Only Us

Chapter 16

"I'll see you later, mom," I said and walked towards the front door.

"Be safe, Y/N!"

"I will. I'll have Abby with me."

"That is true."

I walked out of the house and looked at the small valley that was nearby. I remember what Ellie said to me the night after Owen's trial. I headed out towards that way and made it to the other side of the neighborhood. I opened my phone to see the last message she had sent me. It was her address. I texted her I was almost there and walked towards her house. I made it to her front door and rang the doorbell. I waited a few seconds before the door opened up.

"Hi, there. You must be Y/N," said her father.

"It is nice to meet you, Mr. Anderson."

"A pleasure meeting you as well. Come in. Abby is getting ready upstairs."

"Thank you. Am I allowed to go up?"

"Yeah."

I walked up the stairs and found her room. I knocked on her door.

"It's me, Abby. May I come in?"

"Yeah."

I opened the door and walked into her room. It was no bigger than mine, but it was more spacious since her bed was a bit smaller than mine.

"You've got a nice room," I said and looked around.

"Thanks. I-I hope you don't mind that I am wearing this," she said wearing a tank top, pants, and boots.

"No no, I don't mind at all. I'm just wearing a hoodie and jeans as well."

"Well, this isn't considered a date," Abby chuckled.

"Unless you want to consider it."

Abby shook her head, "Just friends being friends, right?"

"Yeah. Yeah, totally. Got a coin collection going?" I asked and walked over to a board that was filled with quarters.

"I am trying to find all of the 50 states on quarters. All I am missing are Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Florida."

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a quarter. I had forgotten I had my loose change in there. I flipped it around to see the state of Florida on it. I slipped it onto the board where Florida was on the map.

"There. Now you have Florida."

"Huh?"

She turned and looked over at the map.

"I had a quarter in my pocket. Turns out it was Florida."

"Thanks," Abby smiled and slipped her boots on. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah."

"Is there a specific time that you need to be home by?"

"Nope," I said.

"Alright."

We headed downstairs and I said goodbye to her father. We walked out of the house and we walked back down the little valley and towards my neighborhood. She led me down some backstreets and before we knew it, we reached a small strip district area before it connected to the main city.

"Follow me," Abby said and led me down a street.

"This place you're taking me, is it far?"

"Yes and no."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Just what I mean. It's far, but not too far. Trust me, you're going to love it."