during their road trip, tavia and salem toured san jose with salem's cousin, and they stayed the night at her place. then, they headed toward san francisco, where they walked around so much that their legs felt like jello by the time they got back to their motel room.
they had visited alcatraz island, the golden gate bridge, the full house house, and looked at seals.
although they were exhausted, they didn't wanna go back to los angeles. well, at least salem didn't. tavia was eager to see matt, but salem was not ready to deal with being in the same city as ciarán again.
the three days had gone by too fast, and all she wanted was to stay in san francisco for longer, but she wanted to keep her job for just a little longer.
salem was the one who was driving home, since tavia did the majority of the driving on the way to san francisco.
she was focused on driving, not letting her thoughts drift to ciarán, because she'd probably crash if she went down that route.
it was easier to keep her mind off of him than she thought. all it took was tavia's taste in music and ciarán was instantly forgotten. that was, until electric feel came on.
one time, when she was bored, salem had searched up 'bearface' on youtube because she couldn't get enough of his voice. she stumbled across his electric feel cover and sent it to him, yelling at him about how good it was.
salem bit her lip, but she shrugged it off. she wasn't going to let a boy ruin a good song for her.
eventually, with a few pit stops for bathroom breaks and some more snacks, they made it back home at 7 pm.
salem threw her bag somewhere on her floor, then she verbally said: "yikes!" as she realized she had valuable stuff in it, so she hastily picked it back up and dug through it, making sure nothing was broken.
she had been holding her breath while searching through it, but finally let out a sigh of relief when she saw that nothing was broken.
she checked her phone, and saw once again, she saw she had a text from ryan.
ryan: can i come over?
she kept rereading the text, her bottom lip caught between her teeth. her fingers hovered over her keyboard, hesitating.
salem: when?
he texted her back immediately, which she didn't expect.
ryan: right now
salem: i just got home from a road trip. maybe another time
salem sighed, throwing her phone somewhere on her bed. she groaned, rubbing her face exhaustedly.
she was in a conflict with herself, should she let ryan come over or not? she thought about ciarán, but like she had told him, it wasn't any of his business. all she wanted to do was make it clear that their relationship was over, and that she would not be getting back together with him.
plus, she still had some of his items of clothing, which she for sure did not want.
ryan: how about friday evening?
she didn't have any plans that day, and she was sure tavia was going on a date with matt.
tavia.
she didn't know whether or not she wanted to tell her.
she knew it was right to tell her, since they're best friends and tell each other everything. they trusted each other, but salem knew tavia too well.
she would try and cancel her date with matt, so she could stay and prevent anything from happening between her and ryan.
but salem didn't need tavia to protect her. she knew what she wanted to do and was set to do it. nothing would change her mind.
she saw the three little bouncing dots appear, then disappear when she started typing.
salem: i'm free that night
then, she put her phone down on her nightstand, not wanting to see what he'd text back. she ran her hands through her hair, letting out a long sigh.
she just hoped this week went by slowly.
a/n:
ciarán's performance of summer at govball,, an actual angel. i love he
