Is It Always A Perfect Storm?

Chapter 13

I called Jessie over and she was currently getting out all my makeup supplies. I was putting on my teal blue dress that stopped in the middle of my thigh and black tights. I would wear my 3 inch white heals so I wasn't as short as normal. I got dressed and Jessie did my hair and I was ready.

I walked down to the kitchen to find Ash gone. He said that when I was ready to meet him down there. I, being my paranoid self though he forgot about me and left to go somewhere. I walked up to his room and knocked on the door. He wasn't in there.

Just then I heard a splash, I look out the window and see Brandon with a little girl. Aww. he must be babysitting. It was so cute.

I heard, what sounded like an old truck, come to the front of the house. I peeked out the window and saw Ash emerge from an old black truck. He walked in the door. "You ready to go?"

"When did you get that?" I said pointing to the truck.

"Oh you like it? Dad got it like 2 years ago and said if I can fix it I can have it. And we'll I fixed it. It's a Ford '53." I just stared at it. My family may have good money and got me the nicest car but damn that's a nice truck.

"Where are we going?" That's the question that filled my mind.

"Well. We have a black truck. A road ahead of us. And nothing but opportunities"

"So you don't know?"

"I know the first part."

And that's how we ended up driving for 1 hour. We went to dinner. It was a nice little Chinese place. Then we got in the truck and started driving. I don't know where we are but we are past town boundaries. I looked over at Ash and he just had a smile on his face.

"Left or right" what? What does he mean left or right. "Choose now princess." Princess? Really? "Hey. Earth to Jules! Left or right or we are gonna go in to the woods." When I realized what he meant I looked at the road and quickly screamed.

"Left! Left!" He went straight till the last minute. Then he did a sharp turn to the left. "Oh my gosh! What the hell were you thinking? You could have killed us!" Does he even knkw where we are going?

"Yes I know where we are going." I said that out loud? "Yes." Shit! We stopped the truck and got out. "You know that it's ironic that you picked left."

"Why is that?" He pointed to the cliff we were on that had a clear view of the sunset. "It's beautiful" he got out blankets and we sat on the rocks that were sticking out in that spot. We sat there till the sun went fully down then we got in the back of the truck and laid down.

We sat there for I don't know how long staring at the stars. He was pointing out consolations. It wasn't long after I was dozing off but I realized that the stars were moving. They weren't supposed to do that. "Ash! Ash are we moving?"

"I suppose"

I jumped out of the car and kept trying to pull it back but Ash stayed put. "Ash get out. It's gonna go over the cliff!" I stopped pulling and got down on my knees and started crying. He's gonna die and I can't do anything. He's gonna go over and he doesn't care. At last minute when I thought the truck would go over. Ash jumped out of the back and got in the front. And pulled the brakes. The truck stopped. And he backed it up.

I got the blankets from the back and threw them in the truck. I got in. "I wanna go home." I didn't look at him. The drive home was silent. I couldn't even look at him but I saw out of the corner of my eyes that he opened and shut his mouth a few times.

We pulled up in front of the house and I got out and walked to the door. It was locked. I waited for Ash, he opened it and I walked up to my room and slamed the door.

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The next few days passed with my not talking to him. I would drive my self to school and leave earlier. I was making sure I was at cheerleading or running ever free minute of the day. One day he caught up with my running. He grabbed my arm and forced my to look at him.

In any body else's story the boy would stop the girl and they would fight then he would kiss her. That's not how my day goes.

"What the hell is your problem? Can't you just leave me alone?" I screamed at him. I could feel my eyes water with tears.

"Talk to me dammit!" I didn't know what to talk to him about. So I turned around and tried to start running again. Notice how I said tried. He wraped an arm around my waist and I couldn't move. "Jules what do you want me to do? If you won't talk to me I can't apologize."

I was going to say something but then he kissed me. I guess my life was good for a little. It was a breathtaking kiss. He pulled away for only a few seconds. "I'm sorry" then he hugged me and kissed my forehead. "I really am sorry"

"Alright"