Bridge to meet Ridge (ON HOLD!)

Chp 3

Let me tell you a story...

Once upon a time, a bright and brilliant girl, ran into some bad luck. That bad luck resulted in her getting raped and killed, at a much too young age, just because her car broke down.

~THE END~

Luckily that girl wasn't me. But me and this girl did have some things in common. We both ran into bad luck - both our cars broke down. And we had someone coming towards us on, and otherwise empty, road.

"Majesty!?"

"Oh, Hey" I gave a small awkward wave.

'Shit! why did it have to be him of all people!?' I thought

"Why are you standing on the middle of the road?"

"umm.....well, my car broke down and I'm kinda stuck here." I said, gesturing towards my car.

He turned of his bike and got off as he examined my car. His once confused expression was now an extremely amused expression. And as if to assure me, he started laughing. LAUGHING! anger boiled beneath my skin.

"Excuse me? how is this funny" i inquired.

Saved by the bell. More like saved by the truck. Just then the tow truck came into view. He parked in front of my car as the guy climbed out and took a look at my car. After a couple of minutes he informed me that he would tow my truck to the mechanics an would have it ready in a day or two.

"Thank you" I called out jut as the truck drove away with my car behind it.

"Need a ride, princess?" he asked as he walked towards his bike. His lips tilted upwards in a playful smirk.

"Not from you"I scoffed shaking my head. Emphasising on the 'you'.

"I'm hurt by your words" he replied, placing his hands over his heart in mock hurt. Getting on his bike and revved the engine and shrugged "but suit yourself"

Taking out my phone I was about to call Bri to come pick me up when the worst possible thing could happen. My phone died.

'Dear god,

I have always loved you but....

WHY YOU DO THIS!' I placed my hand on my forehead in frustration.

"Fuck" I muttered under my breath.

"Wow" he said, startling me as I shot my head up "never would've thought the 'Royal Nerd' could swear"

Ignoring his comment, I said the last 5 words that I would ever expect come out of my mouth to Ridge effin Cross "C-could I get a R-ride?"

"So now she wants my help, huh?" his amused and challenging face made me want to reenact a scene from the road runner.

"No" he finally spoke.

"What! B-but you just--"

"That was before, now I'd like to make a deal." My jaw dropped as I gawked at him. Unbelievable!? he seemed to study me for a second before continuing "I'll drive you home tonight if...if you can get me out of all police seminars and come with me to a party this Friday."

I stared at him. That's all I could do. Just stare. Like an art student would at the Mona Lisa. I opened my mouth to answer but closed it after since nothing came out. I repeated this a few times until I realised I must off looked like a freakin' gold fish. Dammit! I really didn't want to give him a reason to make fun of me.

After weighing out the pros and cons of the situation like any smartass would. The answer was obvious: "fine" I groaned.

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