The Nerd that turned out to be Vampire-ish [Wattys2015]

CHAPTER 18: The long story that didn't start with a once upon a time.

After were done eating we immediately got back on the road and off to our destination, which I'm not sure exactly where in south.

My fever was not getting any better either, and I was desperately hugging myself trying my hardest to generate heat, it sure feels so damn cold. Tristan noticed my attempt on manually heating my body.

"Hey you okay?" He asked, and I just nodded. He touched my forehead again. "You're burning up. We need to get you some medicine."

"I'm fine. All I need is rest. Maybe a year of sleep." I tried to joke even on my condition. I slumped on my seat and curled my body.

Tristan made a loud ugh. I couldn't see his reaction though, for I was closing my eyes the entire time, trying to sleep. But I knew by the sound of that, he's pissed.

"Were almost out of gas." He said and smacked the stirring wheel. "And Fuck. It's going to rain."

How is that even possible? The weather was nice when we departed. Heck, everything sure is unpredictable today.

I tried to straighten up my aching body, trying to get a peek on the window to where we are, and also wanting to make sure that he's not joking about the weather. As did I, I realized that fate surely is playing a game on us. We are in the middle of nowhere! And to add more spice into that, the sky was grim, dark clouds were hanging in the sky.

This is so cliché.

I can already guess what's going to happen, I've seen it in movies tons of times. The car will obviously come to a stop, then will get stuck here in the middle of nowhere, with the rain as our cold companion and probably without connection. Plus, my fever that is a total bitch, would either get worse or magically disappear.

"We are so doomed." I said as I curled into a ball again.

And the car did stop. We both sighed, we have already expected this to happen. On cue, the rain started to pour, adding more chills to my cold body.

"Is there a signal?" I asked him, when I saw him tinkering with his phone.

"Barely a bar, but will do." He paused and extended his arm to a higher ground. "All I need, is this message to send." He said with a calm composure. It's good that were not on panic mode, yet.

I smiled, even though he didn't see it and said okay in a voice so low. I'm literally shivering right now, probably because of the cold and my thin clothing.

I heard him sigh again, and I waited for another bad news, say like-- I couldn't find a signal, and were dead. But instead, I heard him unbuckle his seatbelt and reached to do the same on mine. I didn't budge though, I feel so limp. He then closed the distance and hugged me, while rubbing the side of my arm.

Uhm. Is this for real?

"Everything will be fine soon." His words were soft like a whisper, comforting me with warmth and adding more butterflies in my stomach. Oh dear. Hope this butterflies won't escape my body and evolve into farts, again.

"I'm fine. No need to do this." I said, as my voice muffled on his chest. With a weak push, I attempted to escape his warm cage.

"Victoria. For once, don't be stubborn." He said with a voice filled with authority and concern. I nodded and eased myself under his warmth.

"This is better than medicine." My thoughts came out my mouth without even realizing it. He laughed, and it was only then I realized what I just said.

"You're pretty honest." He paused, hesitating his next words. "And I'm such an asshole to wish that your fever won't go away."

"Why?" My tone was a bit mean than it's supposed to be. My situation right now, shouldn't be used as a joke.