Extraterrestrials Book 2

Chapter 20

+ Arya pov

"We just left him," Tessa said after a long time of silence

"He's gone" Cade mumbles as we stop at an old gas station

"My deepest sympathies for the loss of your friend." Father said sadly "Stay here till I'm sure we weren't followed. We are all targets now."

"So we're hiding out now? That's the plan?" Shane asked, "We're taking orders from a truck?"

"Well, you got a better idea?" Cade sassed "Hey, move away from her, kid. Don't.... keep your hands off her. All right? No."
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"Well on the bright side, you guys met," Tessa said

"Not so sure that's the bright side" I counter

"Where is he from?" Cade asked

"I told you he's a driver from Texas," Tessa answered

"Texas? Where Dublin, Texas? Shamrock, Texas?" Cade questioned making me chuckle

"Yeah, why does he sound lie a leprechaun?" I ask with a smirk

"You'd get your ass kicked in Ireland for saying that," Shane said smugly

"Well, we ain't in Ireland, Lucky Charms. We're in Texas." Cade states

"Yeah we're in Texas where not everything's 'so magically delicious'" I joke with a smirk, thinking I had really done something there

"So he drives? What do you mean, he drives?" Cade asked, "Like, for a living?"

I look around the gas station until I found a bottle of beer.

"AHA! I found it, I knew there had to be beer somewhere!" I shout smugly holding the beer bottle up and opening it

"At least he makes a living" Tessa said so throwing shade towards Cade

"Thank you," Cade says bitterly

"Look, I race rally cars. One driver. One navigator. Her." Shane said

"I would have said that but whateve'" I say taking a swig of my beer "Awe gross it's Kona"

"By the way, I'm totally legit" Shane says

"Yeah it's when you say you're legit that makes us believe you," I say sarcastically with a chuckle but notice them all look at me "What?"

"I just got picked up by Red Bull and just so you know, my life savings was in that car back there," Shane said

"This is not happening," Cade said in annoyance

"It definitely is," Shane said

"How old are you?" Cade asked

"Oh shit," I say taking a large swig of my drink watching intently with a smirk

"Twenty" Shane answers

"She's a 17-year-old girl," Cade says angrily "So we can work this out one of two ways. One, I punch you right in the mouth and you call the police on me. Or two, I just call the cops on you because this is illegal. She's a minor."

"Cade please we all know you're gonna call the cops and then beat his ass until they arrive." I joke but clearly it's a tough crowd

"We're protected by the Romeo and Juliet laws." Shane countered

"We dated for a while, I was a sophomore and he was a senior, it's fine," Tessa said

"Clearly not" I mumble

"No, it's not fine." Cade interrupted

"We've got a pre-existing juvenile foundational relationship. Statute 22.011." Shane said pulling out a card