The Ride Of My Life: Chicago

Chapter 16

On the drive to DMV, it's nothing but silence except for the music playing in the background and I been looking out the passenger window as the streets went by. So I figure it might be the only chances I get to talk to him and probably get to know him more. When I turn to him, he looks relaxed behind the wheel, looking at ease.

"I gotta admit. This isn't so bad... For a car." Mateo said, keeping his eyes on the road.

"If only we could all be as cool as you and ride motorcycles, Mateo." I said, with a little sarcastic smile.

"The first step is to recovery is admitting you have a problem." he said, smiling and taking a quick glance in my way before focusing on the road. There nothing better than Chicago when driving bumper to bumper in the city on busy days, especial on the holiday.

"I've got a problem, alright." I mumble under my breathe, but I know he heard me and just nodded anyway. And then the silence continue back to where we started when got in the car. Or at least I thought, but it only lasted for a few minutes until he broke the silence.

"So what's going on with you and my dad's new pet? Trouble in paradise?" Mateo

"Like you care." I said, crossing my arm over my chest and look out the window to ignore him.

"That's when you're wrong. I like knowing things." he looks over again real quick before looking back at the road. "Knowing things is how you exploit things. So, yeah, you could say I care." he shrug his shoulders.

For a second I wasn't going to tell him and I guess I can him, talk to him and see how things go from here, since he helping me out by taking me to my road test, it's the least I could do. And if he say something that would hurt or upset me, I'll just ignore him, but first I might give him a piece of my mind, then going back to ignoring him for however long I can unless he apologize by doing something nice. Then I'll think about forgiving him and maybe be nice to him again if he being nice too, but I know there going to be bickering going back and forth like we do time to time when he get the chance to get on my nerve about something.

I took a deep breathe before talking. "I think he thinks I'm dangerous."

"You. Little Miss Valedictorian. How exactly are you dangerous?" he said, with little amuse in his voice or maybe sarcasm or surprise, either I ignore it.

"I'm a liability. I could jeopardize everything by even being here." i said, looking down at my hands in my lap.

"Huh. Guess he's not a complete imbecile. The pretty boys usually are."

"It's just hurts because Tyler's been the only one I've been able to really talk to. I can't really talk to my anymore. Not with all this guilt-"

"Christ, who caaaaares?"

"I thought you did!" but I guess I was wrong.

"Look, your dad clearly thinks you're too precious. And he he do anything and respect you."

"He never respected me enough to let me make my own decisions."

"Look who you're in a car with. He was right." I didn't say anything because I was crushed by the truth of Mateo have said. I just sat there not knowing what to says but feel little hurt by that and think about all the things that I couldn't think of with everything going on.

"Heck... in some sick, dark part of me wants your dad to catch mine. Just to punish him for cutting me out of his life." Mateo said. I look over to see that he's not showing any emotion only a blank face as he keep on driving. I look away thinking if I should tell what my dad known what they planning to do next for their job.