Convergence

Chapter 2 continued

As we drove along the familiar streets of my hometown, I felt like I was saying goodbye. It was strange, I knew would be back in less than a week's time, yet I felt like it would be longer for some reason, like six days no longer meant six days it meant six months. We merged onto the freeway and I rolled down my window. I rested my head gently on my car door and wind blew my hair back.

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She's sleeping again? I looked over to her and saw her head bobbing back and forth with the motions of the car. I couldn't understand why I felt this way. I tried to control my anxiety at the house. I tried to act like I wasn't as freaking out, but I was. If anything I was just trying to comfort her, make it seem like she didn't have to worry, but maybe that's the opposite of what she needed. Maybe she needed someone to pull her head out of the clouds. Or maybe-There I go again! All of my thoughts centered on her. Her safety, her comfort, her needs were all I could think about. I felt like I was created to protect her, and as soon as I found out she existed my needs were put on the backburner.This can't be healthy. I stared blankly at the road in front of me lost in thought. I decided to try to put her safety in the back of my mind and replace it with driving. It didn't work. Driving seemed to only make my mind wander more. I lifted my left elbow, rested it on the door, and placed my chin down on my hand. As we got progressively closer to Tahoe I decided that she should wake up.

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          "Ouch! I'm going to need my arm at some point you know!"

           "Sorry, you're a heavy sleeper."

          "I am not. And even if I was, there are more polite ways of waking people up other than punching them."

          "Apparently not." He muttered under his breath.

          "I can hear you; you're sitting two feet away from me." I hissed.

He was silent.

          "Why'd you wake me up anyway?"

          "You've been sleeping all day, at this rate you won't be able to sleep tonight."

          "Hmph."  I sighed. "Sorry, I just get grumpy when I wake up."

          "Yeah, I noticed."

I rolled my eyes and looked out of the window trying to see where we were, but it was too dark to tell.

          "Just an hour or so more." He said casually. 

          "Ok my psychic friend."