My Summer Runaway

Prologue:

*Miho*

I�m sick of it! I�m sick of working day after day. I�m sick of my students! I�m sick of Tokyo! I�m sick of the city! I�m sick of my sister nagging me all of the time. I�m sick of seeing the same faces over and over again. I can�t stand it anymore. Grrr! It�s all driving me insane! I don�t know what it is with me lately. I�m just caught in a rut lately. Nothing is really fun anymore. It�s always the same thing around here. I don�t know what to do at the moment. *Sighs* I don�t know. I need to get away! But where can I go? Where can I go to get away from it all? I took a while to plan this all out while I took my break from my Japanese II class. So far, I had nothing.

Then, an idea hit me right away. I was lying out on the balcony on a lounge chair in the hot summer when I had the epiphany. What if I just get away to just� anywhere? My brilliant plan began to form right away. I decided to rent a boat, packing a lunch, packing up my luggage, and heading out. Simple as that. I carried it all out like so. After work, I went by the boat place and rented a boat for the summer. I then plotted what I wanted take with for the summer. I went over my list many times in my head. Everything worked out just find in my advantage so far. Well, sort of�

But yet, I have a course kinks to work out first. First up, I have Andi. Then, there is my job. Finally, there are my friends. I took my time to figure it all out. I left my girlfriend a note on her laptop computer. Our summer break starts in three days. My friends will be busy with their summer break and won�t notice me at all. It all works out just fine.

I quickly packed up my stuff. I turned on Andi�s computer and logged in. I changed her screensaver from her picture slide show of her, Noiz, and me (she still loves that hot catgirl! *Wink*) to a message screen saver. I typed out, �Left all alone for the summer. I�ll be back soon.� I smiled at my message. �That should be good!� I thought. I left the computer for Andi to see. I looked over at my love as she slept in our bed. She looks like an angel sleeping. I smiled at her sweetly. I leaned down and lightly kissed her on the cheek. I moved some of her hair and leaned down to her ear.

�I�ll be back after break,� I whispered to her softly. She turned over smiling in her sleep. I smiled at her again and headed out the door. I quietly walked all the way out into the city. And here began my long summer journey out to sea.