We jumped out the window together, and landed on the ground six feet below. Bradley winced, pretending to be in pain. I just rolled my eyes, "Oh, get up, wimp," and start laughing. He straightens up, and we head out.
"So, uh, I know this isn't really super important, but where are we going?"
"Somewheeerre over the raiiinbowwww," I sing.
"Seriously! I only brought enough food for a week!" I look over and he has three bags hanging off his back and arms. I roll my eyes, "We're going across the lake to the trail, and we'll strategize from there." I lived on a lake right across from a neighborhood, which had a trail running along the bank. The trail was heavily wooded, so no one would see us. He nods.
"I figure it will be about fifteen minutes before my dad starts looking for me; he'll be wondering where I am with the CDs. Once he finds out I'm not in my room, he'll look everywhere for the CDs and my iPod. It'll take him a while, because I've got all the CDs with me," I say, pointing to my backback. "After he gives up, he'll search the house for me, then the roof. Then he'll call my brothers and sister up to ask if they've seen me, and they've been paid to say no. Then he'll call your dad to see if I'm with you, and he'll say 'Oh I thhought they were with you!' By now, thirty or forty minutes will have passed, more if Dad's been drinking. So we have a pretty good headstart."
Bradley's quiet for a moment. "How long have you been planning this?"
I smile. "Since last night." I take my iPod and portable speakers out of my pack and press shuffle. "Feeling this" comes on. I smile. This is gonna be great.

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"Jack, SHUT THE FUCK UP."
"Alex, you gotta let loose man, you gotta hang loose man," Jack answered, and held up the 'gnarly' sign. Alex sighed, "We should go back. I have a bad feeling about B running away." Alex didn't know why, but he was starting to feel almost responsible for her.
"Yeah, we can't just cancel the rest of the tour though, dumbass." Rian said, pausing the video game he was playing. Alex knew that, but he still couldn't help but feel worried.
"Just stop worrying about it. We met her, and she's strong. She's got her friend too. Just stay focused on the tour. You can always call her too to see how she's doing." Jack reassured. Alex nodded, "Alright. So, Rian, are you ready for me to kick your ass in Madden?"
"Nope, I'm not ready because it's not gonna happen."
Alex laughed and joined him. He was still worried about Bridget, but he thought she could handle herself for a little while until they got off tour.
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"Okay, so here we are," I said, scratching an X in the dirt with a stick I found. I laughed; we were like pirates. "Do you have any suggestions as to where we can spend the night?"
Bradley thought for a moment, "Um. My house?"
"Yeah, great idea. Okay, we could go to Sarah's house. No, that's too far. We could even camp out here; it's not that cold and you brought like fifty sleeping bags."
"No! I only brought seven! And yeah, I'm fine camping out here."
I nodded. I started to set up camp, but something felt off. That's when I heard the branch snap, Bradley yelling, "Duck!" and the gunshot.