My hand automatically went behind my back and I squeezed my hand together into a fist. While Zach was oblivious to the movement, Courtney and Lucas weren't. Courtney's smirk widened, Lucas gave me a look of concern.
Before I could respond with a forced, "Okay," Dorothy, Kira, and Emma tackled me into a hug. Iforgottheywerecomingalong. I smiled, I'm happy they are. I won't have to deal with Courtney alone.
I chortled, "Hey, guys."
They let go, and Dorothy linked our arms together and smiled.
Courtney cleared her throat. Dorothy looked over towards her with a look of disgust, causing me to almost laugh. "Are we going or not?"
I looked over to Zach, my head tilted to the side. "Where are we going?" He gave me a smile.
"We're taking you to see Time Square."
It was sunny and very hot in New York City. The orange ball of fire was hanging too low on the Earth. Although I haven't even done anything yet but sit in a car for the past five minutes , I'm already sweating, it didn't sizzle down my slight excitement, at least from what is left after finding out Courtney was coming along.
I wiped the small bead of sweat that forming on my forehead and asked Lucas to turn the air conditioner on. Since none of the girls neither I wanted to be in the same car as Courtney, we're riding Lucas' car.
The cool air coming the car's AC, immediately cooled me down and I sighed in relief. I frowned though, I'm sure it wasn't this hot over in California. Even though, I should me used to the heat. I shrugged and stared out the window, watching as our surrounding blurred by.
We came to a stop about twenty minutes later and I looked up in to the driver's seat. Lucas smiled towards us, "Now, all we need is to find parking."
The view was amazing, absolutely amazing. There were high buildings, plastered with screens that showed advertisements such as, broadway musicals Mama Mia and The Lion King.
Manhattan has very crowdy streets, though. I think I've been shoved about three times in the ecery five minutes and it,s been a dreaming hour, but I think it's all from Courtney. I cast her a quick glance through the corner of my eyes. I saw her smirking at me before walking past me, her pointy heels jabbing my toes, even with my sneakers on, purposefully twisting heel. I bit my lip hard, preventing myself from letting out a painful scream.
She turned around, feigning innocence. "Oops." Oops, my ass.
I gritted my teeth, my hand curling into a fist, automatically going behind my back. I gave her a tight-lipped and forceful tilted my head to the side. "It's fine. It happens."
She frowned. Her eyes ran seethingly, up and down my body, before turning around and clinging onto Zach in front of us. I let out a sigh and lifted my injured my foot forward. I let out a low hiss and faulted in my step, making my fist tighten in pain. Shit , that hurts.
The girls noticed and frowned. Dorothy spoke up, "Hey, you okay?"
I nodded. Their frown seemed to deepen. "Hey, Lucas?"
He turned around, along with Zach and an annoyed Courtney. "Yeah?"
Emma gave me a quick glance of worry, which Zach caught onto. He stepped foward, looking concerened as well. "Is everything okay?"
