Going Full Throttle

Chapter 28

I guess I should probably put a warning here. There are spoilers in this chapter for the movie A Walk To Remember. It's literally 20 years old but you've been warned. 

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I woke up to tiny fingers pulling and stretching my cheeks in different directions. I grumbled and shook them away but they continued.

"Aunty? Whewe awe we?" Finn whispered. Even with my eyes closed, I could tell he loomed over me in the big spare bed of the Thompson's home. I slowly blinked my eyes open and sure enough, he was perched above my head, staring down at me as he squished my cheeks.

"We are at Aunty Twyla and Uncle Beau's," I mumbled as I stretched my sore arms above my head. "You fell asleep here last night and I thought you might get scared if you woke up alone."

Not to mention, I needed a reason to escape last night. Tyler and I frolicked in the rain for quite a while after everyone went to bed. Once it was over the awkwardness seeped in and I didn't know how I was supposed to act. Not about just being around him, but about the sleeping arrangements.

Tyler and I hadn't slept in the same bed since that night after the bar when I'd been a weeping mess. I couldn't deny that my body craved his strong hold, but were friends-with-benefits supposed to cuddle? He hadn't stayed the night after he'd snuck into my room the first time, so I assumed that was a no. The second we were done hooking up though, my body craved to just be held. To avoid blurting that out, I said I had to come back for Finn. Which honestly wasn't a lie.

"I don't get scawed," Finn said as his jaw dropped in an offended scoff. I rolled my eyes and tugged him to me so I could smother his hair in kisses.

"Okay, I lied," I laughed. "I thought I might get a little scared."

The door to the spare room opened and we both looked up to see Jedd. "Thank God," he grumbled as he looked over his shoulder. "They're in here." He stumbled into the room rubbing his sleepy eyes with Grace following close behind.

"My neck is killing me," she whined through a yawn. "You couldn't stretch me out or something if you were going to leave me on the couch?"

She flopped down at the end of the bed and twisted until she got comfortable. Jedd used his lanky arms to grab Finn and me at the same time and push us to one side of the bed, so he could fall on the other.

"Have you guys decided who is driving yet?" I smirked knowing it would cause an argument.

"Me," they both snapped at the same time. I laid back with Finn in my arms as we grinned at the two of them. They bickered back and forth to the point where Jedd grabbed a pillow and threatened to smother Grace. I let it happen since I knew Grace could whip Jedd's ass if she needed to. That girl's nails were a serious weapon.

"Just to be clear, this is not how people should have disagreements," I whispered to Finn as he giggled at them. I pulled out my phone and recorded them arguing then flipped to Finn and me. I shook my head disappointedly and burst out with laughter when Finn imitated me perfectly on cue. I put it on my Insta-story even though we all look pretty frumpy first thing in the morning.

"Woah," I said quietly when I flicked to my profile. Grace and Jedd both stopped smothering each other to look at me. "My followers are at 75,000," I said in shock.

"Girl," Grace sighed, "you have got to start posting more. You should also create some kind of aesthetic because right now your colours are all over the place."

"I feel like that is my aesthetic," I mused. "Tries hard but can't get her life together."

I clicked on the picture I posted of our whole group on Canada Day. I had seen the likes and comments jumping up but I didn't read anything in fear of the hate. I was surprised to see some of Tyler's Good Rider friends commenting. I didn't even know they followed me. They mostly made funny digs toward Tyler, but a few made flirtatious comments toward me. I'm sure they thought that would piss Tyler off too. Shows how much they didn't know.