My Boyfriend's a Nightmare

A Midnight Ride

"HOLD ON!" Carrie screamed as she slammed on the gas, Noah holding onto the door instead of buckling his seatbelt.

"JESUS CARRIE!"

"SHUT UP! I'M TRYING TO DRIVE!"

"YOU'RE GONNA KILL US!"

"SO WHAT?" Carrie glanced at Noah, still in his outfit before her heart dropped. If she was pulled over, then he would be caught and arrested.

"What's wrong?" Noah looked at her as she slowed down, getting back onto the main road.

"Take off your hat and your glove."

"Um... alright," Noah did as he was told, before putting them in the floorboard. She glanced at him, the shirt gave his identity away.

"Take off your shirt too."

"WHAT?! NO! I'M NOT TAKING IT OFF!"

"THEN YOU CAN GO TO JAIL FOR BEING A KILLER KID! THAT'S FINE TOO!"

"HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M ONE THOUGH, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THIS SWEATER!"

"BUT ONLY ONE KID HAS A BURNT HAND AND A HAND-KNIT RED AND GREEN SWEATER!"

"Shit..." Noah muttered, "you're right."

"See, take off your shirt."

"Don't look,"

"I won't."

Noah took off his shirt hesitantly, wrapping his glove in it and putting his hat on top. He covered himself as best he could with the folded clothes.

"N-Now what?"

"Put them under the seat."

"Alright," Noah slipped the three things under the seat before looking at Carrie, covering his chest. She glanced at him, a bright pink coating covering his cheeks.

"I TOLD YOU DON'T LOOK!"

"Do you want a hoodie?"

"Um..." Noah looked down at the ground, "yes please."

"There's one in the floorboard behind your seat, reach back there and grab it."

"Promise you won't look?"

"Promise."

Noah turned around, grabbing the hoodie from the back and pulling it over his head. His hair frizzed out as he cuddled up in it, feeling safe in its warmth.

"Better?" He looked at Carrie paying attention to the road before being pulled over by a cop, they were everywhere, lining the road in a blockade.

"Yeah, better." Noah began to shake as the cop knocked on Carrie's window. She rolled it down as the cop leaned in.

"Hey Carrie, aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"Oh, I got suspended for sleeping in class, so I left."

"Oh, I thought you left because of the attack."

"What attack?"

"Didn't you hear? The son of Freddy Krueger attacked a math class there just a few minutes ago!"

"Really? Oh my god, I hope everyone's okay! It must have happened as soon as I left!"

"Who's this fine young man?" The cop leaned in further, catching sight of the pink-faced Noah. He looked at him with a smile.

"I'm Jeremy Turner, I'm Carrie's new boyfriend."

"What?! You broke up with your Mike and hooked up with this new boy all in one day?"

"He moved here this week and I immediately liked him, so I had to make a choice, Mike or Jeremy..."

"Well, Jeremy, welcome to Birchwood. I'm sorry you couldn't be here at better circumstances."

"It's fine sir, I'm actually... really enjoying myself here."

"That's great, alright Carrie, go tell your kooky aunt I said hi. Also, just so you know, we're issuing a lockdown for right now so we can find this Krueger kid, so please do us a favor and stay inside."

"Oh, I will Officer Lionheart, have a nice day."

"You too!"

With that, Carrie rolled up her window and was pushed onto the road once more. She drove back to her house, Noah sitting in the seat next to her, crying. She looked over at him and then back to the road.

"Why are you crying?"

"I-I was... accepted."

"What?"

"He actually liked me... nobody's liked me before... nobody's been welcoming before... it's just... really nice." Noah wiped his eyes as he cried, bawling all the way back to Carrie's house in the woods.