roadtrippin'; irwin

prologue

prologue

Ashton and Chloë met when they were ten years old. Although they grew up in the same area and went to the same school, they became friends later. They know each other better than they know themselves which is sort of scary.

Ashton was a spontaneous person; he never failed to surprise people. He was funny, caring and overall a great person.

Chloë on the other hand, was the opposite. She wasn't very spontaneous. She was rather shy and preferred spending her weekends home with Ashton, while he preferred going places and meeting people all of the time.

Ashton made Chloë's life more interesting.

One day in June, they were sitting out on Ashton's back porch, sipping iced tea and talking. They had just finished high school and were talking about their plans for college. Ashton didn't want to go to college. He wanted to travel the world and meet people.

They didn't have any plans for the summer, but of course Ashton wanted to make it a summer to remember forever.

"I want to go everywhere! Like right now! C'mon Chloë!" Ashton exclaimed. He jumped up off the deck chair and started pacing around the porch. Chloë placed her book down and took off her sunglasses. It was currently sunny in Atlanta, Georgia. Ashton and Chloë live in a small suburb outside of the city. Although Ashton has lived there for most of his life, he still had an Australian accent; his parents were Australian and he went back to Sydney every Winter for a month. When Ashton was gone; Chloë was lonely. Ashton was always able to fill silence and make everyone have a good time.

"What do you mean? We can't just up and leave," Chloë explained, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Yes we can! Of course we can!"

"What about money? We would've needed to have planned this months ago," she said. Chloë was the responsible and reasonable person, while Ashton was the spontaneous dreamer.

"Where are we going?" Chloë questioned, looking into Ashton's hazel eyes that you could get so easily lost in.

"Everywhere."

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That night, after dinner at Ashton's house, the two teenagers sat up in Ashton's old treehouse.

"I'm not letting it go. We're going to get out of Georgia for the summer," Ashton said, turning to face Chloë who was wrapping a blanket around herself. It got cooler in the nights.

"Where? It's gonna be too expensive," she anxiously replied.

"We can see the rest of the world another time but for now, we're going to see every part of this country. We'll go on a road trip!" Ashton elucidated. His eyes were wide open, full with wonder and excitement. Chloë couldn't help but admire his enthusiasm.

"What sort of road trip Ash? There's Northern road trips, Southern road trips and Middle road trips and-," Chloë rambled before being cut off.

"Stop being such a worrier Chlo. We have the entire summer to figure it out. We'll go wherever the road takes us," Ashton said.

Chloë contemplated the idea. Deep down, she wanted to be just like her best friend; spontaneous and not worry so much. She knew she was only going to be young once and that now was her chance to enjoy her youth and create a new chapter in her life. She wanted to get away from home for a little bit and who else better to spend the summer with then Ashton?

"Okay. Let's go," she whispered so quietly it was almost incoherent.

Ashton wrapped his left arm around Chloë's small waist. He pulled her closer to him.

"We're going to create an adventure. We're going to go everywhere," he said, looking down at Chloë before looking up at the dark nights sky.

"Please don't worry, I'll keep you safe," he added before resting his head on top of hers.

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this is the prologue.

I'll update soon.

HUGE THANK YOU TO mcilfford for allowing me to have this story idea!

This was their story idea that they allowed me to write and I'm super exited about it!

I'm going to try and do some research since I'm not from the US and I've only been once so please correct me if I get anything wrong and I'll change it