Why Me?

Chapter 25

We first went to pick up Jesy, because she was the closest to us. I gave Liz the directions to get to her house and helped her along the way. When we pulled into the driveway, Jesy was on her front porch with all of her bags. I got out and walked over to her.

"I hope this works," she said, pulling me into a hug when I reached her.

"Me too," I replied.

I helped her bring her bags to the car. Once they were pack, we hopped in the car and headed to the next house, which was Michael's. When we got there, we honked the horn a few times before Michael finally came running out with his bags.

"Sorry," he said as he put his bags in the trunk.

"Oh it's not a problem, Michael," Liz replied.

Michael hopped into the car and say next to Jesy. He gave her a kiss before Liz pulled out of the driveway.

Next stop was Calum's house. He lives across the street from Strike so we are also picking him up at this stop. They both hopped in the car and we drove off.

"Did your mom say anything to you when you passed your house?" Strike turned and asked me.

"No. She just scowled at the car," I answered. Strike laughed and I joined him.

Finally, Ashton's house. When we pulled into the driveway, we head screaming coming from inside the house.

"Should we go see what's going on in there?" Jesy asked.

"I think Sara should go. Ashton's mom seems to like her the best," Luke replied.

I got out of the car and started walking towards the house. As I was about to knock on the door, it swung open, revealing Ashton with his bags.

"Go before she comes back," he said, gently pushing me towards the car.

We quickly got his stuff in the car and climbed in ourselves. Just as Liz was about to drive away, Ashton's mom came running out.

"Drive!" Ashton yelled.

Liz quickly put the car in reverse and pulled out of the driveway. We drove down the road and I turned to see Ashton's mom standing there in defeat. I turned back to see a smiling Ashton.

"Glad I don't have to deal wit her for a while," he said. I laughed.

"I feel ya," I said.

The drive was long. It was also crazy and loud. The radio was blasting and everyone was singing along. The car was shaking so much I thought it was going to fall off the wheels.

Finally, we pulled into a driveway. It was a long driveway so the cabin was hidden deep in the woods. Okay, not that deep, but deep enough.

We pulled closer to the cabin and it finally came into view. It was a snug little cabin and I couldn't wait to see what was inside

"Lets unpack everybody. Then I'm heading to the grocery store down the street to get some food," Liz said getting out of the car.

We all got out and grabbed our bags. We brought them inside and everyone started claiming bedrooms. Luke and I got one towards the back. We brought our bags in there and started to put our clothes in the drawers.

"Can you two please come put the food I brought away?" Liz came in and asked us.

"Of course!" I answered for us.

We walked into the kitchen and started to put it away.

"I'm off to the store. I'll be back soon," Liz said at the front door. "Sara is in charge!"

"Hey! Why Sara?" Luke asked.

"To be honest Luke, I trust her more than you," Liz said before walking out and closing the door.

"I'm more trustworthy," I said with a smile.

"I'd say no, but my mother chose you," he said smiling back.

"I'm more trustworthy and you know it."

Luke turned to me, smiling. I knew what was coming next. I put down what was in my hand and bolted away from him. He chased me around the whole cabin until I let him catch me. He grabbed me around my waist and started to tickle me. I was laughing so hard by the time he stopped that I had a hard time breathing.

"You definitely deserved that," Luke said as he resumed putting the food away.

"Did not," I said, still panting.

"Did too."

"Not."

"Too."

"Not!"

"Too!"

We were laughing as this went on for a while. We finally finished and Luke turned to walk back to our room. I took this opportunity and jumped on his back. He was a little surprised at first, but the he steadied himself and continued to walk back to the room, giving me a piggy back ride. I kissed his cheek and he turned to kiss mine.