My Redheaded Girl!

Chapter Three: Panic

Anxiousness ran through my body like a wave once I saw that it was almost time for Jenny to come pick me up. My feet shuffled the room as I paced around my bed. Every thought flooded my brain making me feel almost sick to my stomach. My eyes felt heavy for I couldn't sleep last night from not being about to stop thinking about Jenny.

I've tried everything to get my mind off of her such as music, watching horror movies, reading, and I even tried baking. All of it just made me think of her more. What is this feeling? Why am I feeling it? Maybe it'll pass. It could just be the fact that I hadn't had a friend in a long time...yeah that's it.

BEEP BEEP!!! A horn honked from outside causing me to jump out of my skin. I ran to the window to see a car in front of my house. Now realizing that it's Jenny. I grab my jacket, slipping it on as I ran to the front door and yelled bye to my foster parents. Yes I was nervous but at the same time I couldn't wait to see her again. She almost makes feel like I'm home.

I looked inside the car to see the freckled girl smiling at me as I walked out of my house. Once I got into car the first thing I noticed was the smell of Vanilla and peaches. Which was what Jenny basically smelt like to me.

"Hey Sophie! You ready for some fun!?"
Jenny says as she revs her engine.

"Um...yeah...I think I am?"

I have to admit I'm more nervous about how Jenny drives than how this whole hanging out thing was gonna go. It's even hard for me to drive myself without panicking let alone someone else. The car started to move backwards and the more it moved the more my heart started to thud in my chest.

"STOP!"

The car jerked causing me to jolt forward. A hand pressed against my chest preventing me from moving farther from my seat. Once everything settled down the hand moved away. Guilt formed in my stomach knowing I scared Jenny.

"I'm sorry Jenny. I didn't mean for that to happen I just got nervous and...shit...I don't know why i did that."

I couldn't look at her face and see how she's staring at me in fear that she's mad at me. I'd rather stare at her dirty car floor any day than to see her glare at me. Something soft grabbed my hand and started to stroke the back of it. The first thing I did was yank my hand away from what obviously is Jenny's hand.

"What are you doing!?" I said to her confused. Seeing her eyes go from surprised to hurt.

"Oh...uh...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable!"

Jenny's face turned a darker red than her hair. Yes, I did feel kind of bad for doing that to her but at the same time she needs to know I'm not quite ready for that.

"It's okay Jenny. Don't worry about it. You just caught me off guard...I'm not one for human touch."

I looked away from her hurt face for I could no long bare looking at it. All I could think about was how her hand felt on mine. I loved it but at the same time it kind of scared me. I don't know why...am I overreacting?

"I really am sorry though. I get that you hate being touched."

"It's really okay."

We sat there in silence for a while. Just the sound of Jenny's car engine and the radio playing "Killer Queen" by Queen in the background. I started to unconsciously eat at my bottom lip from how tense the air was.

"Sophie?"

"Yeah Jenny?"

"Can we start over?"

My head turned to her fast to see that the expression on her face meant it. Her eyes Pierced into mine as if she was trying to get into my mind and make me say 'yes' to her question.