Counting Stars

Chapter Two: Where?

        I woke up to quiet. You were outside the car, knelt down beside the front right tire. My head was in pain, not like I had hit it, like it was fuzzy and made me want to throw up. I think you noticed me moving, and you came back to the window. I pretended to be asleep. "Cas, I know you're awake." you said, jumping back into the car. I stayed still and quiet. I had to figure out what you wanted, why you were being this way. I finally got the courage, or maybe it was fear, to ask you what was going on. "Jason?" I said as I acted as though I had just woken up. "Hey, don't freak out, I'm saving you." you said as you grabbed my hand. I flinched at your touch. You noticed, and searched me for an explaination. "Where are we?" I asked you, I had started to panic. "We are nowhere and somewhere altogether." you looked at me with those eyes, the ones I fell in love with. You looked so proud of yourself, like a child getting an A on a test and showing their parents. You wanted my approval. "Jason, what's going on?" I asked you, prying for answers. "I'm taking you somewhere where no one will ever find us. You won't be able to cheat on me like you did with Ravon." you were looking at me guiltily. You didn't trust me. You couldn't trust me after that rumor. You didn't beat Ravon up for insulting me, you did because you were angry at me, and you couldn't hit me. I was starting to see the other side of you, and I didn't like it.

        "How long was I asleep?" I asked you, trying to map how far we had driven. "About two days maybe. I kept giving you more so you wouldn't wake up." you told me, your eyes never leaving my face. I gasped, we could be half way through the continent by now. "Don't worry, not too much longer and we will be at the airport. I'm taking you to the place you have always wanted to visit." you told me, smiling widely. Okay, I wanted to visit a lot of places; Paris, Iceland, Germany, Australia. I couldn't imagine where you were planning. "I'll sleep with you, but you have to let me go. I'll do anything you want." I was pleading with you. "I know." is all you said.

        When we finally got into a town. I had my head against the window. Hearing the tires vibrate on the concrete. I had hoped that you were high, and that any minute you would come to your senses and realize that this was wrong, but you didn't. You continued to drive. Then you stopped at the airport. "Behave, or I'll hurt you. Understand?" you said as you pulled out a knife and let me examine it. I nodded. You had packed a small bag, only for overnight. You caught me looking at the bag. "We will be to the place tomorrow. We will have to stay somewhere tonight." you told me. You wrapped one of your big strong hands around my waist, and led me to the doors. We went through security. I kept giving the guards looks, trying to tell them that I was in danger. I even mouthed the word "help" to a couple people. No one came up to us, no one knew that you had taken me. No one would ever know. They wouldn't think to look in some foreign country. I suddenly became aware of how serious this was. I finally decided to take my chances with you. I ran to the nearest guard, I heard you curse as I left your grip. "Please help me! He's taken me captive. He has a knife." I yelled at the guard. He looked at me like I was crazy. Then you walked up, you curled your arm around me. "Sorry Sir. We do this to keep our, you know, sex life, exciting. Sorry we will be on our way." you grabbed me so tightly I squeaked. You had that look about you, like you were the most trustworthy person on the planet. The guard watched us leave, I know because I kept my eyes pasted on him as you dragged me away. I knew that you wouldn't let that happen again.

        I sat in a chair, in the waiting terminal. I knew that I was leaving my life forever. I'm not sure why I felt so certain. Part of it was the fact that you planned all this. You knew exactly how I would react. I wondered if our love was all fake, if this was a game, that you wanted to gain my trust so that you could take me. I suddenly felt so stupid. I had fallen for you, so far. I was in love with you. I had to forget that, to get away from you. I couldn't let how I had felt distract me from my escape. That was going to be very hard. I had mapped my entire future around you. While you were off at war, I was going to be home, going to school, getting my degree in Biology, we were going to be so happy. I loved you. "I hate you, you are making me confused." I told you, finally expressing how I felt about all of this. "You don't hate me, you love me. You told me you did, while you were passed out. You murmured my name, and told me you loved me." you smiled. I used to love that smile. And now, because of you, I hated it. They called our flight. I boarded before you, you were holding my arm so tight that it went numb. I wanted to turn around and spit in your face, but you pushed me forward. I thought about Paige, how she would feel about me leaving. I wonder if she would tell the police that you and I had a date the night I dissapeared. I hope that they find out that you are the criminal. You are the kidnapper.

        We were on the flight for nine hours. I couldn't tell you where we were going. I didn't know what airport we had left from. I didn't know where this fight was headed. I didn't know where nine hours would take us. I did know that I wouldn't let you take me without a fight. I was waiting for the right moment to strike. I was the tiger and you were the innocent little prey that I was stalking. I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into you, to rip away from you.