About Love//The Middle •Axl Heck•

Curiosity

I had no idea where we were. "Axl, where on earth are we?" I questioned him as he drove. "Well technically, right now we aren't anywhere." He said.

I didn't ask anything after that. I was just glad to be away from all the stupid stuff.

Eventually he pulled over. "Now are we somewhere?" I questioned him. He nodded and got out, I also getting out.

We were kind of in the woods. "So if we are somewhere...where exactly are we?" I asked as I followed him. We kept walking until Axl stopped in front of a giant rock that was kind of buried in the ground.

"What is this place?" I asked. He shrugged as he stood next to me. "It used to be a place the kids at school use to party at until we got in trouble one time. But it's still cool when it's quiet." He explained as he got onto the rock and sat down.

I decided to do the same. I didn't know what or if I was supposed to say anything, so I let Axl start the conversation.

"Where'd your dad go?" He asked. I shrugged. "Went to the stupid base. Apparently they needed him for something even though he took the day off." I told him, shaking my head.

"Your dads in the military?" He questioned. "Yepp." I replied. It got quiet for a little bit after that. "What about your mom?" He asked., breaking the short silence.

I scoffed. "Lives in California." I expressed, still not too over the moon that my mom won't let me live with her. "They aren't together?" Axl questioned, asking more questions.

I shook my head. "They divorced when I was fourteen. They love each other, but dads work kinda got in the way and crap fell apart, y'know?" I explained.

I've never really talked to people about this before and I didn't know why Axl was asking me these questions. I also didn't know why I was answering them.

"Why don't you live with your mom?" He asked, I guess curiosity doesn't kill the cat in some cases.

I shrugged. "Stayed up late, woke up late, let my grades drop, skipped school, all that crap. I guess my mom sent me with my dad with the hopes that his military personality will fix me or something." I told him honestly.

Dad was okay. I just hated that he was strict and worked all the time.

"That sucks, if it makes you feel better or whatever, I do the same things." Axl told me as he looked at me. I looked at him too. "Thanks, it does kinda. And I know, it's really lame." I replied, sort of surprised that Axl does the same crap I do.

"What about you?" I questioned, wanting to learn more about himself and his family.

"Parents are still together. They're weird though. Don't even get me started on Sue and Brick." He said like he was fed up.

"What about them?" I asked curiously. I personally didn't think Sue was that bad.

"Sue is always being dorky and trying out for things she'll never make. Brick reads all the time, has no friends, and is always weirdly whispering to himself. And my parents act like all of us are the issue." He expressed.

I stared at him. "That's-that's a lot." I told him honestly having no idea how to respond to that.

He nodded. "I know!"

It then fell into a silence again. It was quiet for awhile.

"Do you like it here?" He asked, breaking the unwanted silence. "No, I hate it here, I hate this town." I told him. Truthfully I was going to add that I hated it here...minus him, but I decided against it.

It in all honesty would probably of been weird not just for me but for Axl too.

"Do you like it here?" I decided to question him. "I hate this town." He said, emphasizing the hate. I smiled a small smile at him.

As we were smiling we looked at each other again. "Then I guess that makes two of us. We both live in Orson, Indiana sadly." I humored.

He laughed at that. I then got a random burst of energy. So I got up and jumped off the rock. "What are you doing?" Axl asked me with furrowed eyebrows and a smile.

I turned around and opened my arms. "The world is not our oyster, but the woods are and I honestly do not want to go back to our freakish neighborhood right now." I told him honestly.

I watched as his smile got bigger and he too got up and then jumped off the rock. When he reached me, I turned around and we started walking side by side through out the woods.

Curiosity, getting the best of us.

We were walking for awhile. So far, we had found a giant ant hill, a snake, and trash.

"What if we get lost?" Axl asked. I turned my head and looked at him for a brief moment. "We're not going to get lost, and if we do I'm sure my dad will flip out and send everyone he can to find me, but when he finds out I'm with a boy, let alone you? He might kill you." I told Axl, making a joke out the possibility that we could very much so get lost.

I wasn't worried about it though. My dad would flip out and find me...and would kill Axl.

"Why would he kill me?" Axl questioned as we continued to walk. "As he was leaving to go back to work he told me to stay away from you." I told him truthfully. Axl didn't say anything for a few minutes.

"Well you don't listen." He said teasingly. I turned my head to look at him again. "Yeah, because I don't want to."

"Listen or stay away from me?" He asked with a sly smile. I turned my head again and gave him a smile of my own. "Both." I told him confidently, letting him know I in fact did not want to stay away from him.

He was good company. He was funny, and cool- I mean his music taste? Hello

We continued to walk and talk staring at each other every so often and smiling.

I didn't know what I was feeling. I've never been like this before.

I don't know how to explain it.