Rim Of The World

part nine

we put on the adidas clothing, surprisingly they were all our sizes.

-"hey?" gabriel came around the corner while holding his hands over his eyes.

i giggled at his childishness.

-"you can look." i told him.

he removed his hands and looked me up and down while bitting his lip.

-"wow." he said under his breathe.

i was blushing like crazy.

-"you don't look so bad your self." i winked.

he laughed and walked towards me.

he placed his hands on my waist, and buried his face into my neck.

i ruffled his hair, which made him look up and smirk.

he held onto me tighter and started twirling me around.

the mall was filled with my loud laughter.

in that moment I forgot all about the aliens, the world possibly ending, the mall, the world.

it was only gabriel and i.

he carefully placed me onto my two feet once again.

i smiled up at him.

-"be mine?" he smirked.

-"only if you'd be mine aswell." he smiled at my comment and placed his lips onto mine.

-"alright love birds lets get going!" dariush yelled over at the escalator.
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we all grabbed new bikes and stood outside of the malls doors.

-"is that a-"

-"1973 ford mustang mach one." i practically drooled while i interrupted alex.

there was only one person who loved cars as much as i did.

steve

-"steve would kill to have one."

-"my dad used to have one." alex announced as we all stared at the car.

i was the first one to drop my bike and start sprinting.

-"i dibs driving." alex announced.

-"i call shotgun!"

we all got into the car.

alex in the drivers seat, zhenzhen in the passenger and dariush, gabriel and i at the back.

-"shoot. i can't drive a stick." alex sighed.
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zhenzhen took over and started speeding down the road.

we blasted the music and all started having fun.

out of nowhere the alien jumped onto the front of the car.

we all screamed as zhenzhen found a way to get rid of the alien and drive back onto a bridge.

-"ahhh!" we screamed as the alien was inches away, being on the back of the car.

-"jump!" zhenzhen yelled as she jumped out of the car.

-"are you insane!?" gabriel yelled as he followed me, jumping out of the car.

the car became out of control and crashed through the barriers of the bridge, diving down under the bridge.

-"ouch." i wined as i felt rocks and glass digging into my skin.

-"you okay?" gabriel looked at me concerned, while examining for any wounds.

-"dandy." i smiled and kissed his cheek as i got up.

he shook his head and chuckled.

we joined the others, cheering that it was probably dead or atleast hurt enough for us to run away.

-"guys! i don't have the key." alex looked around.

-"what? we need that key!"

-"i know! it must be in the car still." he sighed.

while they were all talking i was having a battle in my head for whether i should go.

i nodded making up my mind.

i started walking to the exit to try and get to the car.

-"hey. what are you doing?" gabriel jogged up to me and grabbed my arm.

-"it's my turn." i said in a low voice.

i didn't want to look him in the eye.

-"hey. look at me. what do you mean?"

-"i have to go." i looked up at his puzzled eyes.

i kisses his cheek and turned to walk away.

-"no." gabriel shook his head.

i gave him a confused look.

-"look, you saved our lives at the pool, alex helped with his brains, zhenzhen helped with her survival knowledge and dariush. well dariush is dariush." i giggled.

-"if i wasn't here, everything would have been the same. so i have to atleast have some sort of use." i tried to reason.

gabriel sighed.

-"im not letting you go down there with that thing."

my blood started to boil

i hates people telling me what to do

no matter who it was.

everyone knew that.

-"and why not." I asked.

-"it's dangerous. i don't want you getting hurt."

his reason made me soften.

not many people cared for me that way.

-"i'll be fine-" i was cut off by dariush walking past us and mumbling stuff.

-"i'm going." dariush announced.

-"what no-" gabriel places a hand on my shoulder making shut up.

gabriel stood in front of me blocking my view from alex and dariush talking about what his name meant.

-"gabriel. it has to be me."

-"no, it doesn't." he pulled me into his chest and kissing my forehead.

dariush started going down towards the car.