He Left At Love

2 - Trust

^ Ferran Calderon as Caleb ^
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We started to head for his car which, by the way, looked like it costed him a fortune. That town didnt seem like the type to have rich kids and good paying jobs. Don't judge a book by its cover I guess.

I got in his little clean, white sports car as I felt a bit uneasy.

"Now, this isn't an attempt to kidnap me right?" I said, making it sound like a joke.

"Well I don't know well have to see where the rest of the night goes." He joked.

I felt slightly nervous that there was a hint of truth in his voice. I started to anxiously play with the ring my mom gave me for my 18th birthday.

"Listen, I'm a nice guy, and I would never do anything to put a girl in harm's way" he assured, placing his hand over mine.

He must have seen the worry in my eyes before what he said next.

"My name is Caleb, I am 19 years old, my birthday was November 30th, I go to valley-way high school, I am a senior, I don't have a girlfriend, and don't plan to have one until I have a steady job and enough money to raise a family, I have never laid my hands on or verbally abused a girl before, and I have never broken any laws. Now do you trust me" Caleb stated with a warm smile.

I nodded with a huge grin on my face as I was too amazed at how he opened up to me to even mutter a little yes. I felt my stomach do jumping jacks at his words.

That was the first time a boy has ever made me feel special and made sure I was comfortable in the situation I was in.

After making sure I was fine he put his car into drive and drove off as I relaxed in the leather seat.

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I started to doze off and suddenly I felt a tug at my hair, the grip they had yanked me so hard I turned to see the face that has haunted me for years.

Alex!

I jumped up out of my seat, sighing in happiness that it was just a dream.

"Whoah, that excited to see the town?" Caleb laughed.

I laughed along pretending everything was fine.

"So where are we going first" I replied.

"Well, I'm going to take you to all the main places kids from school hang out, so if you ever wanna come meet more people you'll know where to go. You know not everyone hangs out at the park like us hipsters." He said tapping his elbow into me playfully.

"So first off is the theater." He finished as he pulled into the broken up parking lot.

My eyes went wide

"We might not have much, but we have the best movie theater around."

The theater was big, it looked like all the towns money went into this thing. It has a big glass entrance, huge neon signs that read 'ARCADE', 'BAR', 'LASER TAG'.
The theater looked like it had three stories to it, which it probably did with all those things in there.

"Wow, people must come here alot" I commented.

"Actually no, when a new movie comes out, our school gets free tickets because a students dad owns the place, and everybody goes the first night it's open and never again." He told me.

"But what about the arcade, or adults that don't get free tickets, I'm sure they at least go to the bar" I said confused.

"No the kids have been playing the same arcade game since they were able to walk, and everyone just got tired of it, along with the laser tag. And the older people in this town just aren't making enough money in this town to spend on alcohol."

"Why is everyone in this town having money issues?"

"Jobs are getting dropped. There just aren't enough people here to have a stable economy, and in turn keep companies going."

I felt bad for the people here, it seems like tons of money was spent to make our generation grow up happy and full of dreams but kids in our generation are ungrateful.

I looked down at my clock realizing it is 2 AM.

"OH MY GOD, I have to get home or I'm gonna get caught sneeking out! Can you please drive me back to the park!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah,buckle up, well be there in 10 minutes!" He said before speeding off going 80 MPH on a 55 MPH road.