The Adventure of Four

Chapter 4: Jessie

I had a plan, I've always had a plan. Well, technically since the beginning of this year when I went from being nobody to somebody. Popularity comes with drama, drama comes with sides and more drama, which ultimately creates more drama, but most importantly enemies. I mean high school is like one Great War to the top of the social food chain. You want to be cool, hang with the cool kids, go to parties, become the cliche high school "it" girl. In the eight grade I started to plan my rise to popularity, even when I realized it would include spending less time with my closest friends, because they weren't popular. Hanging with them would be uncool, but I didn't do it for them i did it for me. They didn't need me ruining there plans for college. I always planned on leaving one day, i just didn't want to drag any of them into it, but of course mr. perfect had to jump in my car as i was leaving, added an unexpected element to my plan, but I guess you have to learn to plan for the unexpected. Let's just say lesson learned.
"Hey Earth to Jess," Andrew says as he turns the radio down, I hadn't even realized I zoned out. "Where are we even going Jess we have been driving for hours." Jess was the nickname Andrew insists on calling me, I Can't really complain, I honestly like it. 'I'm not telling you, at least not yet."
"Why not? Come on Jess"
I pulled to the side of the road, "Andrew I can still take you back you don't have to follow me, I don't plan on coming back, at least not for a while, I want to disappear, I can't do it anymore I can't, I just cant" I started to break down crying.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Andrew says sympathetically. I can tell he is trying to comfort me when he puts his hand on my shoulder, but it just makes me cry harder. "I just want to go and disappear, I'm a horrible friend to Kate, I just ditched her for what popularity, to be noticed by more than four people?" I had stopped crying and was becoming angry and embarrassed all at the same time, I have expected Andrew to say everything was okay, and I was wrong, however what he said next I didn't expect.
"You're right, you were horrible to Jess, but she know you better than anyone else, Jess. She knows why you were doing to it, I mean she never said it directly, but she knew"
I was overwhelmed, all I could say was "We are going to New York, we are going to stay in a small motel near a small pizza shop just outside New York City, and most importantly you are driving I have a map printed that we can follow in my bag I memorized the route out of the state, but after that we can only rely on the map. I'm going to do some time calculations while your driving, now hurry, I know my parents won't notice I'm missing, but yours will, and it's only a matter of time before the whole state of Florida is looking for us."
I couldn't tell what Andrew was thinking, he wore a tepid expression. "Okay cool, but we need to stop for gas soon, and I don't know about you, but I only have like $20 in my wallet. I don't think that will get us out of the state,  maybe a couple hundred miles at least."
"Come on Andrew, you dont think I'm that dumb. I quickly show him the $3000 cash I have kept in my wallet. I have planned for this. Next exit route 5, there a gas station we stop get food, and go to the bathroom because we don't stop again for another four hours."
"Aye, Aye captain." Jokes Andrew. We quickly switched spots and he pulled from every now and then I would give him instructions on where to go next. Based on the calculations I did and how well i knew Xavier and Kate, assuming they still like us we have 6 hours to become untraceable, and 5 hours before Andrews parents realize he is not just missing, but gone. Plus I am going to contact Kate, if Andrew is right, and she doesn't hate me I'm going to need her help. I never planned on getting her involved, but now she could help us with a time issue we may fall upon if Andrews parents realize he's gone sooner than expected.