Bandmate ||Ricky Garcia||

《t h i r t y - o n e》

(((He's too precious idk about you but i love this guy so much and feel nothing but pride and happiness to a minder 💕 p.s enjoy the chapter )))

Audrey POV

''Where are you going?'' Parker asks as we walk out the school to the back where Ricky picked me up last time. I haven't told him about what happened yesterday, and I really don't plan on it anytime soon.

''I'm walking home.'' And by home I meant hospital. In comparison to last time, I was wearing shorts thinking he might make another comment on jeans.

''You always take the bus. Audrey if you need to go somewhere I can take you?''

''No, it's fine really. It's not that far-''

''I'm bringing my car, you wait here. I'm not letting you walk, you might get skin cancer.'' As he runs he looks back every second checking that I was still on the sidewalk and not running away from him. For some reason, my brain was started to think of Parker pulling up with Range Rover, but a Honda Civic pulled next to me instead. ''C'mon get in.''

I walk to the other side, the top of the forehead almost hitting the roof of the car as I got in. ''Here you just put it in the back.'' He reaches for my bag and tosses it to the back seats where it lands on a chip bag making the crunching sounds like withering bones. ''So where too?''

''Mhm to a hospital in Malibu.'' I say my eyes too busy searching for the belt.

''You were planning on walking all the way to Malibu? Audrey that's freakishly far!''

''Not really, less than an hour. You don't have to take me I can take the bus. Do you know where I can find a bus station?'' His eyes were squinting at me. And I wondered if his air conditioning was on because I was starting to feel drops of sweat.

'' You're crazy.'' He signals to the right and makes a sharp turn. '' Let's hope there's not that much traffic.''

''Oh you're really taking me?'' I had a feeling he was just gonna drop me home.

''Yeah. Why are you even going to Malibu?''

''To see someone.'' I could feel his glance at me through the mirror. ''You really wanna know who?''

''Audrey, I'm driving all that way I wanna know who's so special to drive 40 minutes in traffic for,'' Parker says and just by the way his arms tensed and his grip on the wheel, he had a pretty good guess.

''Vanessa didn't come to school today because her head was still hurting from drinking the night before-''

He swished his Justin Bieber haircut to the side. ''What does that have to do with anything?''

''I'm getting there. She drank too much because of the party Ricky invited us too, remember?'' His chest rises letting out a breath thinking back to that phone call. Once he nods I tell him the rest of what happened that night, of course skipping over the whole rocks thing, and just saying Ricky got hurt.

''So, what? Are you going visit him every day now?''

''If I could, I would.''

''I don't know why you go through all the trouble when he's- I'm sorry, but an idiot.'' There's a beaten up Starbucks cup flying in between car until it finally tossed to the sidewalk. And all I could think of was: what a waste.

''How is he an idiot?''

''Are you serious right now? Audrey from what I've seen he's manipulative and treats others like his own personal toys, and for a pop star, he's an a-hole. I don't know what's going on between you both, but Audrey you deserve someone that's willing to out get of his goddy car to open your door. '' The voice peeling out of Parker's lips burns with way too many truths. Both our chests raise with just our breathing letting for our lungs restore everything lost.