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I gulped, no way, no fricken way my luck was like this.

"Yes , no I'll be home in a few weeks or so, unless something changes."  He spoke through the phone, his eyes slightly sweeping across to meet mine before looking back at the street.

I tried to listen but honestly I could not hear anything over the sound of my own heart beating.

"Uhm My King?" I asked after the call ended, trying my best to add a little humor to my voice.

He cleared his throat and looked back towards the road, "inside joke with my dad...you know he acts like a king."

Oh the irony.

"Lets put on some music hey?" He leaned his hand forward but I hit it down.

"Nope that is very cliche, some romantic eighties song will start playing and yada yada yada." I exclaimed my voice getting smaller towards the ends

He smirked, " I like cliches, but you watch too many movies, no radio station plays 80s music this early."

"Well I hate them."

Actually I was tired of them. I was a living princess. The highest cliche in the world.

"Come on Roja, let's listen."

He leaned down and pressed the button causing a folk/blues/pop song to start playing.

"What is this?"

"it's a song love." He laughed.

I found myself slightly bopping my head to the beat but my mind was more focused on the lyrics.

I'll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun feeling like a someone

Today must be National Irony Day That or my life is a living irony.

"Are we there yet?" I asked after the song has ended.

"Hello?"
"Excuse me."

"You know I take it back. You were better quiet." He stated earning a scoff from me. I wrapped my hands around my chest and turned to the car door.

"Fine I won't talk."

"Roja?"

"Don't call me that." I snapped " it isn't even my name."

"Well I don't know your name."

I felt his hand on my shoulder turning my body to him, when I fully faced him he let his hand lie on my cheek.

"I'm sorry, I was lost in my mind."  He apologized followed by a small smile. Something that made my heart flutter but my brain screaming at me that I don't know this man.

"Why do you call me Roja?"

"It's Spanish,"

"That doesn't answer my question." I state.

"You don't want to tell me your name. So I have to call you something. Roja is perfect. It fits you."

I scoffed. "It means silent?" I guess.

He just laughed leaving me to foster an answer alone.

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