried to ask her about her family but she just blew me off
"No, you don't get to just pass by my questions. why are you running away? what happened to you because you are quite sad In the eyes."
She notices and there's nothing I can say to get around the questions she's asking me.
"do you really wanna know. do you really"
she nodded her head and give me pleaded eyes.
"Something horrible happened with me and my boyfriend, and I was in a coma for three months, and I am also three months pregnant and I also have his child inside me but he doesn't know that I'm alive."
She gasped and said "this is even better than my story "
"yeah now I'm headed to Pennsylvania and the thing is I just have a suitcase with me. I don't even have a place to stay when the plane lands I'm going to be homeless."
She looked at me with pity but it went away right after.
"Where are you staying at in Pennsylvania?" I might as well tell her she might know some good apartments
"I was thinking about the outskirts of Pennsylvania but close to the city. Do you know the town Gettysburg?"
She smiled and nodded
"That's where I live. To be honest, if you want you can live with me. I have an extra room it's been empty for I don't know how long so what do you say."
I smiled and teared a little.
"I don't want to impose." she laughed
"it's OK you can stay I'm actually asking you if you want to stay." I composed myself and replied
"Yes, thank you so much. I don't know how I can repay you."
"just repaying me by staying with me as my new roommate."
"thank you"
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3 hours 15 minutes later
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The plane landed and we all got off and grab the luggage. I waited for Jacqueline to lead the way because this was a new town and I didn't know where to go.
"You ready to head to Gettysburg." I jumped I didn't know she was behind me
"You scared me, you have some really good sneaking up skills."
"Well, I do practice from time to time."
"What do you practice for?"
"Nothing really just to sneak up on my boyfriend and scare him especially since my house is big and on a big land. So it's like very quiet there and you can hear everything."
"Are you saying everything everthing?" she nodded her head
"I hope y'all don't have sex while I'm awake or their or put a sock on the front door. Please" I gave here the babyface and she said fine.
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2 hours later
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We finally arrived at her house it was amazing and beautiful I wonder how it looks from the inside.
I opened the door and my mouth went complete open this house was beautiful.
"Would you like a tour of the house."
The only thing I could do was a nod and she laughed at my excitement
She showed me the living room
Then she showed me the kitchen
The kitchen was so beautiful and so big I didn't want to leave but I had too.
Next, she showed me my room
Which was also beautiful. The bathroom was to die for
It was like royalty lived here or something but this bathroom is something.
"Well I hope you like your room and I hope you don't get lost. My last roommate ditch me because of that. I think that's why."
"So how much is rent going to be."
"Oh no it's ok you don't have to pay rent but you are gonna work at my bakery." I looked confused so she continued.
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you I own a bakery your gonna work for me."
I was silent for a minute then it hit me she actually wants to give me a job and doesn't want me to pay any bills. Ok fine, let's see how this goes.
"Just like that. You'll just give me a job."
"Yeah, it's my place I can do what I want. You start next week on Wednesday."
"Thank you again. "
"Your welcome. Now go rest."
That's how me and Jacqueline first met and how we became bestfriends. X
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