Thunder cracks making me jump slightly in his arms while purple lighting lights up my room in a flash and I press my lips harder to his. He lets out a moan as he kisses just as hard back, Jesse quickly flips the two of us over so I lay underneath him as my legs tangle themselves around his waist and my fingers twist in his hair and yank gently.

We pull back for air and stare at each other in the darkness of my room only for lightning to appear for a spilt second illuminating his features as he hovers above me. His elbows rest on either side of me, propping himself up above me as more thunder cracks in the night making my adrenaline continue to course through me as fear rises in my chest.

Thunderstorms were always pain and pleasure with me, they scared me beyond belief but at the same time excited me in everyway possible. Jesse leans down again as his lips graze over mine and soon I can't take it anymore and he knows this, his body begins to drive me crazy and soon I crash my lips into his and he falls back bringing me with him so he sits straight up with me straddling him.

One of his hands entangle in my hair as the other holds my waist close to him while wrapping both arms around his neck and I let a moan escape my lips as he smirks against my skin while he trails kisses down my neck.
"Kira! Are you almost packed!?" my mother's voice sends both of us falling away from each other as we stare at one another in shock for a mere moment.
"Uh... one second!" I shout back before sliding off of my bed and making my way for the lights before flickering them on forcing both of us to squint at the sudden light.

One more crack of thunder sounds making me leap slightly in surprise before I glance up at Jesse whose lips are slightly swollen from our previous actions. Suddenly in a moment he's charging towards me and I to him. Our bodies collide and so do our lips as my arms wrap around his neck and then his hands find their way underneath my thighs as he hoists me up against the wall.

Our lips seem to lock together as all space between us disappears and my back becomes cold due to the wall that holds me up. Jesse's tongue flickers the bottom of my lip and before I can respond my door is swung open.
"Kir- ahhhh!" my mother screams as she stares at the two of us in morbid shock.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" my mother screams at us as we stare at her like a deer in head lights.

My mother crosses her arms and stares at the two of us with her nostrils flaring like a bull and chest heaving up an down in anger.
"Give me one reason why I should allow you two to go on that road trip?" my mother sneers.

"Uhh...."

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Jesse grabs the suit case right out of my hands and tosses it in the incredibly large van that we bought just a day ago for our run away plan, or as we call it, our road trip. We'll be traveling from the west coast all the way to the east coast, due to my father so easily tracking us down we've decided to constantly be on the move and it seems that a road trip is the best option. My mother is staying behind with Ryan, an idea I hate with all my soul, while Chris, Katie, Jesse, and I will be traveling under the supervision of Naomi and John, although I do feel like we'll be watching them more than them to us.

The van looks old school with a wooden exterior and a white top, we gutted the inside of it and added two large beds, one for the girls and one for the boys, I just pray no one snores. Katie hastily hops in the back of the van and I plop in after her as we let our legs dangle out of the trunk.
"If you told me the second I met you that this is what we'd be doing 6 months later I wouldn't of let you out of my sight," Katie laughs and I smile at her.
"So no regrets? I mean you know two kids who are being chased by their psychotic father which could potentially put you in grave danger all while possibly watching us be gutted alive..." I trial off.
"No, no regrets," she smiles at me before Chris appears from the other side of the van.

"Well I'm glad my girlfriend and my sister are getting along," Chris comments and Katie and I share a look.
"You do realize that we were best friends before you guys got all kissy kissy?" I ask and hop off the van leaving my idiotic brother and his girlfriend to do their lovey dovey stuff.

"Kind of how like I was best friends with your brother before we got all kissy kissy," I hear a voice comment from behind me and turn around to see Jesse resting against the side of the van smirking. I let out a small laugh as he approaches me and wraps his arms around my waist and gives me a somewhat seductive look before leaning his head down to mine.
"Jesse stop," I urge half heartedly, "If my mom sees us she's going to be pissed, she's still mad about last night you know," I breathe as his nose grazes my cheek.

"Really cause last time I saw her she was speaking with Ryan in the house..." he tries to distract me but instead I let out a huff and cross my arms as Jesse lets out a long groan as he knows I'm about to rant.
"I don't trust him," I hiss, "I really don't trust him, just something, either the way he acts or talks is off, he almost reminds me of my father," I whisper the last part making Jesse's hands find their way onto my shoulders and hold me back so I can look into his eyes.
"It's ok Kira, everything's going to be fine, it's totally normal for you to feel this protective over your mother especially after everything you've been through together and all of her ex lovers. I can't tell you he doesn't mean trouble because I know that might not be true," he sighs.

"But in the end, everything is going to be ok."

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My mother's frail arms wrap tightly around me as I feel her tears wet my shoulder and I shake slightly from holding in my sobs. If things take an ugly turn, this might be the last time I ever see my mother.
"I love you baby girl, always remember that," she whispers in my ear and I quickly shake my head.
"I love you too mom, you were always the best mom I could ever ask for," I murmur into her shoulder as she squeezes me tighter forcing a sob out of me as I tuck my head in my mother's chest feeling like a scared little child going to school for the first day.

Pulling back after about five minutes she cups her hand under my chin and smiles as she looks at me with tears streaming down her face.
"I'm so proud of you," she breathes out and I just purse my lips as I smile trying to hold in the rivers that wait in my eyes. I only manage to nod as I pull away and my brother throws himself on my mother in a hug, I can already tell he's crying and quickly turn away from them before trudging towards Ryan who's witnessing the whole thing.

"Kira," Ryan starts with a smile before I quickly intervene.
"Listen," I start off trying to sound as authoritive as I can to the man who stands almost a foot taller than me and around double my weight, "If you hurt my mother, if anything hurts her," he opens his mouth to interrupt but I hold up a finger, "I swear on my life and my boyfriends that I will hunt you down and I will tear you limb from limb in the most painful and intricate ways possible," I growl and with that turn my back on him and glide away.

Approaching Jesse who seems to have amusement dancing along his features I throw my arms around his torso and bury my head in it, "Damn that felt good," I sigh into his chest before pulling back and staring at Ryan and my mother who now stand side by side with Ryan eyeing me. The rest of us just send smiles and small shouts of goodbyes as we pile in, John and Naomi in the front and the rest of us in the back.

And just like that we swerve out of the driveway and I watch as my mother's figure becomes smaller and smaller and Ryan's smile turns more and more evil.

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"Ok so our first stop is going to be Mount Rushmore and then Yellow Stone park and then..." Katie explains as she points to her list that she made. It's amazing how she managed to plan a three week trip in one night, she may not be the sharpest tool in the shack but when she sets her mind to something the only thing that can stop her is God himself.

I feel someone nudge me in the side and I turn to see that Jesse has already dealt all of the cards for go fish. Card games, board games, car games, that's all we'll be doing for the next three weeks because of the fact we can't have any real technology on us and if we do then there's an extremely high chance that our father will be able to track us down no matter what state we're in. The only phones we're allowed to have is flip phones and those are only for severe emergencies which we can't use unless we're literally about to die, other than that we promised to find a pay phone in every state and call our mom telling her we're ok. Katie also came up with the genius idea of using a polaroid camera because we can't put our faces on the internet or on a smart phone.

"Got any nines?" he asks and I look around the back of the van, there's no place to run this time. Letting out a sigh I pluck my nine from my hand and hand it to a very surprised Jesse who wears a triumphant smile at the same time.
"Got any sixes?" I ask and I get the feeling this is going to be a very, very long ride.