The Troubled Ones | ✔

Chapter 21. Hospitalized

[a/n]: not much of an "exciting" chapter, but still a pretty good chapter, I think. ❤️

Chapter 21. Hospitalized

                Within a couple of hours, we successfully find our way back to the road again, which relaxes Dawson's panic of being lost. The sun is now beginning to set, meaning we've been searching for a way back onto the road for quite some time now. Jasper has fallen asleep in the bed of the truck and Dawson has been on the phone with his girlfriend for almost a full hour now as Nathan and I sit beside each other in silence.

"I heard Lisa Emerson is having a party tonight at some abandonded barn just a few miles from here." Nathan speaks up.

"Who's Lisa Emerson?" I quiz.

He glances towards me for a split second, as if I were joking, and then fixes his eyes back onto the road. "Man, you really are an outcast."

"Shut up." I murmur.

"Lisa is the captain of the mathletes." he explains.

"You hang out with someone who is apart of the mathletes?" I raise an eyebrow.

"I'm not biased, dude. Besides, she's crazy smart, and smoking hot; everyone knows Lisa, plus she throws killer parties." he shrugs.

"What are you even suggesting?"

"I am suggesting," he replies. "That we go to this party, and have a good time."

"Jasper and I only came with you for gasoline, which we have no idea where the next gas station is at. It would be pointless to stop at some party we could easily be arrested for." I point out.

"How could we be arrested for this, huh?" he snorts.

"Trespassing on someone's property and vandalizing their barn--"

"It's her family's barn." he cuts in.

"For underage drinking, for--"

"Who said we would be drinking?"

"You're telling me there won't be any alcohol there, whatsoever?" I fold my arms, calling his bluff.

A smirk slowly forms onto his face and he lets out a small chuckle. "Yeah, there probably will be some beer, but you don't have to drink any of it."

"Forget it; I'm not going." I refuse.

"Just live a little," he comments and then under his breath he adds, "You're so uptight.."

"Excuse me? I am not uptight." I scoff.

"Then come to the party." he challenges.

I narrow my eyes at him, but cave nonetheless. "Fine, I will."

"Fine." he agrees with a smirk of triumph.

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Within the next fifteen minutes, we arrive at the paint chipped barn where music clearly thumps from. Dawson, Nathan, and I exit the truck and Dawson strides towards the bed of the truck to smack Jasper's arm a couple of times until he awakes.

"What, where are we?" Jasper mumbles in confusion as he sits up restlessly.

"Lisa Emerson's party." Nathan explains as he takes his sunglasses off.

"Lisa.. wait, why are we even stopping here?" Jasper responds as he hops out of the truck to catch up with Nathan, Dawson, and I.

"Dude, did you not just hear him say party?" Dawson chortles.