Perfect Strangers

Chapter 16

"Thanks again for paying for our stay in the hotel"

"No problem, it's the least I could do for you Brad"

Jace and Brad went into a deep conversation about their past and just left me to sit and wait inside of Jace's car.

Jace wasn't too bad off. He had the same buff tone as Bradley. Jace also had dark brown eyes with chocolate brown hair. If you look at Jace closely you can see the freckles scattered around his nose.

Jace gave us a ride to the police station where we could report the car missing. Brad locked an arm around me as Jace drove off. We walked into the police station and Brad told me to sit down while he greeted with some police officers and they went in a back room to talk.

Honestly sitting here was boring. There were sweaty criminals with there faces beat up and they had their hands cuffed. I kinda of felt bad. If that wasn't worse then I forgot to mention it's 6 am and there was literally no coffee near by and don't get me wrong I wasn't about to drink the stale coffee at the police station.

I almost feel asleep if it wasn't for Brad to finally walk out, shaking the officers hand, and come sit next to me.

"So?" I question "did they find your car?"

Bradley chuckles "nope" he says popping the 'p'. "They want me to come back and talk some more but I wanted to see how you were holding up"

"I need coffeeee" I say in a whine.

Bradley laughs "when we are done I'll go to Starbucks and get you something"

I pinch his cheek "see this is the sweet side of braddd"

He pats my head, smiles at me then walks I into the back room again.

A few minutes later there was a guy, my height, who came in and sat next to me. He looked very nervous. The guy had dirty blonde hair and dark brown eyes.

"Hey buddy calm down" I say "I'm Hayley"

The guy looks up at me "Cooper"

"Well hi Cooper, just breathe okay?" I say and he takes a deep breath in and out

"I'm better now" cooper says with a small smile on his face "thank you Hayley"

"Your welcome" I say smiling "What's wrong?" I say as he looks up to me

"I-I stole someone's car last night... I came here to return it. I don't know what I was thinking when I took it"

I stare at the guy and my eyes widen. "Was it a red GTR?"

"Yes..how did you know"

"O-Oh um-" before I can finish my sentence the officers come out and arrest the guy.

"NO BRADLEY THEY CANT ARREST HIM!"

Bradley holds me back and whispers in my ear "do you know he stole my car?"

"YES- I mean yeah be told me" I pause and try to pry out of Brads grip "THE GUY RETURNED IT NOW PLEASE DONT ARREST HIM"

The guy looks at me with pleading eyes "don't worry about me, I am a criminal. It's better for me to be locked behind bars, thank you for the help calming me down Hayley"

Once the guy is gone Bradley releases his grip on me.

"It's okay Hayley"

"No it's not"

"Did he hurt you?"

"What- no he didn't lay a finger on me"

Bradley pulls me into a hug "let's get back on the road, we have to be in Florida"
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I lay back in the seat with our little dog in my arms and Brad driving.

He coughs and then looks at me "did you think of a name for her yet?"

"Me?" I question "no I haven't thought of anything"

"The perfect name will come soon"

"Are you sure about that genus?" I look at Brad and raise an eyebrow

"Very sure"

I laugh and the turn up the volume. Once I hear the song I am singing it at the top of my lungs.

YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME, I KNOW TOU CARE SO SHOUT WHENEVER AND ILL BE THERE

YOU WANT MY LOVE I WANT YOUR HEART AND WE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE APART

so now is  the point where Brad joins in and we sound like dying cats. But really we are driving down in the middle of nowhere, we don't care.

BABY BABY BABY OHHH

IM LIKE BABAY BABY BABY NOOO

Instead of finishing the song, Brad turns down the volume and we both just laugh for a straight twenty minutes.

"We sou- sound like we are..dying" Bradley spits out in between laughter.

"You sounded like a dying cat" I say dying of laughter even more

Brad calms his laughing "here are you hungry?"

"I haven't eaten proper food in three days"

"I take that as I yea"

I place our little dog comfortably in the back seat with a blanket as Brad pulls into the parking lot of the restaurant.

"Okay what would you like sir?" The waitress asks as she pulls out her notepad

Bradley clears his throat "just the order of pancakes please"

"Okay" she writes it down "any drinks?"

Bradley speaks again "one black coffee for me and another coffee with some cream for her" as Bradley says that he looks up at me and smiles causing me to roll my eyes and smirk.

"Okay that will be out soon" the waitress walks away from our table. And I few minutes later sets a steaming plate of pancakes down.

I watch as Bradley scarfs down the food. I just sit and drink my coffee looking at his features on his face. I've never noticed how his eye color is a beautiful mix of green and blue or how Brads lips curved up on the right side.

Just as I think I am staring too long Brad looks up an chuckles "what were you looking at?"

I widen my eyes "oh erm..the man behind you?"

Brad turns around and hides his laughter by taking in a sarcastic voice "oh yeah... that old man got chu"

"Fine at was looking at you" I mumble.

He laughs and pulls out his wallet to pay the bill.

I get up and turn to face the door of the restaurant when I see the man who shot Brad and almost me walk in the door...
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Authors note: thanks for continuing the road trip and of course reading it!

Question: let me know if Cooper should make an appearance back in the book later on :)

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Thanks for hanging on,
~Hailee