"Hey." // E.G.D.

Chapter nineteen

~Lexee's P.O.V~

[1 hour later]

After an hour of unwanted homework that had to be done, I finally finished doing it. I unlocked my phone to look at the clock, the clock showed that it was 7.38 p.m. I remembered that I told Ethan to pick me up around 8 p.m. I started getting ready.  I picked out an outfit for the night.



I looked at myself in the full-body mirror and was proud of my outfit choice. By the time I ended my little hyping-myself up session, it was already 7.54 p.m.

I had gotten a text from Ethan, telling me that he was already outside, waiting for me to come outside. I smiled to myself once I saw the little heart at the end of his text message. I quickly put my phone, wallet and water bottle in my little black bag.
I then made my way downstairs to tell my momma that I'm leaving.

"Mom! I'm leaving the house for the night!" I yelled to her as I walked towards the door and she was cooking something up in the famous kitchen of ours. She then appeared at the door frame of the kitchen.
"No you're not." She said in a jokingly way. I gave her a confused look.
"Uh, yes I am." I told back. She sarcastically laughed.
"Lexee, you're grounded. You know why? Well, for one, because you almost choked some girl at school. And two, I had to find that out from the principal and not from you." She spoke all of these words, making me remember the events from today. I awkwardly smiled and just stood in my place.
"Sorry?" I said in a more of a questioning tone.
"Lexee, you were told not to use violence on others..." My mother said in a disappointed tone. I just sighed.
"She started it.." I said quietly and she scoffed.
"You're grounded and that's final." She said and walked out.
"That's so not fair, I always get blamed for everything." I yelled and still walked out og the damn house. I heard my mother's voice but I wasn't able to hear it correctly since I shut the door behind me. My anger eased a bit when I saw Ethan's beautiful excuse of a car. He beeped the car, causing me to slightly jump. I reached his car and got in the passenger's seat with hearing is beautiful but yet hysterical laughter. I lightly hit his shoulder causing him to laugh even more.

"Shut up, stupid." I mumbled to him and slumped in my seat. His laughter died down a bit and he put his hand on mine. I looked up at him and he shot me a goofy smile of his. I just playfully rolled my eyes at him and looked out the window. I grabbed my phone and put it on airplane mode so that I wouldn't be bothered by anyone's ish. I then put it back in my pocket.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked in his low voice as he wiped a tear away from the laughter. I just gave him a look.
"Let me drive." I said to him.
"Let you drive? Do you have a lisence?" Ethan asked me and I just gave him another look. He raised his hands up in surrender and got out of the car. A small smile appeared on my face and we switched seats. He then got inside the passenger's seat and I started up the engine.

[Probably an hour later]

I parked Ethan's beautiful car in a parking lot near the woods. No car was seen anywhere else, besides this beautiful monster.

I used to come here when I had a lot of things on my mind to clear them out and just chillax. No one really knows about this place, besides me and one other person.

"We're here!" I told Ethan as he removed his hand from the car door. The scared look on his face made me laugh and get out of the car.
"You need to drive more safely." He stuttered out as I opened the passenger side door for him, I just shrugged.
"I don't even have a lisence, so it's whatever." I gave him a quick peck on his perfectly shaped lips and pulled him out of the car by his hand. He stumbled a bit.
"Where even are we?" He asked me as he closed the car door, pressed some button, locking his car automatically.
"Does it really matter?" I asked him in a soft tone as I interwined our fingers together.
"I mean, not really, but I'd still like to know." He said causing me to let out a light chuckle.
"Just lets go." I said and dragged him with me in to the woods. I knew the path perfectly, we're not getting lost tonight.

[About 20 minutes later]

"Are you going to kill me? Rape me? Wh-" Ethan kept asking these questions until I turned around and gave him a passionate kiss so he would shut up. He replied to the kiss and then I pulled away.
"No and no. We're here." I said to him as I turned around again.

We were now in the middle of the woods. The middle of the woods was tree-free. There was a small lake and a huge rock beside it. The night sky was covered in shinning stars.

"Lets sit." I said, pointed to the large rock and dragged Ethan with me while walking over there. He quickly followed behind me, making sure not to stumble and fall.

We sat on the huge rock beside the lake. I was looking up at the stars, while resting my head on Ethan's shoulder, and Ethan was looking at the lake, watching small waves form from the breezy yet slightly warm wind around us.

"How do you know this place?" His low voice asked me. I hesitated if I should tell him how do I know this place, but I soon decided to tell him.
"Well, me and my... my dad used to come here." I stuttered out to him.
"Your dad?" He asked me again, this time turning his full body to me. I let out a deep sigh.
"Yes, my dad. We used to come here a lot, especially when it would be the evening. It was just like a father-sister bonding type of thing. We would tell eachother things ee wouldn't tell mom." I said and lightly chuckled at the flashback.
"Why doesn't your dad live with you guys?" Ethan asked, I felt my body stiffen a little bit.
"Well, because, that would be quite a challenge." I managed to say, keeping the mood as light as possible.
"Why so?" He asked again. I sighed again.
"Because... he's dead." I blurted out, Ethan's face went slightly pale.
"I never knew that.." He managed to say, making me lightly chuckle.
"No one did. You'll be the first one to know, I guess." I said with an awkward smile to him. He nodded, letting me know that I can continue.
"So, me and my dad had a really strong bonding relationship type of thing. We used to almost do everything together. He taught me how to use a fishing rod, took me out fishing every once in a while. He especially taught me how to deal with things the right way and how to just be at peace. He taught me a few MMA moves and whatnot, hence why I am suspended from school for a few days, that'll be a different story though." I said to him, he gave me a small smile and nodded for me to continue.
"So, one day, things kind of went down hill." I said to Ethan and started telling him the whole story as a flashback played in my mind.

"Dad, can we pleaasee go to the moofies?" My little-self said to my dad.
"Of course, sweetie, just let me go tell mommy, okay?" He said to me and left to tell my mother that we're leaving. I took this time to run to our dark blue car that we once had. My dad appeared in the driver's seat later on.
"To the moofies we go!" I yelled as my dad drived on to the main road. My voice made him chuckle. I then turned on the radio and some song started playing that had swear words in it.
"Now, honey," my dad said as he turned the volume down, "you can't listen to these types of songs just yet, you have t-" my dad started lecturing me about swear words. All I heard was a large truck beeping.
"Dad, look out!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as the truck came rushing towards our car.

"The crash was pretty bad, considering that I ended up with a broken arm and leg. The stupid truck driver was the one who caused the accident to happen. He was driving straight towards us, he was speeding." I said to him as he wiped away a tear that had dripped down my eye.
"What happened after?" He asked, in a concerned tone.
"I was left injured, but alive. My dad... he got in to a coma with both ribs broken. The truck was more in the driver's seat. The coma was too strong. H-He didn't make it.." I finally said and started full on crying. Bawling my eyes out, if you may.

Ethan let out a sigh and hugged me, rubbing my back as well. I grabbed his shirt as my forehead rested on his chest. I couldn't stop crying.

"Ethan, all I wanted was for him to survive. I still am blaming myself for his death. I couldn't take the pain." I said through my silent sobs.
"Shh, calm down. Look at me." He said to me in a soothing voice as he lifted my chin up to his face by his fingers. I looked up at his eyes, mine were filled with tears, his were filled with the light shimmering off of the stars.
"I'll always be by your side. I'll always protect you. Don't blame yourself for things that you can't control, baby." He said and gave me a kiss. I knew that he could feel the sour tears. After a few seconds, we pull away.
"Thank you, Ethan." I said as I cupped his cheeks with my hands, he shot me his beautiful smile. I then removed my hands from his face, letting them fall to my lap. He took them in his and squeezed them lightly.
"What's wrong?" He asked me. I really just wanted to say 'everything' but I told myself not to.

"Ethan... I'm moving to Los Angeles."