Curtains Close; Take a bow. I think we fooled all of them now.

Anthony's POV

"I want to run away..." She whispered. I looked back at her. Her skin was glowing and she looked like a ghostly angel. The backseat cradled her limp body. She was staring at the roof of the car with a dull expression.

"Why do you want to run away?" I asked her, turning my head back to the road curb we were parked on. I could see Oli lifting Sienna over his shoulders and giving her a piggy back whilst running alongside Hanley. The tall grass almost swallowed the little boy, coming up to his shoulders. They touched hands and smiled, running fowards and backwards. Silently I turned back to Rain.

"Because I'm in love again. And apparently, what I do when I'm in love, is run away." She giggled slightly before raising her hands over her face. She moved them around in the air as if they were conducting the sweet melody that she hummed.

"You can't run away this time." I said to her, biting my cheek. I waved at Oli through the windscreen, signalling to him that it was time to go. Rain had a curfew. We had to get her back by eight.

"Baby..." Oli whispered as he opened the car door. She sat forward fast and wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging onto him. He kissed her chest gently and then let go of her, lifting Sienna into her car seat. He walked around to the drivers seat and sat down, watching Hanley climb into the back and have Rain help him with his seatbelt.

We drove for what seemed like seconds. We pulled into the rehab centers carpark. She was asleep on the backseat. I offered to wake her up, but Oli denied it. He walked round to her side and lifted her out of the car. She clung around his neck, still fast asleep and breathless beneath him. I watched him enter the building. Moments like this were unforgettable. The sunset was behind me. The kids were asleep, their tiny whistling breaths could barely be heard. I was comforted by the orange sun beams on my lap. She was gone, just like that. I loved her more than my sister. I loved her more than my mother. She was so important to my life. I wanted her to come home. I wanted her to stay.

Notes

This is so cute. <3