• I began to walk through the dark woods, all I had on was a very thin tank top on and a pare of shorts, and at the temputer of 40 maybe 45 degrees I began to shake. I wanted so badly to be in a warm home. Its to bad I was running from the person most people run to when they had a problem. I loved my father and all but I just couldn't take the hits to my face anymore, and I'm also getting sick of the sound of broken glass as he would punch my window accently missing my body. Oh, well whats done is done. I was walking to the one person I could always go to when I had a problem.
    I continued to walk the long path through the dark woods, the moon was high in the sky, and on a fall night the moon was beautiful. Outside was the one place I could go for salvation when I wanted too badly to get away and had no where to go. I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
    "Wh-Whos there?" I wispered as I turned to look behind me. A tall figure was behind me. The figure look about maybe 6 feet tall and me being 5'3 didnt help me in cast he decied to try to tackle me.
    "Don't be frightened, Sarah." The voice sounded familiar.
    "Ben? Is that you?" I heard a chuckle from the tall man
    "I knew, you knew!" Ben said through his chuckle.
    "Oh, my!" I ran over to him and gave him one of the biggest hugs. Ben and I have been friends since I was born, he is two years older than me. He left two years ago to join the Army. I didn't hear from him since then. I have always had a crush on him but have been afried to tell him. "I have missed you so much!"
    "I have missed you too, sweetheart." He always used to call me that and I never really understood why, but I guess I really never cared. "So are you finally out of high school?" He aasked me
    "I don't know, are you out of the army?" I teased
    "I remeber this game." He chuckled again, and I shivered as the wind blew harder only this time bringing a gentle cold mist. I then felt something very hevy on my shoulders. "Why are you out here at this time of night?" He asked me with a worried voice.
    "Well you know my father." I said as if it wasn't a secret.
    "What about your father?" He asked even more worried, I forgot that my father didn't start acting the way he did until after Ben had left. My father has never been a big fan of Ben's precence.
    "Oh, yeah I forgot. Well in that case I just on my way to a friends house to spend the night." I annouced.
    "Okay, well how about you come to my house first and I'll give you a ride." He offered as I pulled my arms though his jacket.
    "Sure, it'll give us a chance to catch up on what has happened in the last two years since you left." I acpeted his offer in a tone of excitment. We began to walk in the derection of his parents house.
    "So do you still have your things at your parents house or have you officaly gotten a house of your own?" I asked.
    "Actully, I am still living with my parents." He anouced in an embressed tone.
    "Well thats okay, I'm actully a run-away." The words spit out on accedent.
    "Why?" He asked with wounder hard in his voice.
    "Well about three months after you left for the army my mother took off and I dont know where she is or what shes doing. for all I know she could be dead." The last word was hard to force out of my voice. "Then well my father had gotten mad about my mothers take off that he just took out his anger on me." We came to a street light and I then pulled up the sleeves of his huge jaket looked straght in to his eyes so he could see my swollen lip and my black eyes. I then looked down at my arms and he followed my gaze. He then took my arms in his hands and very closely examined the purplish black spots over my arms.
    "Is this all of them, or is there more?" He looked into my eyes with horror.
    "Theres more." I admitted, but I didnt really want to show them.
    "Okay, were not going to my house." He said as he quickly turned and pulled me in the opisite derection of his house.
    "Why the sudden change in plans." I said as I cought my breath from the long exshusting run that I just indured.
    "Because, I talked to your father befor I found you." He looked at me with guilt rushing through his eyes. "Your father told me that you ran away because you wanted to kill yourself, I then told him to stay at my house and I would bring you back home. I care for you Sarah, and when your father said that I didnt know what to do." He said and I understood why he wanted me to go to his house.
    We ended up back where we started. We continued to find our way through the forest as the cold wind brought more and more mist, but as time went on the mist turned into a horrible rain storm.
    "So any plans on where we are going?" I asked as the water contiued to hit my face. I couldn't make out his face expression.
    "Well, I think its best if I take you to your friends house. I'll go home and tell my mother and father that the army wants me back, then in the morning I'll come pick you up and we'll leave here." I nodded at his idea. There was a long pause. "So is that what you ment by 'you know how my father is'?" He asked me and I frownd. I no longer wanted to talk about my father. I decied it was best to answer his question.
    "Yes." I forced out in a wisper. He didn't say anything. At least five minutes passed as no one spoke.
    "So how long have you been a run-away?" He asked me as we had found our way out of the dark forest.
    "About..." I started to count as I realized I didn't even remeber. "Actully, I dont remeber."
    "So where is your friends house?"
    "Psh! like I have friends." I annouced. I had never been a normal girl, I always keept to myself, in fact Ben was the only person who was keeping me 'popular'.
    "Since when?" He said as if I had friends.
    "Since you left." I said as he turned his face to me.
    "I'm sorry I left you, but I had to." He said as he put his arm around me, we continued to walk through the dark forest as I woundered why he put his arm around me.
    "So, any other plans of what to do." I said to break a silence that went on for about five minutes. I could finally see the moon. We finally found the way through the twisted creepy forest. The rain fell even harder as we exited the dark forest. I looked up at the moon, it was full.....oh NOOOOO!!! The moons full. I just now noticed it, I tryed to calm my expression as I talked to Ben. "Ben actully, I'll just go to a motel for the night, you just go home and met me at the begining of the forest in the morning." I said as I tryed to break the hold he had on me, but he was way to strong I dont even think he noticed my struggles to get away, he just looked deep into my eyes, his eyes full of questions.
    "Why are you in a such rush?" He look non-stop at my eyes while he talked making sure I heard the stress in each word.
    "I-I just ne-need to ge-get away from he-here." I could stop it now, it was happening, I wanted so badly to be away from Ben when this happened.
    Ben held me even tighter, "Whats going on? Are you okay?" He asked me....I had to get away from him and I had to get way now.
    "Ben." I pronced his name slowly trying mot to stutter. "Ben, you nee-need to listen to m-me." I said as he stared even more intentivly into my eyes. "I need to get away now." I told him while giving him a stern look. He held me even tighter....
    I decied to use my instincs and I bit him, this probably was not the smartest idea I have had but it made him let go. I began to run, I turned back to Ben and yelled only loud enought for Ben to hear "Meet me where I told you, bye....See you tomrrow." I then seen him nood the dark blanket of night, I probably wouldn't have this momvent from him if it wasn't for the new eyes I get every full moon. The change was almost over and then I would just have to control my hunger for the night and then in the morning I could walk with been for enougher month befor this problem would arise again.



    Ben's P.O.V

    I held her tighter as she tryed to break free, she was deffently scaring me. What was going on with her? "whats going on? Are you okay?"
    "Ben." She said my name so slowly as if she was controling herself. "Ben, you nee-need to listen to m-me." I listened not sure of my face expression. "I need to get away now." I then held her even tighter not sure how to say the words that I absolutly had to say soon, I dont know if she realizes why I came back. I stared at her intentivly trying to force the words out the she leaned her head down, I thought she was going to kiss my hand as she used to, but she bit me...OW she bit me hard. I realised my hands and she took off faster then I could even say bye. I then wispered to myself the words that I was trying so hard to force out. She quickly turned around, I then became selfconcuse because I thought she heard my wispers.
    "Meet me where I told you, bye.....See you tomrrow." She yelled only loud enought for me to hear it, I then nooded to answer her question and I was so realived. I then watched her run off under the light of the full moon.

    I began to walk towards a random derection.
    Sarah's P.O.V

    The night was long as I stayed in part of the forest. The last thing I remember was me running from the guy I completely and truly loved. I was covered in dirt, the sun was high in the sky, it warmed my cold body. I slowly stood up, it was very difficult with my sore brused up body. The only night my father can find me. I limped to the spot where I told Ben to meet me in the morning. I sat down to wait for him to arive and leeand my hear up against a tree, I accedently fell asleep.


    Ben's P.O.V

    I decied not to go home, I was way to worried about confrounting Sarah's father, and considering I could always tell that Sarah's father never liked me. If I came back with no news then I knew he would go find her himself, and I really dont want her in anymore trouble than she already is. As I walked through the forest at night all alone many thoughts ran through my head. 'Go find her.' 'Go make sure shes safe.'
    these thoguhts never left my mind for a minute. While walking though the forest I notices two animals fighting. The bigger animal smaked the littler one in the face I then seen blood fall to the ground. I knew if I came any closer to them I was goner. But I couldnt help myself, I needed to figure out what kind of animals they were. They were to big to be wolves and also to big to be bears.
    As I tryed to make a quite aproch I stepted on a stick and it made a loud snaping nosie. Both animals looked back at me, the bigger ones eyes from what I could tell were full of sadness and the smaller ones expression was to easy to read, its eyes were full of rage and anger. They both ran towards me, the bigger one reached me first and to my surpise it gaurded me from the anger of the smaller one.
    The smaller one then got a running head start and smacked his head into the shoulder bone of the bigger on, I heard a sicking crack. The smaller one took hold of its advantage and nearly killed the bigger one while it just lied there wincing in pain. I knew as soon as the smaller one got done it would come back for me, so I did what ever other person would and ran for my life. By the time the sun began to rise, I was passed out on a bench in a near by park.


    Sarah's P.O.V

    I leaned against the tree; waiting. I grabed hold of my shoulder, it wasn't broken but it got the worst of it when mt father got mad. My body ached all over, don't get me wrong. I noticed a figure covered in somthing red...blood? maybe, I ignored the figure until he was in my face.
    "Sarah, are you okay?" Ben asked me as he helped me up, he was examing my brused up face.
    "perfectly fine." I asured him.
    "You look like you need medical attention." He said as he noticed me holding my shoulder. "Is your shoulder okay?"
    "I told you I am fine." I said my voice was weak but strong enought to get my point across.
    "So, what happened that made you look like this?" He said as I thought of a quick excuse
    "Some girl made fun of me. And ever since you left people did this to me all the time, so she got what was coming." I though quicker than I realized. The words came out so convincing.
    "You beat up a girl because she made fun of you? You could have been cought and taken to jail, do you understand that?"
    "No need to worry there were three other girls so I got the worst of it, and besides she threw the first punch, but I must say she had horrible aim, as for her friend she had great aim." I said again too convicing, I actully began believed myself.
    "You need to stop getting into fights." He said to me.
    "I only fight in self defence." I said the statment that was too true.
    "Okay, either way, no more fights, promise me no more fights." He said with that great smile that I could not resist.
    "Fine no more fights." I said but there was no way I could keep that promise untill my father of myself was dead.