"Well I got out plane tickets when you left earlier. I figured you wouldn't get far by morning." Ryland said as he sat in the passenger seat.
It was about 1:00 in the morning. We were sitting in the car at the beach he took me to with a blanket that he took from his house over us.
We cuddled together in the backseat watching the waves as we walked about nothing.
"Ryland." I say.
"Hmm" He says. I can tell he's falling asleep.
"Why'd you try to kiss me?" I ask. He stiffens and I hold back a laugh. I knew one of us would catch feelings sooner or later. I just didn't think it would be this early. Or that it would be him.
"W-what are you talking about?" He stuttered.
"Ryland once I get myself together we can try it out. Until then No." I say leaning into him more.
I know I said no feelings but I just can't help it. This Cuban, Black hair, brown eyed boy is everything to me.
"I can wait." He said putting his arm around my shoulder.
"Mmmhmm." I say falling asleep. "By the way whens our flight?" I ask sleepily.
"Mmmmm about four hours." Ryland says. I shoot up my sleepiness fading.
"RYLAND YOU IDIOT!" I yell hitting his arm. I hop into the front seat and start up the car. "It's going to take us an hour to get to the airport." I say hitting him as he crawls to the front.
"I know. I was going to drive us there once you fell asleep." He says pouting. I shake my head and smile at him.
The roads are clear as I drive and it's pretty dark. I feel tired as I drive but I suck it up until we get there. When we get there it's 2:13 and we park at a near McDonald's. I grab my phone and put it on full brightness so I can wake myself up.
"So Rose." Ryland starts. I turn to him and he continues. "So when you say 'when you get yourself together' what do you mean?" He asks.
I roll my eyes and turn to him. "I mean when I'm not stressed over everything in my life. When I'm not depressed and constantly worrying." He nods his head.
"So when you come back basically?" He says.
"Yeah basi- wait what?" He looks at me and smiles. "I have a really cool aunt in Florida and she's letting you stay there for a year. A year only and you have to come back Rose." He says becoming serious.
I smile wide and nod my head. "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" I scream pulling him into a hug. "But your still staying for the summer right?" I asl pushing back to look him in the face.
"Yeah. I'm leaving two day before school starts back here again." And I nod. "Well eight months isn't as bad as a year!" I say with a smile.
"Just dont change." We say at the same time.
We talk for awhile longer when we realize it's 4:00. We drive to the airport and leave my car and we grab our bags.
We go through the procedure and by 5:00 we are boarded on the plane.
We listen to everything the flight attendants and the pilots say and when we finally get into the air we go to sleep. 13 hours is the perfect amount of hours to sleep.
I wake up to a bad shake. I open my eyes and see Ryland gripping his armrest for dear life . He looked paler the Usual.
"Ry? What's wrong?" I ask resting my hand on top of his in an attempt to losen his fingers, but he doesn't budge.
He turns to me and point out the window.
"Emergency crash landing." He squeaks. I turn my head to see the supposed crash landing we are making. Of course he wasn't lying.
I scream and black swallows me.
I gasp awake to find myself in my seat safe and sound. Ryland is sleeping but his hand suddenly Reaches Over and grasps mine. Eleven more hours in this death trap and I'll be okay.
I close my eyes and fall back to sleep.
"Rose....Rose!"
I jump awake and find myself face to face with Ryland.
"What?" I ask.
"We're here."
"I slept for thirteen hours?"
"Yup! Now get up before I drag you off the plane." He says as he begins to walk off.
I hurriedly grab my stuff and follow behind him.
We walk outside and he begins walking towards a black Chevy camero.
Nice car.
Suddenly a tan long legged woman steps out of the car. She has long black silky that reaches to her butt and her eyes are bright green. She looks around 20 to 25 years old.
Why is everyone prettier than me?
"AUNT REBECCA!" Ryland calls running up to hug her.
THATS his aunt!?!
"Ryland!" She yells as she hugs him.
"Rose!" Ryland calls me as he breaks the hug. He waves me over and I obey. When I reach them my eyes go to her and she looks even prettier up cl-
"Your really pretty!" She says.
Wait. What? HA!
"No I'm not." I say laughing. "You on the other hand should be a model! Your gorgeous!" I say gesturing towards her.
"Thank you! But so are you believe me!" She says touching my shoulder.
"Okay Okay Okay." Ryland says breaking into our conversation.
"Enough with the girly compliments and stuff." He says and we both roll our eyes.
"Anyway Rose this is Rebecca. She's twenty one and shes awesome. Rebecca this is Rose. She's sixteen and she's amazing." He says.
"Nice to meet you Rebecca." I say smiling.
"Nice to meet you too Rose, and call be Bec." says back.
"Okay. Let's get going!" Ryland says as he runs to the car.
"ROSE IS SITTING UP FRONT!" Bec yells. I laugh as I see Ryland stop and turn to us pouting.
When we get closer he looks me in the eyes.
"You've ruined my life." He says bitterly. Rebecca and I laugh and pile in.
THE ADVENTURE HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!
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