true significance

4. 2am adventure

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I breathe, and take a moment to take it all in. I look up, and instantly regret it when I see that elijah began to stare. It made me feel self cautious and uncomfortable. So I started a conversation to ease the awkwardness. "So uh do you like your food" i said nervously. "Mhm, yeah it's good every time I order it. It's like my special meal" he said. I stay silent, not knowing what to say. "Sooo, you come here a lot ?" he said breaking the silence. "I've been coming here ever since I was a little girl" I said trying to not let him hear the sadness in my voice. "yeah you always get the stack of pancakes, with the hash browns slightly crunchy & the turkey bacon, not pork because you think it'll give you worms in your body and no eggs because you think they taste like plastic" he said while stuffing his mouth with food as if him knowing my entire order was normal. I look at him for a while, until I finally spoke up "wait what?" was all I could say because I was so taken aback. "don't think I'm a freak or anything, but when you came in on monday, tuesday, and thursday I payed attention to what you ordered each time" he said. I began to laugh, and he looked at me. "that's funny?" he said with an confused expression. I didn't answer, I just sat there and thought how did I not notice him on those days. "It's your "usual" right ?" he said. "yeah it is, but how do you know the details of how I like my food" i said actually very curious to how. "I actually don't know, I just guessed by looking at your plate" he said while laughing. "guessed?" i said confused. "yes , when you think about it usually people don't ask for turkey bacon unless they don't eat pork, and restaurants never make their hash browns crispy unless you ask for them like that, and the eggs was obvious because haha I think they taste like plastic too" he said totally blowing my mind. This boy is a thinker, I thought to myself. For the rest of the time , we just ate in silence. We both finished around the same time. Then he began to speak "are you planning on doing anything later, my mom and I kinda got in a argument and I don't really want to go home right now" he said. I sat and started at him deciding on if I wanted to get in the car with a stranger, or if I wanted to go home and hear my parents argue all night. "like go somewhere?" i said questioning him. "yes" he said. "But it's 1:30 what is even open right now?" i said. "I know a place" he said while winking. "So do you wanna come or not?" he said . "Sure" I said shrugging my shoulders. Then I got up from the booth, and began walking to the door. He followed behind me.
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Elijah's P.O.V
Rose and I begin to leave the diner. I made sure to leave a tip for the waitress for helping me out with Rose. I open the door for her , and lead her to my car. We both hop in, and I start it and sit there waiting for my car to warm up. One thing my mom has always told me was to never drive off without warming up your car. After a few minutes I pull out of the parking lot and begin to drive to the comic book store. Rose doesn't know where we are going, I didn't tell her. It's old she's so quiet, she hasn't said a thing since i've been driving. As im driving i drift into deep my thoughts. she's so beautiful. did i make her uncomfortable? did she feel peer pressured to come with me? i hope she doesn't think i'm gonna kill her and bury her body in the middle of no where or something. I accidentally laugh out loud causing her to turn her head away from the window and towards me.
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Rose P.O.V
We've been driving for a while now. I really wonder where he's taking me. Oh my god what if he tries to kill me! I hear him laugh out of no where, I look at him "did he just read my thoughts" i think to myself. He looks back at me and I look away back out the window. After a little while , we pull up to this comic book looking store.