Once Upon A Road Trip

Chapter 6

Ryder's P.O.V

"Ryder! Wake up!!" I heard someone scream as they shook me awake from a strange dream regarding jelly, a lion and a cycle. At first, I thought it was my mom but then I realised that she was miles away. Opening my eyes, I saw Alia as she towered over me, and I couldn't help but think about how beautiful she looked right now.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" She asked, pulling me out of my daydream as she blushed and moved away.

"Nothing, but why have you woken me up at 3 in the morning??" I practically scream out the part as I see what time it is.

"It's raining" Was the only thing she said as she gazed out the window, pointing out the obvious. Seeing my confused face, she continued, "Come dance with me in the rain!"

Man, I love this girl but right now I wanted to seriously scream at her, "Are you okay? It's going to be freezing, and dark, and must I remind you again 3am!!"

Rolling her eyes, she seriously needs to stop doing that, she replies, "I am going whether you come with me or not."

Realising that I can't let her go out there by herself, I grumpily get out of bed and change into something a bit more comfortable as we walk out of the room together. Missing our third roommate I ask her where Jake is, receiving her pointed look which told me that he had decided to spend the night with some girl he found, 'typical' I laugh.

5 minutes later we stand out in the inn's garden, as the pouring rain falls on us. Alia plays some song on her phone as she starts moving her arms and legs in ways that make it look like they are having spasms. To anyone else it would have looked hilarious, and normally I would be laughing my ass off, but all I could do was stare. She tried getting me to dance with her but I was content with just watching her 'dance', so I refused and continued watching my beautiful best friend, as she danced without realising that I was so in love with her, that it was killing me.

Suddenly a slow song started playing, and before I could stop myself, I pulled her into my arms as we danced. My eyes roamed around her face, taking in everything that I could about her, from her eyes, to her cheekbones, and to her lips. My eyes couldn't leave her lips, and slowly I started moving closer, and I might be dreaming but it looked like she was as well. Just as we are about to kiss, the inn owner comes screaming, telling us to get into bed before we catch a cold. 'Bloody cockblocker' I mutter as I follow Alia back into our room.

She was wearing booty shorts and a shirt that suspiciously looked like something that I had been looking for a couple of weeks. I know that she didn't find herself beautiful, nor did she try to look beautiful, but she doesn't realise the number of boys that are completely smitten by her beauty, from me, to that stupid waiter in the Indian restaurant, to the guys in college.

After both us had showered, separately sadly, we went to our separate beds to sleep. But 5 minutes of us shivering made me once again make a decision that might have been stupid, but felt amazing. I got out of my bed, and got into Alia's. Before she could argue I gave her my reasoning, "Both of us are freezing, and this way we are sharing body heat. Anyway, it's not the first time, so it's not anything out of the ordinary." I must have convinced her because she cuddled against me as she tried to sleep. Closing my eyes, I knew that I lied. I don't know about her, but this felt completely different to me. with that in my mind I closed my eyes and went to sleep, this time dreaming about a certain Indian girl cuddled against me.