Just A Kiss by zzmbrashear (books for students to read txt) 📖

her cheeks. I helped her stand up. “What will we do about school?” I asked her.
“You will be 18 in a couple of weeks and I will be 18 in a few months. We will drop out.” She said.
“How will we tell them?” I asked. I couldn’t just leave with out letting them know that I was okay.
“I will leave them at note. I mean him. You should do the same.” She said and I nodded.
When I got home later that day I stood in the front door for the longest time. I just breathed in the air. The sent of cotton and fresh air. I touched the couch and felt my mom’s satin sheets on her bed. I walked down the hallway and looked into my brothers room. He was sitting on the floor playing with his power ranger action figures. I loved my brother. He was so smart but he didn’t even know it. He deserved the world. I felt horrible about leaving. I didn’t have a choice. I looked down and touched my stomach and sighed. I went to my room and sat on my bed. I looked around. I saw the picture of Jacob on my table by my bed. I looked at him and a tear escaped from my eye. It hit the picture and shattered like glass. My heart crumbled.
“How could he betray me like this? I’m not dirt! I deserve better than this!” I screamed into the wind and then slammed the picture on the floor. It shattered into a million pieces. I slid down the side of my bed and sat on the floor staring at the mess I just made. I stood up and got a broom from my closet and swept all the glass up and threw it away. Caleb stood in my door way.
“Miley?” He asked and I looked up. I wiped my tears and put the broom away.
“Yes Caleb.” I answered.
“Are you okay?” He asked me. His brown eyes stared into mine.
“Yes I’m fine.” I said and went up and hugged him. “Everything will be okay.” I said.
“Okay.” He said and walked back to him room. I can’t leave him. Not here alone to fend for himself. I walked over to my window and looked out it. I saw him playing in the leaves with his friends. I picked up my cell phone and called Michelle.
“I can’t do it, Mitchie. I can’t leave Caleb.” I told her.
“Okay, okay. Calm down.” She said. I took a deep breath. “What are we going to do?” She asked me.
“We’er going to take him with us.” I said and she became silent. “It will be fine. I have over five hundred dollars saved up. It was going to go for a car but I can use it and Caleb has around the same amount in his safe in his room. He’s been saving up for a gun but I know the combination. How much do you have saved up?” I asked her.
“I only have around three hundred. Miley are we really going to do this?” She asked me.
“Yes.” I said. “I will pack for Caleb right now because he’s outside. My bags are already packed. In three hours meet me at my house with your truck. How many bags are you bringing?” I asked her.
“Like four or five.” She said.
“Okay. Same here. Be here in three hours. I will be outside.” I said. I walked to Caleb’s room and took out three duffle bags and three back packs. Since he is younger he is going to need more clothes. I filled four of the bags with clothes. I filled one with his toys and the other with shampoo’s, conditioner’s, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shoes, and even a picture of all of us. I called Caleb in form outside.
“What is it?” He asked and took off his jacket.
“Caleb, listen close. We are going away. Just you, me, and Michelle.” I told him.
“What about Mommy?” He asked.
“Mommy is never around. We are going to go far away. I have your bags and Michelle will be here soon.” I told him. “Are you going to come?” I asked him because I didn’t want him to feel obligated although he was.
“Yes.” He said.
“Okay. I have some of your toys and your clothes.” I told him. Then I heard a car pull into the drive way and I thought that it was Michelle but I looked out the window and saw it was my Mom home early. “Shit!” I screamed and picked up Caleb.
“Thats a bad word!” He said as I ran and put him out the back door. I grabbed the bags and threw them out the back door too. I saw Michelle pull up behind the house and she jumped out and buckled Caleb in and threw the bags into the back. I took out a piece of paper to write her a note.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m pregnant. I know this would upset you but you two are never around. I was planning on leaving anyway. I took Caleb with me because if I wasn’t there then no one would watch him and he is such a smart boy. I will be in contact soon to let you know how we are doing. This is the best for us. Michelle is with us and we will be fine. With all our money combined we should be okay. Don’t be mad. I will enroll Caleb in school and he will get the education he deserves. I love you. We will be fine.

Love Miley

As I wrote the note I began to think of how much I will miss them. I ripped off the paper and set it on the counter. I ran out the back door as she came through the front.
“Did you leave the note?” Michelle asked as I jumped into the truck and told her to go.
“Yes. Go quick.” I told her. I looked back at Caleb through the mirror. I looked out the window at his Mother. We started to pull away but he didn’t take his eyes off her. It was horrible for me to watch his heart crumble like that. I reached back and put my hand on his leg.
“You okay buddy?” I asked him and he nodded.
“Michelle, where are we going?” I asked her. We had the escape planned but we never actually discussed where we were going.
“To New York.” She told me. We live in Pennsivana and now we are heading to New York. Its not too far away but we can get there. After a couple hours we stopped. I woke Caleb up.
“You hungry?” I asked him. He nodded his head. We got out of the truck and headed inside. We were at McDonald’s. “What do you want?” I asked him.
“Chicken Nuggets.” He said. It was almost dark out side and getting pretty chilly and I saw him shiver. I gave him my sweat shirt.
“Can I get one Chicken Nugget Happy Meal with a chocolate milk and two Ice Coffee’s.” I told him.
“Your total is 8.56.” The cashier said and I handed him the money. We sat down. Michelle looked tired. She must have been driving for at least five hours.
“Do you want me to drive next?” I asked her.
“Yes.” She replied. Caleb had dark spots under his eyes. The man brought us our order and Caleb chowed down.
“Slow down. There’s no hurry. We can stay as long as you want.” I told him with a chuckle. “What time is it?” I asked Michelle.
“Around Ten O’Clock.” She told me. I sighed. Caleb got up and threw his garbage away and we headed to the truck. I got in the drivers seat.
“Everyone buckled?” I asked.
“Yup.” They both replied. Michelle leaned the back seat back for Caleb to take a nap. We talked quietly so we didn’t wake him.
“We can sleep in the truck tonight but we will have to put the bags in the back inside the truck incase it rains. We can go apartment hunting tomorrow.” I told her and she agreed.
“I’m going to take a little nap.” She said and then dozed off. We got into New York. I found out quickly that it was mainly country. It was dark in a lot of places but the street lights helped. I found a vacant street and parked the truck and fell asleep. When I woke up Michelle was staring at a Map. Caleb was still sleeping in the back. I rubbed my eyes and stretched.
“Where are we going to start?” I asked her.
“There is a nice apartment building here.” She said and pointed to a spot on the map. “But first lets go to this one, and this one.” She said while pointing to other locations.
“Okay.” I said and started up the truck. We got to the first location. It was called The Place. “I’ll go in.” I said and had Michelle wait in the truck with sleeping Caleb. I walked inside and found that it was bland and not kept well.
“Hello. How may I help you?” A man greeted me.
“I’m looking for an apartment. There is myself and another woman and a little boy and a baby on the way.” I said.
“Well we have many rooms but noise isn’t tolerated.” He said. I didn’t like this place but I let him give me a tour anyway.
“Okay. I will let you know if I’m interested.” I told him after he was done showing me around. “It was no good.” I said and go into the truck. We drove to the next place which was a ways away. Michelle went in. After no more than ten minutes she came out and shook her head no. Then we drove to another we found on the way. She went in again and shook her head no when she walked out just like before. We went to the last place. It looked decent outside. Its name was The Le Monte. I didn’t know what it meant but it sounded better than all the rest. Caleb woke up when Michelle slammed the door shut so all three of us went in. A man in a uniform greeted us.
“Hello. Welcome to The Le Monte. How may I assist you?” He asked. He was very nice and handsome.
“Hi. We are looking for an apartment.” I said.
“Sorry we are all booked up.” He said. Then one of the Lobby Elevators opened and a woman and a man ran out of it.
“I’m sick of you and your whores, Jeffery! I’m moving out! You and the kids and go live with your mother!” The woman screamed and then checked out and took all there luggage to a cab and made the man and the two children get in.
“Apparently we now have an opening.” He said. “Would you like to see it?” He asked and we said yes. He brought us to the room. We walked in. It had three bedrooms. It was very neat and nice. It was perfect. Caleb and the baby could share a room or I could share a room and Michelle gets her own.
“Its perfect!” Michelle and I said at the same time.
“Okay. Come down stairs and we will get you set up.” He said and then opened the elevator for us. We went down to the lobby. I was skeptical about how much it was going to be.
“It will be three hundred a month.” The man at the cash register said and I let out a deep breath. It