Dear Diary (A Hunter Hayes Fanfic)

Chapter 54. Road Trip

Chapter 54.

Laurel's POV

"Do we have Cheez-its?" Katherine asked from the shotgun seat of my silver 2013 Corolla.

"Look in the snack bag" I said and she began digging around in the blue bag of goodness.

We were currently on out way to Nashville. To collage. To Hunter. To life.

And to be completely honest with you, I was a little terrified. But having my long time best friend was very comforting. I wasn't alone.

"Ok, what the hell are we going to do for the next 16 hours?" She asked me.

It was 6 in the morning. Way to early to do anything. Even as early as it was, we wouldn't be in Nashville until midnight. Which meant that we had to be entertained for almost full day.

"Just listen to music or something." I said. My eyes were focused on the road in front of me but through my peripheral vision I saw her sigh and sink deeper into her seat.

She put her earbuds in and she had the volume up so high, that Ed Sheeran was clearly heard. Even by me.

Eventually, her eyes closed and she plunged into a sweet slumber, leaving me to endure this ride by myself until she woke up.

I couldn't put on the radio or she would wake up and yell at me, so I just thought. I thought long and hard about a lot of stuff. Mostly the future, What I would do with my life. And for some reason, it always involved Hunter. In every possible scenario I could imagine for my life, I was always with Hunter. Then, I wondered if it was the same for him. Whether I was always a fixed spot in his life in his imagination. I didn't know what the answer was because I am not Hunter, so as a result I got scared. I'm a worrier. I worry. It's what I do. So then I started to worry. What if I do horribly in school? Then I won't be able to get a job, I will have no money and my life will be ruined. What if my parents make me move back? No access to the music industry, dream crushed, life ruined. What if me and Hunter breakup? I cry, there's no Hunter. Life ruined.

I worried that if I was gone, his life wouldn't be ruined. I knew that it wouldn't be. He had adoring fans and a great career and looks and a personality that could get him any girl he wanted.

But then I thought, he could get any girl he wanted, yet he wanted me. Which made a slight smile form on my lips. The thought danced around in my mind until Katherine woke up.

"I'm hungry." She said.

"I thought you would be," and I pulled out a Dunkin' Donuts bag containing a muffin that I got when I stopped for breakfast. I got an ice coffee too, but she didn't have to know that. Shhh!

At that point it was almost nine. The sun rightfully reclaimed it's spot in the sky from the moon and was celebrating it's victory by spreading light and warmth to all of the occupants of this fine hemisphere.

I put on the radio. A Ariana Grande song came on and after I moment of silence I asked Katherine, "How's Luke?"

She looked over at me and smiled slightly. "I don't know. I broke up with him."

My. Jaw. Dropped.

"Why? I thought you really liked him!"

"So did I. But that little jerk cheated on me with some girl he met in Spain. And I found out about it by the girl. She let it slip on twitter." She was clearly angry, but proud of herself. She said the words with confidence and power.

"So what did you do?"

"I called him, yelled, and then I said that if he wanted to cheat on me he should at least do it with someone who can actually pull off a crop top. Then I said that maybe he should try her's on because it would definately fit his personality: Girly and undignified and proceeded to tell him that he should just stay with her because some girls don't mind dating losers. Then I hung up."

"Woah, Kath" I said and I put my hand up. She high fived it and began to channel her inner Ariana Grande.

"HEAD IN THE CLOUDS GOT NO WEIGHT ON MY SHOULDERS" She sang.

"I SHOULD BE WISER AND REALIZE THAT I'VE GOT" I continued.

And we then had a best friend bonding singing session for a few hours before stopping for lunch at a Wendy's.

Katherine took a turn driving afterwards and asked me about my love life.

"How's Hunter" she said obnoxiously.

"Goooooddddd" i said obnoxiously back.

"And his friends?"

"Weird as always" I answered. They are always weird. "But Andy is almost a dad and weird. And Matt is hilarious still. Devo now dabbles in online shopping and detectiveing. Sam still takes artsy pictures of sunsets and Steve's hair is still majestic".

"Good to know".

We passed through Connecticut and New York and Maryland and Virginia and then finally we were in Tennessee.

After another hour or so of driving, I called Hunter and said we were about an hour away. He said that he may fall asleep, but the door is open so we should just come in.

As we neared closer and closer to the city, the excitement in me grew and grew. I was going to collage. I was living with Hunter. I was starting my life away from my boring town and in a place that's exciting and always changing.

I ended up falling asleep for a few minutes (ok, like 45) myself, and Katherine had to scream into my ear to get me up.

We were parked outside Hunter's apartment building (now my apartment building) and I opened the door to be greeted by the darkness illuminated only by yellow street lights and the red and green flashing traffic lights.

I grabbed my suitcase, Katherine grabbed her's and we entered the building. We went up in the elevator and walked a little bit before reaching his door. I opened it slightly and saw a sleeping Hunter on the couch.

I set my suitcase down on the floor and tip toed over to him. I crouched down by him and kissed him on the cheek. His eyes opened and lit up.

He immediately kissed me and things started getting a little intense. We forgot all about Katherine standing right there. Until she said, "Should I go or something?"

We pulled apart and stood up. He led Katherine to the guest room while I went in the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water.

I sat on the counter and admired the FTLOM sign. It embodied him perfectly.

"So I see you're making yourself right at home" Hunter said as he entered the room.

"This is my home, Hayes" I said.

"Good point"

"I'm going to bed," he said.

"I'll be there in a minute".

I took one last look at the big letters before going to bed in Hunter's arms.

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