The Runaway

Prologue

Brinnnnggggg!

I wake up and moan as I see 12:00 flashing on my alarm clock. "What the hell?" I moan again as I reach for the commsphere that is ringing in my ear. I sit up and try to find something to tell the time with. "What!" I answer the phone sharply.

"Aren't you lively in the morning Yuna?"

I fall back onto my pillow when I hear my best friend, Lulu's voice. "Shut up Lulu...you know I'm not a morning person."

"Duh, Yuna...I know. I was calling to check to see if you were still alive. It's 11:45 and you were supposed to meet Wakka and I here forty-five minutes ago."

I hear the tone of her voice and tell she's not happy. "Sorry Lulu. I got in late last night. My alarm clock didn't go off cause I think the power went out..." I jump off the bed and pull clothes out of my closet. "I'll be at Wakka's in fifteen minutes ok." I hang up the phone before Lulu can protest and run to the bathroom to see that the bathroom door is shut and locked. "Damn it Mia...hurry up!"

"Jesus Yuna...if you'd get up earlier...you'd be able to get in here before me." Mia, my father's girlfriend throws open the bathroom door and glares at me.

I glare back and shove past her. "You're not my mother so you can stop with the lectures. I don't want to hear them from you." I slam the door in her face and turn on the water as hot as it will go. I yawn and step into the shower, enjoying the spray on me. After a quick five minute shower, I jump out, dry off and get dressed. I pull a brush through my hair and run out of the bathroom. As I turn to run into my room, my father grabs my shoulder. "Let me go damn it!"

He slaps me across the face and slams me into the wall. "Listen to me Yuna. I've had it with you being rude to Mia. She's only trying to be..."

I push past him and walk into my room. "She is just trying to be my mother! I have a mother...and don't need another!" I grab my jacket and push past my father again.

He glares at me and grabs me by the collar of my sweater. "Where are you going?"

"None of your business...just out with my friends." I pull away and run down the stairs and out the door. "God, I hate him!" I sigh and walk to Wakka's house.