Serenity

Chapter 69: Calamity

//TW some intense themes that may be disturbing to others\\
Jo's POV
About a week later

Silence.

We've all have been just sitting in silence.

  I know that we have to keep traveling, I'm completely aware and okay with that. I just hate the silence. Hero is in the back seat with me and Morgan and Felix are in the front. It's a new car, like it always is, and I'm just tired.

  My head is leaning on Hero's arm, and we're holding hands. Every so often his thumb softly grazes over the top of my hand. He's never looking at me though, only looking out the window.

  My eyes travel to my arm bandage. There's still some blood that's coming to the surface, probably because my stitches were just taken out.

"Hospitals aren't... my thing," I say and bite my lip. I share most things to Hero, but somethings I just leave out. "I've... spent a lot of time in hospitals, and it wasn't always good so it just messes with my head." I tell him softly and I watch his face fall a little bit. He probably knows I'm hiding something, fuck.

He's been off since the hospital, and it was a week ago. It's not that he's been more... distant, he's just been not himself. I don't know I'm probably spewing bullshit.

"We're here," Morgan- who is driving- says before putting the car in park.

"Where is here exactly?" I ask and the both of them turn and look back at me. "What?" I ask annoyed and Felix rolls his eyes, but Morgan stays the same.

"We are...somewhere in Arizona," he tells me, and I have a feeling that all he knows too. I sit up a little more from how I was laying on Hero and I rub my eyes a bit.

Everyone gets out from the long ass car ride and Hero holds his hand out for me. The silent gesture means a lot, I'm just scared that he may be falling out of love with me. Which would absolutely suck for everyone involved with this baby.

"I need to get her inside, the two of you need to stay here and make sure the rest of the 48 come. With them, start brainstorming ways to get more people to join. It's a direct order from Finn," Hero says and I look up at him confused.

  "Oh, is it now?" Felix asks and I look across to him and then back at Hero. Hero looks like he's about to pop a blood vessel and Felix looks like he's gonna hurt someone, maybe. It's harder to read Hero.

  "Yes asshole, it is," Hero says and brings me inside. We make our way to the elevator and once I know we're gonna be the only ones in there, I look up at him. "What?" He asks softly but it doesn't change what just happened.

  "Who's Finn?" I ask and his pupils become smaller, basically meaning he's been lying. Fuck I guess we both have secrets.

  "Finn... Uh, Finn is the guy who runs all of this," he says and kinda waves his hands around to prove his point.

  "And you know him? You've spoken to him? Because you always have me by your side..." I say, trying to catch him in his lie but he just shrugs.

  "Finn normally texts, but I guess it all depends on the mood he's in," Hero says and I nod. The elevator chimes and we walk through the doors.

Hero's POV

Fucking shit, mother fucker this is NOT good.

Why is she suddenly questioning this? Why did she decide today to slightly be her old self? That's what confuses me, but maybe I'm just crazy.

We make it to our room and she immediately goes to the bathroom, washing her face after the long car ride.

-To Felix & Morgan-
She's suddenly asking questions about Finn