Roadtrip?

Day 3

      I woke up early that morning with Owen next to me. I shook him lightly and his eyes fluttered open. He had always been a light sleeper. I threw my long red hair in to a pony tail as did Owen with his mid length black hair. We packed up everything and I changed out of my pajamas in to a Slow Hollows shirt and Owen decided to put on his Tenn Skate shirt. We headed out the door and got ready for a 6 hour drive to Arizona.

"You know there's a botanical garden in Ari-" Owen began to say but i cut him off.

"You can't seriously be suggesting we break into another one of those things?!" I said in disbelief. Owen chuckled. 

"Im kidding Franky, where would  you like to go in Arizona?" He asked keeping his eyes on the road.

"The Grand Canyon." I said with a huge smile and Owen just looked at me.

"Sounds great Frank." He said in a kind tone. I knew the last time he had visited the grand canyon was with his parents before they died. I was skeptical when suggesting it because i didn't want to remind him of his parents. Sometimes i think he feels alone and i try my best to be there for him all the time. To fill in for our awkward silence i turned on the album Wild Heart by Tele/Visions.

We stopped at a cute cafe in Gallup to get some coffee. It was 10;30 in the afternoon and me and Owen both ordered a Latte. The barista was sort of staring at me from behind the counter and i just brushed it off.

"That barista guy is staring at you" Owen whispered to me in a sarcastic tone. I slapped his arm and walked off to sit at a booth in the back of the cafe. Me and Owen discussed various topics including the 2016 election. After our conversation i grabbed the ticket and we were both getting ready to leave when we saw that the barista had written his name and number on the back of the receipt.

"Oooh Franky i think you've finally found  a man." He chuckled as we left the cafe. The back of the receipt said, "I couldn't help but notice you are incredibly beautiful, text me at 455-000-0000 - Ethan " I was extremely confused as to why he would give me his number but i took it and put his number into my phone. I didn't normally take numbers from strangers but this Ethan he was incredibly handsome. He had Dark brown hair and he was tall and mysterious. 

To- Ethan

Hey, I couldn't help but notice you gave me your number :-)xx

From- Ethan 

Like i said, i couldn't help but to notice how beautiful you are.xx

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The Grand Canyon. It was more beautiful than I had ever imagined.

"Its incredible." Owen said breathlessly. We sat down on a ledge and i never felt so alive. We were looking over vast canyons. We sat in silence for a good 20 minutes before Owen sat closer to me. He mumbled something but it was inaudible. It felt like we were in a movie. Just the two of us.