THE GIRL

CHAPTER 4

The ride from LA to Oakheart is a total of 23 hours. So it's going to take us a few days to reach Oakheart because my dad is the only one who can drive and of course we need breaks to eat and sleep.

The first 3 hours were spent on the road. Most of the time I plugged in my headphones and listened to some Why Don't We. I dozed off to 8 Letters and woke up about 3 hours later to Hooked. The car was pulling into a rest stop.

"Time for a bathroom break kiddos," my dad says.

At the rest stop, I use the bathroom and get some Auntie Annes. I love Auntie Annes, the pretzels are so soft and delicious. I could eat it every day. I look over to see Connor at Burger King. 

"Hey Connor!" I say as I walk up to him.

He jumps.

"Oh my gosh, you scared me Callie." 

"Ahahahahaha sorry."

"Its all good. Soo? You and Quinn?"

"Ugh. He told you?"

"Yep," he says with a smirk.

"Well, it's never gonna happen Connor. We moved. I probably won't ever see him."

"Ugh. That's true I guess," Connor says now looking disappointed

"U wanted us to be a couple?"

"Well, I never not wanted you to be a couple."

I looked confused.

"Like I have never thought of you guys being a couple, but if you both like each other then why not go for it."

"Really? I thought you would be mad that your best friend and sister were dating?"

"Nah. It's cool."

"Well its too bad that we are moving."

"Yea."

"Order number #346," calls out one of the workers at Burger King. Connors goes to grab his bag.

"Can I have a fry?" I ask Connor

"Only if you give me a peace of your pretzel."

"Ugh. Fine."

I rip off a piece of my delicious salted pretzel and hand it to Connor.

"Here," he says while handing me a few fries.

"Thanks."

We're back in the car for another 4  hours before we stop at Panera Bread to eat dinner. I got a large mac and cheese, and a chocolate chip cookie for dessert. Then we stop at a hotel to sleep for the night. It took another whole day to arrive at Oakheart.

When arrived at Oakheart it was already dark out, but I could still see the outline of the house. It was definitely an upgrade from our old house. My dad got out the keys to our new home and opened the door.

"Welcome to our new home guys," my dad says excitedly.

I walk in to see a staircase of the right and a huge living room with a fireplace and a t.v above to the left.  

"Man this is an upgrade," I say in awe of our new home.

"Agreed," Connor says.

For the next 20 minutes, I explore the house and try to believe that this is where I'm going to be living. I wander upstairs to find my room. Wow. The room was huge and it already had all the furniture I picked out. I already love it. The room is like a master bedroom because it has an on suite. An hour later, the moving van comes to our house, and we start to unpack. As I walk out to get the last box in the van I see a faint shadow of a body across the street.

"Hey," the person calls out.

"Hey," I respond.

"So you're our new neighbour?" The person calls from across the street.

"Yep," I respond still not knowing what he looks like.

The rest of the night I unpacked the stuff for my room and wondered who that guy was. For all I could know he could be a 25-year-old perve.