Ethane Monologue

They know. Allys told them. It’s all over. The car ride back kills me. Ethan and I sit in silence. Neither of us daring to utter a word, but I hear his voice in my head.

I told you not to trust her Jenna. Her parents know, it’s not long before they inform the authorities and then-

That won’t happen. We have a plan. We took precautions.

Precautions, they’re going to hide you, in Italy-, and for how long will that go on? How long will you live your life in fear?

I’m illegal Ethan.

“We can run away Jenna.” Ethan blurts out

“How will that be any different.”

“It will. We can change our identity, move away. We can hide anywhere. No one will know”

Ethan continues his desperate plans for my escape, but I find myself drifting, wondering where Ethan’s anywhere might be, caught up in a world full of maybes and what-ifs.
We have to be realistic. He can’t hide me from the world. There's only one other option, the escape plan. I have to do it. We both know. I will have to say goodbye, to Mr.Bender, Ethan, and possibly Father and Clair.

What should I do? I have to make a decision.

Stay with Ethan and run away by ourselves only to spend the rest of our lives as teenage outcasts. Or go home, and be whisked away to Italy.

“Jenna, it’s the only way” Ethan panics his eyes nervously staring into the distance.

“Take me home” I say.

There that settles it. Three mere words seal my fate. I am going to Italy, to begin my life all over again. How many times will I have to start