𝟏𝟖 - marais

003. 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐤𝐞 + 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬

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— three

third person

JONAH AND CAROLINE spent the past hours in the car catching up. it had been so long since the two had time like this to actually talk one on one to each other. jonah was glad he was able to talk to his best friend again after so long; he missed her.

"i've been keeping up with skating. practices are like pretty much everyday after school. my whole day consists of school towards the beginning of the day, figure skating practice, then dinner, homework, and sleep." caroline says, smoothing out the first two strands of her caramel - highlighted hair.

the frantzich boy looked at her through the car mirror and smiled. he was glad phelps was sticking with figure skating - especially since she was so good at it. thinking back to when the two were elementary school, caroline was only five, when she discovered her love for skating. she was a natural. "what about you roth?"

jonah keeps his eyes on the road and softly turns on the radio. "been keeping busy. my band - we're making lots of music. and the five of us have gotten pretty close. they're like my brothers, so it's cool." the carlson girl smiles, relieved that her best friend was happy with his choice of going out to pursue music. everyone had told him it was risky, but caroline was just glad jonah's hard-work was paying off.

jonah starts to sing along softly with the radio; who do you love by 5 seconds of summer and the chainsmokers. caroline smiles, hearing his angelic tenor tone and turns down the radio a little so she cna hear him more clearly.

jonah turns up the radio again, trying to make the audio overpower his own voice. phelps frowns, noticing him do that. she couldn't understand why he was doing it.

once the song ended, the frantzich boy reached to turn up the volume on the radio, but caroline stops his hand. her thumb brushes against his knuckles staying there for a little. the two look down at their hands and they both immediately move their hands away from the radio area.

"sorry," she whispers softly, moving his gaze towards her window. cars moved by quickly in the left lane. jonah preferred to be in the middle, because it provided the smoothest driving. 

he looked over at her through the car mirror, "all good. i like talking to you more, than listening to the radio anyway," a smile forms on caroline's face and she crosses her arms. "what? do you not believe me?" roth laughs, shaking his head as they slowly pulled forward.

the seventeen year old girl shook her head, letting out a small giggle. she missed this. being able to tease jonah while he's driving - even just teasing him in general.

but, it was more than that. she missed him. more than anything. and she was glad to have him back; even if it's only for a couple of months. thinking back to his question, the carlson girl giggles before answering.

"not that i don't believe you, but we both know roth you love being able to do car karoke 24/7 when you're in the car." caroline smiles, knowing that she's right.

"okay, that's true - but! i do also like talking to my best friend. and besides, i get to make music everyday now. i don't get to talk to my favorite girl all the time." the car goes silent, neither one of them sure on what to say.

neither one of them knew what  jonah meant by his  comment, but it was different. something the younger girl never ever would have  thought her best friend would classify her as. sure, they were each other's first childhood friend ever - but, roth never ever described phelps as his 'favorite girl'.