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Arielle's POV

To say moving to a new state and city had been a new thing for myself, I would be lying through my teeth. I have not stayed in the same place for more than three months at most for a few years. This being because my father would somehow end up finding me. Being found by him is something that scares me the most.

I am nineteen years old but my father still scares me to my bones. Looking at my body and all the marks that he has left on my skin throughout my life for something I did not cause makes me heartbroken. When I was a little girl I had been a Daddy's girl for sure, but after the day that my mother and I got into a car accident while we were on our way to one of my ballet classes my father begun to drink his pains away.

I remember the night that my life changed for the worst, the first time my father laid a hand on me. I was six years old at the time in my bedroom. It had been a few weeks after the accident that took my mother away from me, and I was playing with my dolls in my bedroom when my father walked in the room, drunk. He picked up my small frame throwing me onto my princess pink bed while yelling, saying that what happen to my mother was my fault.

Every day after that night had been hell for me. After my sixteenth birthday on June fourth, I ended up saving enough money from the jobs that I took after school and the money that I took from my loaded father, and finally had the guts to pack my bags and grab the keys to one of my dad's cars and drive away from the house I had once called my home.

The only thing that I had not expected when I left was to have my father try and find me. He found me wherever I went. That is why I do not spend more than two months in one place, because that is the usual amount of time it takes him to find me. I try not to make friends knowing that I would soon leave them, I do not want to get attached to anyone that I know I would soon be leaving.

At this very moment I am making my way to a motel that was in the new city that I would be calling home for a few weeks, Backwaters CA. I just left Texas seeing as my father had been getting close to where I was staying. When I ran from my father, I may have taken more money than I should have, even though that is not the reason he is after me. I took over $200,000 from him, and I am already running low on it because I had to buy more clothes, food and motel rooms in every city. Once the money runs out I don't know what I am going to do with myself or how am I going to survive on the run. I will most likely have to get a job for the weeks I stay at the new cities.

After a few more minutes of driving down the street I finally found a motel. I parked my car close to where I could sign in to get a room, turning off the engine and stepping out of my blue Nissan Versa 1.6 sedan I walked towards the office looking at the woman behind the desk booking a room for two months while giving her a smile. Once she gave me the key card to my room I walked back to my car and started grabbing all of my bags and began making my way to my room that was placed on the second floor at the end of the hall. When I unlocked the door and walked in, it looked like a simple motel room. It had one crummy bed, a small television, a microwave that probably did not work, coffee maker, a kitchen with a small fridge and stove, and it had a closet where I placed all my bags. I sighed as I laid down on the lumpy but comfortable bed. I grabbed the remote off of the bedside table turning towards the television turning it on.

As I was flipping through a few channels, my stomach groaned in hunger. Since I did not get a chance to go to the food mart, I would have to go to the diner that I had noticed when I was making my way to the motel. I jumped out of bed to check how I looked before I left. What I was wearing looked decent enough, with my ACDC shirt and maroon zip up shorts I walked out of my door, making sure that I locked it on my way out, and walked back to my car getting in, turning on the engine and I started driving to the small diner that was down the street.

When I made it there and got out of my car, locking it. I walked to the door pulling it open hearing the small bell that was on the top ring as I walked in. I let my eyes scan around the diner to see that there were a few people here with their friends or their family, just enjoying their life. I smiled at the thought of someday being free of my father and all the hurt that he has pushed onto me. I walked towards a booth sitting down waiting for the pretty waitress I spotted on my way in to come around to my table and take my order.

While I waited I pulled out my black phone and started to play games on it out of pure boredom. After about five minutes of mindless playing I heard the waitress clear her throat making me look up at her

"What can I get you Hun?"

I looked at the small menu that was in front of me before looking back up at her replying that I would like a water and a cheeseburger with fries. She smiled at me before telling me that it would be done in a few minutes, before walking away from my table to service another couple who came in a few minutes after I did. I was about to go back to my game, when two girls sat in front of me, nearly scaring me out of my pants.

I looked at the two girls who were looking at me with slightly wide eyes, giving them a look as if saying 'What do you want'. The girl who slid into my booth first smiled at me before opening her mouth to speak, as she still had a huge smile on her face

"Hi, my name is Nella and this is Cara, Are you new? My friends and I were just wondering."

When she said friends, she pointed her thumb to a table that had three males seated at it. One of the males drew me in more than the others, he was staring at me like I was staring at him. The look on his face went in between love and curiosity. I was thrown out of my thoughts by Nella laughing at something before muttering "It is her" towards Cara. She looked at me smiling.

"So, are you going to go to Backwaters High?"

I watched as her left eyebrow rose in curiosity but before I could answer the strange girls quistion the waitress placed my food in front of me. I looked from my food to the two girls in front of me, silently having a battle with myself food or creepy stalker girls. I narrowed my eyes at them before picking up my large burger taking a large bite from it still looking at the two girls. I smiled at them before swallowing the food in my mouth, I guess having a few friends won't hurt.

"Yeah I am, I am going to be a senior for a few weeks."

As I ate my burger I thought to myself how glad I was that all of my scars from what my father did to me were hidden under my clothes, seeing as they were mostly on my stomach and back. I do not think these girls would want to be friends with someone like that. When I took another large bite of my burger placeing a couple of fries in my mouth with it Cara replied

"GREAT! We go there too, as well as her boyfriend over there. We would love to show you around town sometime."

I smiled at that looking at the two girls as I felt my cheeks puffed out seeing as they were full of fries and burger before swallowing it going to grab more only to look down at my plate to see that it was now empty.i slightly frowned, sad that all my food was gone. I looked up at the girls in front of me as I grabbed a napkin wiping my hands and face

"That would be lovely. It was really nice to meet you girls but I have to go."

When I say the napkin down and I started standing up from my booth pulling out my wallet leaving the four dollars for the bill and a tip for the waitress. I noticed that the girls looked back at the table full of boys, who I might add have not stopped looking this way before I pulled myself up from the booth I was seated at. When I turned around and went to walk away from the table Nella's voice stopped me

"Oh, well where are you and your Family staying? Maybe we can stop by and maybe carpool to school, or just hang with each other sometime? Oh and I forgot to ask what is your name and how old are you?"

I pursed my lips while sucking on my teeth as I could still feel the eyes of the boys on my back, and I felt a pang to my heart at the word 'family' but tried not to let it show on my face. I failed as a small frown appeared on my face, and I started backing away from the girls slowly,

"My name is Arielle and I am nineteen."

I was about to go out the door but got interrupted yet again but this time by Cara, what was up with these girls, why can't they just let me leave?

"Where are you and your family staying?"

I looked back at the two beautiful girls that stood behind me, feeling my frown on my face become deeper, before I took a look at the guys in the back, looking as though they could hear the conversation and were awaiting for my answer. Before answering, my eyes scanned over the man that was looking at me like I was food to a starving man. He had obviously caught me staring because he sent me a small smile. I turned my eyes back to the girls that were awaiting an answer before simply replying

"I don't have a family anymore, but if you must know, I am staying at the motel up the street."

With that, I sent them a small smile before walking out the door and to my car so I could head back to the motel. I really needed some sleep from all the driving that I did I feel like I could collapse on the sidewalk and sleep there, and unfortunately I still had to go sign myself up for school and that was always hell because I was nineteen and still I was in school because of all my moving around, but thankfully I just needed a few more credits and I could graduate early. I unlocked my car door getting in and starting the car and pulled out of the diner's parking lot and started driving back to my temporary home.

When I returned to my motel and made it back to my room I kicked my shoes off my feet after locking the door, and walked to my bed, that was way more comfortable than the last motels bed. I plopped myself down on my stomach with my feet hanging off the bed slightly before drifting off to sleep, as I was thinking of the man that I saw today in the diner. Who was he? Why was he looking at me like that? Why did I get this sudden attraction to him?

Word Count: 2125

Zander and Arielle have laid eyes on each other! I do hope you guys like this, I love everyone that reads you are amazing! This was edited on 22/2/2016 then re-edited on 26/4/2016