My Teen Story

Chapter 6

Me and Jay were jamming out to Believer by Imagine Dragons when we began to arrive to our destination. We were singing on the top of our lungs while the radio was eardrum-bleeding-loud. We had been driving for an hour now and I had repeatedly sung along to the songs from the radio to Jay as he drove. Let's just say I embarrassed myself so badly, I may never recover. As the song finished, Jay turned down the volume and I took the chance to see where we were.

I gasped as I saw a huge sign along a hill. It was the HOLLYWOOD sign. I turned to Jay with my eyes widened and jaw dropped. I looked back at the sign then Jay. Oh my goodness! I can't believe he brought me to Hollywood.

"You didn't!" I awed. I looked at the sign. He brought me all the way from Long Beach to Hollywood? I mean I wasn't like this because I was excited, well maybe I was a little bit, but mainly I can't believed he wasted all this gas for... what exactly were we doing here? "Why?" I asked. Jay was smiling big as he drove with his right arm and his left arm perched on the window part. He looked really good as the wind played with his hair.

"Well, I thought maybe a tour around Hollywood was better than staying at home waiting for your parents to come back home." He told me. I bit my lip as a huge grin played on my face. I looked back out the window at the scenery passing by. Why did he keep doing this? He acts like a jerk then does something nice. Is this his way of making up for it?

"I can not believe you." I told him. I turned my whole body towards him and smiled. I watched as his arm flexed as he switched lanes. He looked unbelievably good. The wind played with his hair, his short sleeved shirt showed off his arms perfectly, and that smile on his face was heart-stopping. He is such an asshole. I laughed as I brought my legs on the seat. My body was now fully turned to him. He gave me a side smile as he glanced over at me.

"What?" He asked. I laughed again bringing my hand up to cover my mouth. I looked out the windshield. I looked back over at him with that cheeky smile. I don't know any guy who would drive me 50 miles so I wouldn't be bored. That says something. I bit back my laughter but didn't bother holding back the huge grin.

"You know, if you wanted to take me on a date to hollywood, all you had to do is ask."I assured him. He rolled his eyes and scoffed before changing lanes. I watched how he effortlessly turned his blinker on and switched lanes smoothly. He turned off his blinker then turned back to me. I was still looking at him with amusement written all over my face. My eyebrows were raised playfully and I was wearing an evil grin.

"I don't think the both of us and your ego would fit into a relationship. I'm already feeling a little cramped." He joked. I rolled my eyes and pushed his shoulder slightly. We both laughed a bit before resting into a comfortable silence. When we finally hit the city, I could feel myself getting super excited. I grabbed out my phone and started snapping photos. "So, where do you want to go first?" Jay asked. I looked at him with a big grin. I lifted my photo up and took a photo of him. He rolled his eyes and swatted at my phone as I giggled. I pocketed the photo and looked back outside.

"Everywhere." I answered.

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Best day ever! I've had more fun today than I ever have. Who knew you could have so much fun with Jay. Jay! Of all people! He was actually decent enough to have fun with. I mean, he's still an asshole but he's not all bad.

We went to the walk of fame first, which was super cool to look at. It was crowded but super cool. We also went to the wax museum despite Jay's protests. It was so lifelike. Jay didn't like it one bit and was super creeped out but he stuck through it anyways. I don't know who has that much time on their hands to perfect every last detail or would even enjoy doing it but the end product is amazing.

We also went to universal studios, which Jay was way less reluctant in doing. That was super fun and exciting. And we just finished Hollywood boulevard. We were now on our way back to his truck and it was dark. It was already 8:30 and school starts tomorrow. I told Mom and Ryan that I was going to late and I knew the second I got home I'd be in big trouble for being up this late.

"Are you sure you don't want to stop by somewhere and eat?" Jay asked me again. I chuckled and looked down at the hotdog in his hand and the wrapper from the other one he devoured. I thought about the offer but decided to refuse it. I shook my head again for like the third time. I didn't need anymore food.

"Jay, I told you I'm fine. I already had that apple and some of those chips you had. I'm good." I answered. His brows furrowed the slightest and he narrowed his eyes at me. I didn't like the way he was looking at me so I looked away to some man with a big yellow snake wrapped around his neck and slithering down his arm. Eck. I hate snakes.

"I've been with you all day and that's all you ate. And that bag was a mini one. Come on, we can go to this restaurant." He told me and tried pushing me into a small restaurant next to us. I pulled away though and Jay looked at me with a weird look again.

"Jay I said I'm fine. And it's almost 9 now. I've got to get home and go to bed. My first day is tomorrow." I yelled at him. He stared at me expressionless for the longest time making me more nervous. I wrapped my arms around myself and decided to walk to the vehicle after a minute of him just staring. I really did not want to eat. I don't care if all I had was an apple and a couple chips, I'm just not hungry.

"Lily." Jay called out behind me. I turned around to watch him catch up to me. When he was at my side, I continued the path to his truck. We were silent for a minute as we passed through crowds of people coming out to watch a whole bunch of people with their crazy side-show acts.

"I'm sorry. I just... You're... Nevermind. Let's get you home." He finally said. I wondered what he was going to say but by then we were already at his truck. He opened the door for me and waited for me to put on my seatbelt before closing the door and going to his side and doing the same. We didn't say a word. Instead we sat comfortably in the silence, letting our thoughts keep us entertained.

It was like that the whole way home. No words. No talk. The only thing that was said between us were the words coming from the radio. I wanted to say something, I did, but I didn't know what to say. I wanted to change the subject but by his posture, he didn't seem in the mood to keep a conversation. I thought about telling him I'll take him up on the offer of eating but everything inside of me was telling me to be quiet. So I did.

When we got home, I said goodnight and ran to my room. It was 10:30 by then and I was not the least bit tired. I flopped onto my bed and spent 10 minutes just staring at the ceiling. After tossing and turning for the next 5 minutes I gave up and walked up to my window. I turned on the flashlight on my phone and opened the window. I pushed it up all the way up and shined it into Jay's window. After a few flashes, he came to his window and pushed it up. I smiled. That was sweet.

"Hey, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted like that. You were just being nice and thoughtful and I just acted super rudely." I told him. He smiled. It looked forced though. Trust me, I'd know.

"It's fine. I should've dropped it the first time when you said no." He told me. God he was being super sweet. Geez, I'm a thousand miles away from Teresa and yet I'm still letting her get to me. I cursed myself.

"No. You were being nice and I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry." I apologized. He nodded and smiled this time but this time, it looked genuine.

"Ok. Well, you need to get to bed. I'm not going to keep you up any longer. Sweet dreams." He told me sweetly. My heart dropped. For some weird reason I wanted to talk longer. I wanted to stay up later having bizarre conversations but if he wants to go to bed, I'm not going to keep him. I watched him close the window and walk away. I waited for the small lamp light to go out. When there was no sign of life, I walked away and closed the curtains.

I went to bed late that night thinking of Jay and how he keeps surprising me.

Hey guys. Sorry if this is bad, I rushed to write the chapter cause I know it's been a while since the last chapter. Anyways, I'm going to keep this short so, you know the drill. Vote, comment, and let me know what you think. Also, you guys should read a book on anti-gravity. They're impossible to put down. ;)

Reading puns and rushed chapters,

Nezy07