The Ride of My Life (an Ansel Elgort story)

Chapter 30

Lucy's POV

I get home around 8:45 AM. I sure hope my parents aren't awake, but they probably are.

I go inside and find the house completely silent. I try tiptoeing up to my room when Brandon comes around the corner and scares the crap out of me.

"Brandon! You scared me!" I whisper.

"Why are you whispering?" He says, at normal volume. "We're the only ones here."

"Oh. Really? Where's everyone else?"

"Mom and Dad wanted to have some alone time with Daniel since he hasn't had any in a while. They didn't tell me where they were going, but I don't care."

"Oh.." I don't know whether to give him sympathy for not having any attention for the first time in his life or not. I'm going with 'or not'.

"So where were you? Last night, I mean." He questions.

"I was at a friends." I state.

"What friends?" He asks suspiciously.

"Chloe's."

"Bullshit. You were at that guy's house. Ansel, is it?"

"Fine, you caught me. What are you gonna do about it?"

"Oh, I'm not doing anything. All I'm gonna say is you better not be pregnant." He laughs.

"Shut up, Brandon." I laugh, too. We've never really had any bonding time before. "So what'd you do with the house to yourself?" I make small talk.

"What makes you think we're alone?"

"First of all, you said so. But if you're going to start talking about ghosts and stuff again I'm just gonna leave, okay? I'm not ten anymore, I know there are no ghosts in this house." I say.

I hear the stairs creaking and I freeze in fright. Did I just jinx myself?

I see a mischievous smile appear on Brandon's face. I slowly turn around to confirm that there definitely is not a ghost on the stairs. Holy shit, what if there is.

But what I see is not a ghost. It's Nicole.

I turn back around to Brandon. "So you were giving me hell about sleeping at someone's when you had someone here the whole time? You're unbelievable, Brandon." I shake my head.

"Hello, Lucy!" Nicole says. Why is everyone so cheery in the morning?

"Hey, Nicole." I try to sound happy but I can't. I'm tired. "Well, you two have fun, but not too much fun. I'm going back to bed." And with that I go upstairs and sink into my warm bed and dream of my wonderful boyfriend.

{ sorry this chapter is short, but OMG guys you'll never believe what happened today!!!! I'm so happy!! Something in this fan-fiction kind of happened today. Comment what you think it is and I'll tell y'all in the next chapter!}