The Beast

Chapter 6

In the car, Amelia was blasting Highway To Hell while driving in fury. Meghan was in the passenger seat, holding onto her seat and continuously looking through the small mirror. They were in a deserted land and no one was around, it was completely barren and empty. Dirt was flying everywhere as Amelia drove around 90 miles per hour, maybe even more.

"Love, I know you're angry but please you're going to get us killed." Meghan pleaded but Amelia didn't listen.

"That jerk." Amelia yelled, turning up the music.

"Oh god, please put some sanity in her." Meghan prayed and then started yelling for her friend to stop.

"I'm too young to die a single lady!" Meghan yelled. She scrunched up in a ball and waited for Amelia's anger to subside.

Minutes later the car started slowing down until the only sound was the music playing.

"Thank the lord." Meghan says, sighing in relief

Amelia rests her head on the steering wheel and then gets out of the car, Meghan follows suit and then they get into each other's previous seats.

Meghan starts to drive and plays Runaway by Ed Sheeran to cool her down.

"Look I get you're angry but almost getting us killed won't help." Meghan says.

"At least getting killed will end everything permanently." Amelia mutters.

Meghan sighs and keeps driving.

"When is your dad coming home?" Meghan asks.

Amelia shrugs, "Not tonight probably, like always."

"Babe-"

"You know, every time something good comes along or when I'm this close to getting everything right, it screws up. I screw up."

"You're not-"

"I have to get an illustrator and when I find the perfect one...The world is against me I'm telling you." Amelia rants.

"Amelia! The world is not against you! Look just convince him until he has to." Meghan says.

"What if he doesn't want to."

"Then make him. This is about your novel and future."

Amelia is quiet for a moment and then turns up the Ellie Goulding song playing. Its quiet for a couple seconds until Amelia mutters an "okay."

Meghan smiles in glee and accelerates the car a bit, driving to the nearest frozen yogurt place.

******

"Hello person." Amelia says, walking up to Adam who is drawing in his journal the next day at school.

"Its Friday, leave me alone." Adam says harshly. Amelia ignores his tone and sits next to him on the bench.

"So here is my file which has all the information about my novel, the scholarship and other stuff like money. There's also a contract I had written a while ago. Read it all and if you have any questions, we will meet at lunch." Amelia explains.

Adam sighs, "I don't want to draw for your stupid book."

"Its not stupid." Amelia states.

"Whatever your say."

Adam goes back to his sketchbook making Amelia grumble in frustration.

"Look can you just, can you at least look at it?" Amelia tries, gesturing to the transparent, blue folder.