The Lovely Lie of "I'm Okay."

Her: Kidnapped

"You're totally kidnapping me, just so you know." He hasn't stopped smirking this whole time.

"Nope." He looks over at me. "This isn't kidnapping. You got in my car by yourself, I never forced you."

I stick my tongue out at him which makes him chuckle. He's so good looking. Every time I look at him, I find myself thinking about how he almost kissed me when we were in the bathroom, and how he stood between my legs. I swore he was going to kiss me. I want to feel his lips on mine. I wanted to get my hands tangled in those pale blonde wavy strands. I wanted to feel him pressed against me...

"Like what you see?" His voice brings me out of my thoughts and I realize I've been staring at him this whole time.

My cheeks are on fire so I turn and look out the window, trying to hide my face. "Are we almost there?"

We had been driving for forty minutes, the first twenty on the interstate, now it's open fields of grass. It's very pretty but I'm not sure where we are.

"If you ask that one more time I swear I'm pulling over and leaving you."

"Well if that's so..."

"Don't test me El."

Him saying El makes my heart flutter. I can't be falling for him but I can't help it.

"Here we are."

Noah pulls into an empty parking lot of a diner. I'm seriously confused.

"You made me skip school... so we could go to a diner?" I give him a puzzling look.

He chuckles and shakes his head. "No no, this is just the first stop. I'm not going anywhere without some food. I'm starved." He opens his door and gets out, then comes to my side and opens my door for me.

He gives a slight bow, "M'lady."

I laugh at his quirkiness. "Real cute Noah."

He shuts the door behind me and tugs on a strand of my hair while we're walking in. "What can I say, I'm a real ladies man."

I roll my eyes as we walk into the diner. You could tell that the interior probably hadn't been changed since it was built, but it wasn't an eyesore. The smell hit me like a ton of bricks. It smelt so good.

Noah leads us to a booth against the back wall and sets opposite of me. He looked happy here. Like he knew this place real well.

A older waitress comes strolling from behind the bar and scans the diner to find the newest table of customers. Her eyes land on us and she is grinning from ear to ear. "Oh good Lordy do my eyes deceive me or is this little Noah Wills? Launy get your ass out of that kitchen and come see Noah!"

An older man comes out of the kitchen and spots us immediately. "Well hello stranger. Haven't seen you around these parts is quite some time!" Noah gets up to embrace both of them and he's equally just as happy as they are.

I stand up to shake hands with the two and Noah introduces me to them. This is Debra and Launy, my mom used to waitress here when I was young."

They seem like such sweet old people. I reach my hand out to Debra, "It's nice to meet you."

Debra pulls me into a tight hug. "Oh honey we don't shake hands around these parts." She chuckles a bit at this. "Let me get you some menus and we can catch up while Launy is cooking up your food."
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I stare down at the burger on my plate. I've only taken three bites but I don't think Noah has noticed. He's too busy chit-chatting. I don't feel so good. This has so many calories, I'm going to be sick. I need to get it out of me.

I give Debra and Noah a smile, hoping neither notice the discomfort I'm having." Pardon me for just a moment, I'll be right back." Noah raises his eyebrow at me but doesn't say anything. He doesn't want to embarrass me.

As soon as I step foot in the bathroom, I run to the stall and shove my fingers down my throat causing the little I've ate to leave my body. I already feel lighter.

I've gotten better at making smaller and quicker trips to purge so I don't get in trouble at school. It's fairly easy now.

I open the door to leave but the devil is standing in the doorway.

I jump, from being startled. "Dear God, Noah you scared me."

He just looks down at me, a blank stare in those icy eyes. I can't read anything at all.

He shakes his head and speaks monotone. "El." Then walks away from me.

Great. Just great.