Nothing.

The Truck

"Hello." I squeaked, feeling the walls of the car begin to crush me, suffocating me with the sealed tinted windows. 'How didn't I notice?! I'm so stupid!' I screamed in my mind, silent tears already streaming down my cheeks. I just began to shudder, despite the warmth I felt from all the walls and seats, and even from his deep brown eyes.. No! I couldn't be feeling like this! No! He could be some rapist! Some serial murderer! 

"And what are you doing here?" He asked calmly, still keeping his eyes locked on to mine in a strong gaze. I could tell that despite his calm tone he was just as fearful as myself, since he was constantly shifting around and fumbling around with different  assorted items. Though, he always kept his eyes on me;  I could feel  his eyes  staring through my heart, making it melt with a strong and sudden infatuation. 'No! No no no no no! I can not be feeling like that! No!' I continued to scream within my mind, shaking my head just the slightest at each thought.

"Careful now, don't want to give yourself whiplash." He said with a laugh, still keeping his attention on me while I removed those thoughts from my mind. 

I broke eye contact by looking out the window, the pain of burning flesh and breaking heart  finally sinking into my form. I couldn't muster up the courage to look back at him, so I just continued to stare out the window aimlessly. "I didn't know you were in here..." I muttered, still feeling his eyes dig into my back with a searing discomfort.

"I'm going to go.." 

"No, no you aren't." He whispered into my ear, having slithered into the back seat without making a sound. I jumped, feeling his thumb gently wipe the warm salty tears from my cheek. I winced at his small strokes, not expecting him to touch me. He was a stranger. Strangers kill. Strangers rape. Strangers are bad.

"If you really want to go, then so be it.. You know exactly how rapidly the weather spikes, from freezing nights to boiling day light." He reminded me, as if reading my thoughts. I simply nodded and looked back over my shoulder to thank him, but just as quickly and silently he came, he had disappeared into the front seat once more. I couldn't help but smile, though I don't know why I did, because I wasn't in the clear.

He could be an enemy. He could be just like what I left , what I've been running from, but worse. He could just be another lust driven jerk, using me, like they always did. The ones who promised to kiss away the scars from the previous man, or hug away the nightmares that haunted my mind, though they left more than before at the end; always . It was how it worked. I simply began to shake my head again, wedging myself between the locked door and the seat, posistioning my jacket around my shoulders so it felt like I was being held by someone..

A small cough broke the silence that had been held between us, so I casually looked over to the driver's seat, but he wasn't there. 'Not again..' I thought, simply shaking from fear.

'I am so lost...' I thought as my form continued to shake nervously, suffering a small panic attack as I waited. I looked over to the passenger seat; no dice. All the doors were still locked, and he wouldn't lock himself out of his own car, especially since it was kept in such nice condition. I took in a deep breath before looking over my shoulder, fully anticipating him to be there, looking out the window or at me. My eyes glanced over nothing but fully upholstered chairs, a tinted window, and my lighter that I had left there. Then.. Where could he be? 

A small scream erupted from my tiny form as two rough hands grabbed me one keeping a tight and relentless grip on my neck while the other muffled my screams. 

"You are worthless! Nothing! Pathetic! Give up! Don't fight destiney, freak!" The voice sneered into my head, as the world around me became nothing more than a blurr of screams and gasps for air. Within moments memories flashed by, and in the background I could only see the blood viens in my eyes as they began to roll back into my skull.. This was it..

I woke up screaming, tears already soaking my jacket. His head popped up from its previously resting place and glanced over towards me, his knife already drawn and pointed at my shaking huddled mass. I assumed it mustve been an automatic reflex, because when he saw it was just me he simply placed it back in it's holster and slunk into the back seat beside me with a small thud, less silent and agile than before because of his fatigue. His arm wrapped around my shoulders somewhat, pulling my huddled and sobbing mass closer to his own, stroking my head soothingly. 

"Sh..." He repeated into my ear, his head resting on top of mine. I have to admit, his chin was blunt and his head was heavy with knowledge, but it was still something. Our eyes caught for a split second, and held for another moment, perhaps too long, since we both looked away so quickly.

He pulled his black hood over his head, shoved his hands in his pockets, and reclined the seat by moving his weight back towards the head rests, cleverly catching his feet on the dial to tilt the chair back. I schooched over to the window again slowly, because strangers kill. Strangers are bad. He's bad. Atleast, I had to keep telling myselg that.

I could've sworn he had fallen asleep, but as always, I was contridicted by his hand slipping under mine and entwining our fingers, pulling me closer to him in the process. .

I dont know how to respond.. I mean c'mon, who would? A warm blush rose to my pale skin, though it was dark, so it didn't matter. He can't see me, I can't see him. Slowly, I leaned back into the seat and looked around the at the latched locks and out the tinted windows, making it darker than it actually was. All was well.. As good as it will be for a while. I slowly began to doze off next to this strange, strange guy I had just met, though it felt like I had known him forever.. There was still a void in my mind though, where the deafening silence of nothing continued to ravange my mind.. I simply dismissed it before glancing over to him one last time, before falling asleep myself, subconsciously snuggling up to him..