Dead Man Walking 🌪 Twisters

Meaningless Threats

"I can't believe I'm doing this."

"I can't believe I'm letting you do this."

I roll my eyes before looking back at Boone. He was rocking back and forth on his feet anxiously as the two of us watched Kate and Tyler fix the mixtures. I can't help but be brought back from that day. Jeb and Kate fixing the mixtures while Addy and I danced around them to music. Javi was sitting back in his chair nursing another hangover when I pulled him up to dance with us. Addy pulled Praveen over to us. He adamantly refused until Kate told him to dance. Just like Aunt Cathy, you didn't say no to Kate. Her and Jeb jumped down from the trailer and started dancing as well. We danced together, for I don't know how long, not realizing that it would be the last time we would hang out like that.

I never thought we would be doing this again. I thought when I agreed, I would immediately take it back. That my nerves and worries would get the best of me. I waited for them, but they never came. Excitement did, though, which confused the hell out of me. It wasn't going to be like last time when we just set the trailer off and left. We were going to be driving into a tornado. That part I'm not too sure about.

"Boone, you do this all the time."

"I know."

"Plus, how many times have you begged me to join you two?"

"I know, but this is different." I look at him. He had a nervous look on his face. I grab his arm and pull him to me. His hands fly to my waist as he trips. I look up at him as I lay my chin on his chest.

"How so?"

"You're my baby now. I gotta protect you." His arms tighten around me as I smile at him. He leans down and kisses the smile off of my lips. He tries to pull away too soon, causing me to grab his neck and pull him back to me. 

"Will you two stop making out and come help us?"

I roll my eyes as I pull away from Boone. I turn to see Tyler standing on top of the trailer with a smile on his face and his hands on his hips. "Can you not do anything without someone holding your hand?"

"Can we leave her here?" I hear Tyler ask Kate. She smiles and shakes her head.

"Sorry, Tyler. We're a packaged deal."

"Hell yeah, we are." I send a wink to Kate before looking back to Boone. "Everything is going to be fine, okay?"

He nodded his head. "Okay. But you let me know the minute it gets too much for you."

"I will." I promise. "You going to hold my hand if I get scared?"

"I'm going to hold your hand regardless."

And held my hand he did. As soon as we had gotten into the truck and I had my seatbelt on, Boone interlaced his fingers with mine. We took off, following the doppler that was hooked to the dashboard. Boone sat back relaxed, tilting his hat down to cover his eyes. I try to lean back and relax, but I couldn't. I could feel the adrenaline running through me. Apparently, Kate felt the same as she kept rummaging around Tyler's truck.

"Jesus have you never been in a car before?" Tyler asks her.

"Kate, why are you acting like you haven't been in this truck?" I ask agreeing with Tyler. "We literally just rode in it two days ago." 

"It was dark then. I couldn't see to plunder in anything." She answered. I leaned forward, watching as she continues to dig around in the truck. She opens the glove box, gasping as she catches a bunch of headshots before they fall out. "You've got a lot of gadgets."

"Don't touch. There are guards on there for a reason."

"Kate, hit that button." I whisper to her. She looked back at me before pointing, causing me to shake my head. "No. The other one. Yeah, that one."