ROYAL MOMENTS | JEREMIAH HART³

Chapter Six

[ Royal Moments ]

[ Chapter Six: Albany's New Driver ]

AGE: 15

I RELEASED A SILENT WAIL, hoping that the man driving wouldn't hear me and get distracted. Beside me, Lilly had her eyes wide open while gripping my arm and Jeremiah who was on my other side, gritted his teeth together. Dr. Morty Moscovitz, who was in the passenger seat, from what I could see had his eyes wide open as he gripped his seatbelt and Michael, who was driving, acted like nothing was happening.

In order to know what was happening, all you need to know is that Michael and Lilly had invited us to go their parents summer house in Albany, New York. Mia was the only one in the group who got left back at San Fransciso because she had take care of Fat Louie who had eaten something bad and Mom didn't have the time to take care of her. Dr. Moscovitz had offered to teach Michael how to drive and oh, how quickly we were all regreting it due to Michael apparently having a thrill. 

When Dr. Moscovitz told him to press lightly on the gas pedal, he pressed it hard causing us all to be thrown back into our seats. I offered my hand to Lilly and she accepted it, her fingers digging deep into my flesh. Jeremiah was pressed agaisnt his seat, the wind in his hair blowing causing him to blink repeatedly. 

I was kind of glad that Dr. Ruth Moscovitz wasn't here with us and decided to spend her day gathering food. Who knew what would have happened with her with us, though I did know that she would snap Michael out of this fast life. Of course though, Michael didn't even notice his actions and acted as if we were the idiots.

Fortunately, we were on a loney road so no police officers were around to witness this. I wondered briefly if this would be my last day and that I didn't even call my Mom or Mia for our daily calls. I smiled at the thought of my sister, I knew is she was here, Michael wouldn't be acting as if he were a race car driver.

"Michael? Michael? Michael!?" I called out urgently as I started to cough at all the wind hitting me so I ducked down my face

"What happened, Mary?" Michael asked me and I could hear a slight concern in his voice and I lifted my head a bit

"Can you slow down, please? I feel like I'm dying here." I said to him, hoping that he could hear me over the wind 

Everyones prayers went answered as he started to slow down down the car a bit. From beside me, I could hear my boyfriend and bestfriend sighing in relief. I leaned my head forward and saw Dr. Moscovitz with a hand placed over his chest as he took deep breaths and turned his head to look at Michael with a wavery nervous smile.