The Bitter Start.

Chapter twelve.

I was riding with Sawyer and Ty, my stuff was packed and I was eating an apple while Ty was driving.

"Why don't you ever sing anymore?" I looked to Sawyer, giving him a funny look.

"What?" I asked and he shrugged, turning down the music slightly. I was in back.

" You used to sing. All the time. It used to be so soulful, truthful, you'd get lost in it, and I used to prefer your voice over others on the radio." Sawyer said and I rolled my eyes as I took a bite.

"Guess I just don't do it as much. I haven't really sung in a while, I just learned how to play the guitar." I said and Ty glanced at me through the rear view mirror.

"Really?" he asked and I nodded.

"Something to pass the time." I said and it got quiet.

"Something to remember Grusslie by?" Sawyer asked and I tensed slightly.

"No. Something I did for myself. Not to remember Grusslie, or anyone." I said a little defensively and they stayed quiet, but the music turned up,,listening to some pop music.

I plugged my ear buds in, listening to my own music that I acquired when I first got my phone, and slowly it added, and soon I had over two hundered songs.

"HEY!" I looked over to Sawyer who was looking at me.

"Why don't we put your phone on the input device so we can listen to your music, we can get caught up on the new music you listen to." he said and I looked at him for a second and then shrugged, handing him my stuff.

"Your music is.."

"Depressing?" Ty asked and I laughed a little bit.

"No, it's more along the lines of acoustic, or accapelo." Ty said and I shrugged.

"I've changed from hard metal to a wide genra." I said and they smiled.

"You ever sing?" they ask and I shrugged.

"Not really, I usually hum, or just keep quiet. I like to hear the rhythm of the music more than I like to sing it." I said and they nodded.

The rest of the trip was spent with the boys talking about the things they've done since I've been gone.

When we stopped, I got helped out, but before I knew it, I was trampled to the ground. I held in my cry of pain, keeping completely silent as I felt Abi's arms around my body.

Then the next thing I know her weight was off of me, and I was up.

"Are you okay?" I heard Blaine asked, and after the scenery stopped spinning, I nodded.

"Ya, why'd you take her away?" I asked and saw Abi was looking at me worriedly as I tried to steady myself without the help of the arms around me.

"Because you landed on your back, and that's the least thing we need right now." Dawson snapped and I looked to him and waved his look away.

"She's perfectly fine. Sorry I couldn't talk to you before we left, I know you must've been freakin out?" I asked and it turned to a question as she hugged herself lightly to Blaine and hiding herself away from Dawson who probably looked like he was about to blow up on me.

"No, it was only Blaine and I driving, and it was pretty awesome. I've never saw so much scenery while traveling." she said animatedly and I smiled at her.

"Good. One question; where are we even at?" I asked and I heard sighs.

"Arizona. Mesa Arizona Aliyah." Dawson said lamely and I nodded.