Race to the Finish

Race to the Finish chp.8

I got back on my motorcycle and went down from the mountain. I kept going until I was out of 'Grounds'. Before I left, I saw Gabe standing with his friends by his motorcycle. He seemed pissed. He was probably pissed because of how I reacted to him or me trying 'Deadly Mountain' and not him, or both. The weird thing is that he didn't seem worried about me. I thought boyfriends were supposed to worry about you when you did something that a lot of people would call suicidal. But he wasn't and that kind of pissed me off. I rode my motorcycle all the way to Titi's house. They should be there by now.

I hopped off my motorcycle and walked to Titi's front door. I knocked a little too roughly, due to Gabe pissing me off, and he immediately opened the door. He was grinning from ear to ear, which made me calm down a little. Jaiden pushed past him and ran into my arms.

"Alex! I had so much fun today you have no idea! The movies was so much fun! Did you know that they have all types of candy and popcorn?! And the movie we saw was 'Despicable Me'! I really liked it! Then Titi took me to get some ice-cream! I got rainbow sherbert and it was so good! Then he took me to the park and we played in the swings for a little bit. Today was the best day ever!" Jaiden rambled on without a breath, causing her to breathe heavily now, but still not taking the giant smile off her face.

I've never seen her this happy. I know she's never been to the movies, or the park, or the ice-cream shop. She had missed out on a lot and I had too until I met Titi and he took me to all those places. I seriously don't know what I would've done without Titi.

I gave her a bear hug and we all walked in the house. Jaiden dashed to the living room to watch 'Tom and Jerry'; they are classic cartoons , they will never get old.

"Alex, what happened? You look mad." Titi said with concern in his voice. We walked in the kitchen and sat down at the table.

I took a deep breath. "I went to 'Grounds' and Gabe and I got into another fight." I said as I ran a hand through my hair. I can bet you anything that I looked tired as can be.

"I told you he wasn't good for you. All you guys do is fight. You need to break it off with him and find someone new; someone better than that jackass." Titi said sounding a little bit mad.

"Why do you two hate each other so much?" I asked frustrated that they just won't tell me.

"He's just a jackass, man-whore, and can't be trusted there's not much to say." Told you that was always his answer.

"What makes think that?"

"Alex, just drop it. I'll tell you one day, but for now let's just leave it at that. Now tell me what happened."

I told him everything from how Gabe got mad at me because I spend more time with him, to the creepy mystery dude, to 'Deadly Mountain'. I made sure to skip the perverted guys and the making out with Gabe. Titi doesn't need to know about that and Titi is like an overprotective older brother to me and he will get mad I just know it. He's already mad about what I've told him about today's events, so why get him more mad? Oh, I also skipped about this morning's incident at school. That will definitely make him explode. He also didn't seem at all surprised when I told him Gabe wasn't worried about me after I went on 'Deadly Mountain', but Titi didn't comment on that.

"You went on 'Deadly Mountain'?!" He yelled in shock He doesn't ride motorcycles, he's more of a car guy, but he has gone to 'Grounds' and he knows that 'Deadly Mountain' is suicidal.

I opened my mouth to explain, but was cut off by a sweet small voice.

"What's 'Deadly Mountain'?" Jaiden asked from the kitchen archway.

"It's nothing. It's just this motorcycle obstacle course it's no biggie." I told her with a shrug.

"Ok, well I just wanted to get some juice." She responded and walked straight to the fridge, got some apple juice, and exited the kitchen.

"Next time don't yell so frigging loud dude!" I whispered-yelled in case she was still there.

"Sorry! But 'Deadly Mountain dude?! Do you want to die?"

"I didn't die." I probably shouldn't have said that.

"You could have!" He screamed so loud I wouldn't be surprised if they heard him in China.

"Dude!" I yelled back.

He took some deep breathes and calmed down a bit.

"Look, I didn't even realize I was on 'Deadly Mountain' until I was almost to the edge. I know that doesn't make you feel better, but if I had noticed earlier I would have turned around."

"Yeah you're right... That doesn't make me feel better!"

I groaned and put my head on the table. I heard him stand up from his seat and walk towards me. He knelt down to be at level with me.

"But I'm more than glad you are ok and that's what's important." I lifted my head up and he hugged me.

After that we watched 'Tom and Jerry' with Jaiden and laughed and talked. Until it was 7pm and I knew we needed to get home. Jaiden hugged Titi tightly and they did this little handshake thing. I raised and eyebrow at Titi and he just grinned at me. We said our goodbyes and Jaiden and I got on my motorcycle and headed to our own personal HELL.

We arrived home and we parked the motorcycle in the shed. We hopped off stood outside the shed; neither one of us attempting to move towards the house. The night was cold and dark. The only sounds were of the rustling leaves and branches. Our hearts beating a million miles a minute. The house looked eerie. It felt like we were in a horror movie. Jaiden grasped my hand tightly and I could feel her shaking. We knew that once we entered that house all hell would break loose and who knows what will happen to us. But we had no other choice; we had nowhere else to go.

So I made the first move and stepped forward. Jaiden followed behind me. We climbed her window as stealthy as possible. I tucked Jaiden quietly into her bed, her tears fell rapidly, but she made no noise. She still wouldn't let go off my hand. I slowly pried her fingers off my hand and kissed her hand. I then lifted myself off from the ground and softly kissed her forehead and quietly exited the room and entered mine.

I laid in bed with my eyes wide opened as I stared at the ceiling.

Entering the house felt too easy. He wasn't even waiting for us, which worries me. It must mean that whatever he's going to do to us is going to be ten times worse than what I thought. What will he do to Jaiden tomorrow? I couldn't care less what he did to me all I cared about was Jaiden.

I didn't drift off into sleep until about 3 am.