They saw each other on the first day of school. Their eyes met and it was like-well-fate. They were drawn to each other. After only a few days, they started meeting at every free moment.
She tried to remember the first kiss.
She couldn't recall how it began but she could clearly remember how it felt. She hadn't felt butterflies like this before.
He remembered everything from that first tentative touch, the smoothness of her skin-yeah all of that.
At some point they convinced themselves of their unhappiness when apart from each other. He talked to her about how his parents didn't understand how he could be in love. She talked about how her parents wouldn't understand their love. A very real distinction.
The idea of running away together began as just that an idea, but the more they talked about it-the more real it became. They planned to do it during the prom. Who would notice? They would be gone far away by the time anyone noticed. They were right.
They'd made it almost to the state line when, at a rest stop, they were recognized. The next day the authorities sent them back where they belonged.
From the Channel 5 Evening News:
According to the Gracetown Police Department, Chuck Ford and Elizabeth Tobias were found as they attempted to cross state lines. The boy, 16, has been returned to his parents who had reported him missing when he didn't come home after the High School Prom. Elizabeth Tobias, 45, and a teacher at the school, is the custody of the county on charges of, among other things, child endangerment and kidnapping.
Story by Pamela Tyree Griffin
Photograph/Graphic by Jef Bettens
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Photograph/Graphic by Jef Bettens
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