Don’t Cry Baby

It has been four months since we left my hometown together and became Alaska and Nate. No one has been able to find us, they continue to search. I try not to watch the search too much, seeing the agony on my parents faces as they search for me. They haven't stopped since I left and here I am living in my dream home with Ty pretending to be the perfect couple.

It was easy to make friends in this town, no one suspects that I am a teenage runaway living with her basic kidnapper. We are just the carters and everyone loves us. I volunteer down at the library, I love working with books. The smells and the feeling of the pages against my fingertips. I love escaping to the library to sort through books and recommend different authors and stories.

I work from home to add extra income to the house. I work as an emergence help hotline. People call me when they're in need, or when they have a problem they need to talk about. It takes its toll sometimes, hearing all their voices and feeling the different emotions I can hear in their voice.

"It just gets so hard sometimes, I almost can't breathe. Everything is weighing down on me, all my problems."

"What's weighing down on you hun?"

"Just everything, it's my fault she's gone."

"Who's gone?"

my throat and I go silent. I haven't heard anuone talk about me ...to me

cheeks to poke out even farther. My collarbones protrude dramatically out of my skin. He wouldn't recognize me if he saw me, not at first. They won't find me, they can't. I won't let them bring me

to clam myself and stand up so that I can get back to work. I sit on my chair and stare at the phone, I see the

hotline. How can I

hear the hope in his voice. I have to crush it, I feel a small tear roll down my cheek as I wish I could tell him its me. It hurts me to hurt him

hotline, my

you almost

before I can answer back. I let out a breath I forgot I was holding in. I hear the door behind me open, I turn around with a smile. I run over to Tyler as he walks into the

He grins and places a kiss on

more money just for us." I grin and kiss

change my clothes. I step inside the shower and he looks me up and down while grinning. He pulls me towards him and wraps his arms around my waist. I lean into him and enjoy the warm water cascading down our bodies. He pushes me against the wall and lifts one of my legs up, I put it on the shelf and he lets two fingers slide into my while placing kisses on my neck.