Come to Life

Chapter VIII

Christian sauntered over to me and planted a kiss on my cheek saying, "I knew you could do it, babe."

Legolas, out of nowhere, punched Christian across his face. "Don't touch her!"

Christian retaliated and punched Legolas' nose. Red blood started to flow from his nose and before he could sock Christian in the gut, I interceded.

"Guys, stop, seriously," I snapped. I brushed my hair back from my face and added, "we need to get going."

Legolas tilted his head backwards and I passed him a napkin. He held it to his nose and waited until the blood stopped flowing. After that, he wiped the blood off his face and grimaced when he saw that is stained his shirt.

Without warning, Parker hopped into the drivers seat and poked his head out the window. "Yo, get your rears in gear and into this car."

Rolling our eyes, we piled into the black and white van. I sat in the very back with Legolas.

"Don't do anything funny back there," Liv said, smirking. She high fived Riley who sat in the middle seats. Christian sat to the left of Liv while frowning. Samzin was sitting in the passenger seat and I could've sworn I saw Parker roll his eyes.

I looked out the windows and saw everyone else in the black van laughing and joking.

"Here we go," Parker announced. He put the car into drive and slowly crawled down the street.

"New Hampshire here we come," Riley enthused. She did the honours and opened a big bag of starbursts and threw a handful into the air. We were briefly showered in a rainbow of candy and that moment seemed like something that should be frozen and put in a scrapbook. That being said, Liv whipped out an old fashioned Polaroid camera and took a photo of Legolas and me. As it slowly printed out Riley's phone rang.

"Yo," Riley said. The muted sounds that were coming from the phone sounded like Serena's voice. Riley nodded and said, "uh huh." She hung up and said, "guys, the other car has coke and Pepsi."

"Cool," Christian said in a bored tone. "Are we there yet?"

"No!" Samzin shouted.

"Here you go," Liv said quietly as she handed me the picture that had printed out.

I took it and laughed when I saw it. Legolas looked serious with starbursts in his hair and around him suspended in the air. I, however, looked stupid. My eyes were fixed on Legolas' face and I had a funny smile on my face.

"We can have this moment forever," Liv laughed. She turned around and snapped another picture, this time, of Parker and Samzin.

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*BAM*

The black van behind us crashed into us with a sickening crunching sound.

"Wonderful!" Parker exclaimed. He jammed his foot on the brakes and unbuckled the seat belt. Getting out of the car he walked around to the rear to inspect the damage. I could see him through the back window and he didn't look happy.

"I'm sorry." I could hear Catherine saying. "It's not horrible."

"Yeah yeah, maybe Emeline or someone else should drive," Parker retaliated. "But while I'm out here, I'll take a few of the cokes and Pepsis you have in your car."

I snorted, typical Parker, always drinking those disgusting chemicals.

"Can I have a coke?" Samzin asked. He held his hand out and was given a cold can. Popping the tab, he tilted his head back and let the soda stream into his mouth.

I chuckled with amusement as I watched his Adam's apple bob up and down. With a sigh, Samzin lowered the can and wiped his mouth. As an afterthought he announced, "I gotta pee."