Trapped

Chapter 8

Conner POV

Turns out, driving for hours on end with no one else to bug you is actually one of the worst experiences a person can endure. We had now arrived in Virginia and it was the exact same as the past five states; empty.

It was my turn driving and I told Violet to sleep so we could just keep going back and forth with driving but she never feel asleep, she looked deep in thought.

"What's going on in that huge brain of yours?" She laughed slightly at my question but just shook her head.

"Just thinking, what would things have been like right now if none of this" she started, gesturing to the world outside "had happened?" She asked without ever looking at me.

"Well, Its Sunday evening, so Id be watching tv, and you would be studying for some test the teacher hasn't even announced yet. Just a guess" I finished with a smirk and she slapped my arm

"No, I mean... I was supposed to have had a date with Ryan. I just wonder if this is some sick sign to show me that the date wasn't supposed to happen. Maybe, I don't know really, I was just thinking."

"No, I think that's a reasonable thing to think of. Of course things would be different." I shrug, but im not done, "anyway, this Ryan kid. How long have you two known each other?" She shrugs and leans her head against the cool window,

"Since sophmore year"

"When he was taking the drugs?"  I press, and she rolls her eyes. Her and I both remember the day in sophmore year when we had a hard lockdown after Ryan fucking Howling brought drugs into school.

"Well no, thats when I met him. I didn't really get close to him until Junior year, why?" 

"Well if this kid knew you for that long and didn't ask you out until last week, there is something wrong with him." I stated plainly but she sat up and looked at me.

"Whats that supposed to mean exactly?"

"Well, I have only known you for like two days now, and you're you know.." I stopped. I curse myself, knowing exactly what I got myself into.

"I'm what?" She asked completely oblivious as to what Im saying here. That, or shes purposfully making me suffer

"You're, pretty cool. I mean you're nice and all so..." 

Good one Conner.

"Uh, thanks?" I looked over to her and her cheeks were bright pink.

I only said she was nice.

"You don't take compliments well I guess?" I asked while smiling to her quickly before looking back to the silent open highway

"I just don't get them much, my parents are nice to me I guess but they never really comment on anything except school and stuff"

"What about that kid Ryan?" With this she laughed

"He calls me hot sometimes, but I think I would rather hear that i'm nice then hot" She said and laughed again

"Jesus kid, who calls girls hot anymore, I mean, maybe behind their backs but to their faces? when you aren't even together?" I say and shake my head

"Is there a reason you have to call him 'kid'?"

"Yeah, Im a year older then all of you, ergo, I have the right to call you all kids." I said and without thinking I reached over and poked her cheek lightly. I awkwardly pulled my hand back and placed it on the wheel.

I was too terrified to see her facial reaction. I couldn't even help it though, she just had these cheeks... I don't even know. Maybe shes right about this whole 'humans go insane' thing because im starting to believe it. Before I could think of anything else though, I heard her start to laugh really loudly next to me.

Nervously I looked over to her to see her just laughing still. Instinctively I smiled to her, along with it, the tight feeling in my stomach of worry melted away.

"You're weird Conner." She finally said.  Not my favorite words in the world but ill take it,

"Excuse me? What was that?" I asked her raising an eyebrow

"I said you're weird. Nothing wrong with that."

"Thanks, I complement you and then you insult me, I see how this works" She just nodded at my answer with an approving smile on her face.

Violet POV

I sat myself down on this big plush couch that was in the suite we were currently staying in after Conner went to go take a shower. To be honest there is no reason at all why we were still traveling south, I think it was just something that we could both focus on, other then that, what were we supposed to do?

I guess if we really spent some time, sat down, and talked about this, we could figure more out but in reality this whole thing is just strange. There is no possible way people can just disappear like that. The only reasonable explanation would be if something picked everyone up and brought them somewhere. But even that sounded plenty insane. All we know is that for some unknown reason, everyone, against their will, left all the buildings, parked their cars, and left. I looked out the window only minutes after and they were no where in sight, unless...

Shit! Why didn't this come across my mind before, they could have easily gone to the other side of building, making me not be able to see them leave. Oh well, it honestly doesn't matter at this point, they were long gone from there, and so were we.

My question now is, why did they leave, where did they go, and why does it happen to be just Conner and I left? Why weren't we one of the people who had to leave? What was so special about us?

I heard the bathroom door open and I looked over but quickly lost my train of thought when I saw Conner standing there without a shirt on, with just a towel wrapped around his waist. Very loosely might I add.

"Forgot to bring in clothes" He said shrugging as if it was no big deal. As for me I could barely breathe. I have seen him before like this at my house when he wore just pants to bed but this time it was different. He had obviously just gotten out because his hair was still wet and spikey and his skin was covered in water droplets. I knew he was good looking and all but god he was hot.

'and you get him all to yourself' my conscience said to me and I instantly blushed at my thoughts. Calm down Violet it's just Conner.

After he came back into the living room with a tee and sweats on I managed to erase the blush and straighten myself out as he plopped down on the couch next to me.

"So what are we doing then?" He asked and I shrugged. "So how about a movie? Im too tired to do anything thinking tonight. " He said and got up to scroll through the movies on the tv. "Or you know, any night for that matter." He finished making me laugh, then I saw him pass HighSchool Musical on the tv and I stopped him,

"We are not watching that." He said simply so I grabbed the remote right from his hands. After changing the channel to High School Musical I sat on the remote quickly as he stood next to me,

"You know, that won't stop me from trying to get it" He said with a smirk playing on his lips. The not welcomed blush that came to my cheeks earned me a great deal of laughter from Conner.

"Im kidding, Jeez, I don't care what we watch actually." He said and I relaxed back on the couch.

When he came to sit down next to me our knees were touching. I expected him to move away a little when he looked down to our connecting skin but he didn't. He just looked back up to the screen then sat back into the couch next to me. Now our knees and shoulders were touching, why this was having such an effect on me I have no idea. I knew that Conner knew it was though because I looked to his face and it held none other then the worlds biggest smirk.

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