Runaway ✧ w. stromberg

Taking A Trip

Chapter 20

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.:.Althea's POV.:.

Wesley took me to their house for today. He said Drew and Keaton wanted to hang out since we haven't seen each other for almost a week. As he opened the door, I stepped inside and was greeted by a bear hug from Keaton.

"Thee Bee! Are you okay? I heard about what happened!" He said pulling away to get a good look at me.

"I'm fine. It happened while we were gone, so..." I said surely, but my voice sounded uncertain. 

"I'm just glad you are okay." Drew said as he appeared from the hallway.

"Hey Drew." I said as he pulled me into a comforting hug.

"So we were actually planning on going on a road trip. You think you'd come?" He asked me as Wesley took my hand in his.

Unsure of my answer, I stayed silent. Wesley turned to me, unaware of the plans tht his brother and best friend had conjured up.

"We won't be traveling far. Just a few hours." He suggested, his face curious as he waited for either of us to say anything.

"Where exactly are we going?" I asked. 

"San Diego.There is this rad art museum that I've been wanting to see. They have a bunch of cool restaurants and things around there as well." He said excitedly as he rubbed his palms together.

"Sounds fun. Yeah, I'll go!" I replied. Keaton seemed just as excited as Drew was. I turned to Wesley and he smiled and nodded.

"We leave tonight at midnight." Drew said before walking out of the room. Keaton left to go make pizza bagel biites since he got hungry.

 "We don't have to go if you don't want to." I said to Wesley. I knew he wanted to stay here and hang out, but this kind of thing seemed fun.

"No. We are going. I know you want to." He said, his arm over my shoulder as he sat next to me. I smiled as he pulled me closer.

"It'll be fun." I said as my hand rested on his knee. He kissed my temple before he returned the smile.

As Wesley went to go steal some of Keaton's food, I wondered where Drew had gone. I told them I'd go look for him before I went towards his room. As I get to the open door, he was already walking back and forth packing his backpack.

"Just getting some stuff ready. You guys should too." He said as he packed an extra pair of clothes.

"We aren't staying over night are we?" I said, suddenly worried since they didnt bring it up earlier.

"No. We'll leave San Diego at midnight to head back." He smiled, reassuring me.

"Okay, well I am going out with Wes in a bit. I'll just have him take me home really quick to pick up my stuff." I informed him. He nodded before disappearing into the connected bathroom of his room.

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Wesley and I spent the rest of tonight together. We ate at a restaurant on the boardwalk before we decided with just walking down the beach.

"You don't seem so excited about tonight." I said turning on my heel to face him. His hand was in mine as he looked down at it.

"I don't know. I just wanted to spend more time with you. And then they planned a trip with all of us. I don't know it was so last minute." He began to walk again but I stopped him.

"We'll have time just the two of us when we are there. We don't have to follow them everywhere." I suggested, pulling his hand as I walked backwards. It was going smoothly until I fell over, Wesley topling over me and chuckling.

He placed a kiss on my lips before he pulled me back up.

Wes drove back to my house. We stepped inside, greeting my mom. We talked for minutes before I told her about our trip. 

I told Wes that I'd go take a quick shower before I changed and went to get my things ready. He just waited in my room and sat on my bed.

After I pulled my shirt and shorts on, I came out of the bathroom with my towel in my hands as I tried to dry my hair.

Next to Wesley on my bed was my backpack. I searched through it, a pair of extra clothes inside along with  some other things I would need just in case. I walked over to my nightstand, pulling out my phone charger.

"Forgot this." I laughed. He rolled his eyes at me before getting up and taking my bag over his shoulder.

I pulled my brush through my hair a few times, ridding my hair of tangles. I grabbed my purse from the chair before we headed back out.

Back at Wesley's, he packed his things within fifteen minutes before he had everything ready. It was now 11:30 by the time we had everything set down by the front door.

I walked into the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of water. Keaton did the same before punching Drew in the shoulder for stealing it from him.

I laughed as they goofed off, and Wesley just sat on the couch scrolling through his phone.

Drew wanted to use his SUV so that  we'd have enough room to be comfortable rather than crammed in a tiny car. I was thankful for that since I hated small spaces.

As we loaded our stuff into the trunk, once everything was in, he shut the door.

"Let's go!" Drew shouted as we began to enter the car.

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Hey!

Sorry I haven't updated. But here it is. I hope you didn't wait to long for this. The updates should go back to normal next week. It's just that I've been sick and the holidays were busy.

I hope you guys like this chapter!

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~Alyssa