BESIDE YOU

Chapter 18

DEMI

I wake up quite early in the morning as I have to go grocery shopping with the Flynn boy. Honestly, I don't know how I am going to put up with him. He always acts like a crappy good boy and that annoys the hell out of me.

Unlike many other people, waking up early is quite easy for me as I am an insomniac without sleeping pills.

I dress up quickly and pick up the keys to my car. Not that anyone cared, but I leave a note just in case my parents thought I went missing, which is quite unlikely to happen.

I drive to Haydon's house and just to annoy him, I honk a couple of times. Almost immediately, he walks out of the front door and enters the car.

He sits there silently without trying to exchange pleasantries and that's not like him. Looks like I did annoy him.

I put on my most cheerful fake smile and wish him Good morning.

"Whatever. Just start the car".

I start driving straight away and I see him turn to the window and close his eyes.

I don't want to admit this but he has nice hair.

But again that and his pretty face are the only things nice about him. He is annoying as fuck.

I shake my head and concentrate on driving the car.

"Where are we going?", he asks.

Still keeping my eyes on the road I say,

"Grocery store duh"

"But you are going the wrong way"

"No, I'm not. We are just going to a grocery store far away because this one is way too familiar. And unlike you, I think of all the possibilities", I say.

"Okay"

We drive in silence and to be honest, I did not feel pressured to start a conversation. The silence was comfortable and I prefer silence to trash talk anyway.

Ten minutes later, he turns to me.

"Don't you have music in the car", he asks.

Oh my god. Don't tell me I'm going to go through this again, I think.

"Nope. No music. No stereo to play it. Silence is golden", I say quickly to avoid the whole thing about playing music.

"Do you listen to trash music?"

I want to tell him that trash music or not, I don't want anything to do with it. But curiosity gets the better of me and I find myself opening my mouth to ask the question.

"What's that"?

"Trash music is fun music. Like diss tracks, party songs, or any song which is not slow and is catchy"

So basically, songs without feelings, I think.

But that's exactly what suited me. Emotionally wrecked people should never listen to songs with feelings.

"Okay. Let's try this", I say.

He plays Savage by Megan Thee Stallion and I can't help but laugh. I find myself nodding my head to the song.

The lyrics are fun and catchy and the tune is also great.

We then listen to Body by the same artist. And ten minutes later my entire head is screaming body- ody- ody- ody- ody- ody- ody -ody.