"Desiree! Give me the wrench!" I exclaimed, holding my hand out for the tool.
"Is that the one with the little twisty thing?" I heard her ask.
"No, it's the thing with two ends that are the same size, ones open though", I replied, putting the dipstick back in my engine.
I heard something metal drop.
"OWW! I'm alright", she said as she handed me the tool and I tightened the loose bolt.
I stood and shut the hood of my baby. My baby is a black '65 mustang fastback with violet racing stripes. She has been with me since I was five, and hell if I was going to let my dad keep her.
"Okay, get back in the car dufus", I joked as I returned the driver-side.
"HEY!" She complied as she protested.
We were on the road again towards Clatskanie Oregon to visit my Uncle Dave before turning to go to my grandparents cabin in Wyoming. It was getting late and I have been driving for the whole day.
"Hey butt!" I exclaim to the hyper brunette next to me.
"Would you stop calling me names!" She complained as I pulled over.
"You know you like it", I teased before opening the door. "You get to drive, I'm tired."
"YES! Finally!" She exclaimed, practically dancing out and to the diver-side while I slid over into shot-gun.
I drifted off to sleep.
My heart thumped against my chest, trying to escape the fleshy prison. My head full of dark brown hair whipped around so I could look behind me. All I could see was trees covered in moss. I turned around and tripped as I tried to stop myself. The figure that made me try to stop stalked forward.
"There you are, I've been looking for you", a suave voice came to my ears.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" My voice was harsh and hot tears leaked from my ears.
"But, we belong together. That stupid wolf is lying to you, he does not love you", the man lied.
"He loves me! You lying leech!" I screamed at him.
He began to walk forward and I turned to crawl away from him. His hand wrapped tightly around my ankle as I reached the road. There I saw Desiree and an extremely muscled man standing next to her. I screamed as I began to get dragged away, reaching my hand out.
"NO!" I screamed, my voice rasp from screaming the entire time.
I startled awake with a sharp intake of breath. I looked around and noticed three things. One, Desiree was not in the car; Two, The car was not moving; Three, Desiree was talking to someone who was 6'2 and muscular.
"Butt-face", I groaned as opened the car door. "Where are we?"
"I have no idea Taz", I heard Desiree say exasperatedly.
I groaned and got out of my baby.
"You didn't take the left to 433 did you?" I asked her as I stood up and walked around the front to where she was leaning against the front fender talking to the tall muscle.
"Um, no… I turned onto 4 and it turned into 101 and turned onto 110 after it changed back to 101 and here I am", she said, shrugging her shoulders.
I smacked her in the back of the head pushed her off my car.
"Sorry-" I began but she cut me off.
"Jacob, do you think we can stay in La Push tonight? It's almost sunset", she pleaded with the tall Indian boy, holding onto my arm.
"Yea! You can stay at the Inn across the street from the convenience store", He seemed glad that we were staying.
We then proceeded to get into the car after Jacob told us to follow his yellow VW Rabbit. I tried to start the car but it would not turn over. I got out and glared at Desiree through the windshield as I opened the hood. Jacob stood beside me.
I groaned in frustration, it was probably the pistons again.
"Desiree! Wrench!" I screamed.
A mumbled okay came out from the car as she got the tool. When she handed it to me I resisted the urge to throw it at her. I opened the head and looked into the cylinders.
"DAMN IT!!!" I slammed my hand on the bumper. "I don't have the tools for this!"
I massaged my forehead as Desiree snuck back into the car. I placed my hands back on the edge and Jacob's incredibly warm hand encased mine to make me look at him.
"I can fix it, but it will take a week to get the right parts, and then a few more days to actually do the work", he said as he encouragingly squeezed my hand.
I looked at him from the corner of my eye before we both turned to each other fully. I had look up at him due to the five inches difference of our heights. I looked into his dark brown, soulful eyes before speaking.
"Would you really do that for us?" I licked my lips to wet them as I inquired him.
"Yea…" He mumbled something after that but I couldn't quite catch it.
"Thank you so much!" I jumped up to hug around his neck before going over to the passenger window. "Desiree, get your car-breaking-butt out."
We walked over to his Rabbit and stood on the opposite side awkwardly.
"Where do we sit?" Desire asked flirtatiously, batting her eyelashes.
"You can sit in the back and…" He paused and looked at me with a questioning face.
"Um… what is your name?"
"Tala, but you can call me Taz", I smiled at him before opening the door and sliding into shot-gun.
Desiree slid into the backseat unhappily and Jacob into the drivers seat. The car ride was pretty quiet, in an awkward sense. I tapped on the fake wood paneling underneath the window.
"What CD's do you have?" I finally asked turning to Jacob, just in time to see him advert his eyes back to the road.
"Three Days grace: One-X", He said, looking between the road and me.
"Oh EM Geee! I love them! Put it in! Put it in!" Desiree squealed from the backseat.
"Taz, it's in the storage of your door, can you hand it to me?" Jacob asked, holding out his hand to me.
I looked and grabbed the fairly new looking CD and handed it to him. I felt our fingers brush and couldn't help but blush.
He slipped the CD in and changed the song to Never Too Late. Desiree sang along, hitting the notes beautifully. I smiled when I changed to the song to Animal I have become and began to rock to the music, singing along with Desiree, completely off-tune. Jacob began to laugh as we pulled up the driveway of a small white house. He turned off the car.
"Well, this is my friend Sam's house, let me go in real quick and talk to him alright?" He asked after he had gotten out of the car, ticking his head in the door.
"Alright!" I watched him with cobalt blue eyes. "Desiree, can I please have him?"
She stared at me incredulously before sighing.
"Fine, but you owe me one hunk", she said with a completely serious face.
I broke out in a smile.
"Thank you so much! Don't worry, I'll get a vampire!" I joked, lightly hitting her leg and turning back around in the seat.
"Yes!" She exclaimed, doing the victory punch.
Jacob came out of the house and jogged back to the car.
"There isn't an inn or Hotel in La Push, but there is one in forks, the next town over", He said, his voice was slightly downcast as if he didn't want us to go there.
"Okay, but you have to update me on my baby everyday. I'll give you my number before you drop us off"; I smiled at him with ardor.
He laughed as he climbed into the car and started it.
"Jacob, do you have a brother?" Desiree asked hopefully, hanging in between the two front seats.
"No I don't. It's just me and my dad", He said, smiling at her antics.
"Lucky bastard! I have to share everything with my little brother!" Desiree exclaimed, whacking his arm slightly.
"'Ey! I have three brothers and a sister! Don't be complianing1" I joked, pushing her face back.
"THREE?" Jacob asked, turning to me before looking to the road again.
"Yea Johnny, who just quit the army, Zane, with anger management, and my little brother Zeke", I replied, ticking them off in my head.
I looked at Jacob and his eyes were wide with fright. I heard him gulp before releasing a nervous laugh.
"I don't live with them though. Johnny lives in Pahrump, Zane with mom and Zeke with grandma and grandpa" I informed Jacob, laughing at his nervousness.
Jacob visually relaxed and sighed.
"Scared for your life?" Desiree jested.
"Not really", Jacob replied sheepishly.
"Awww! Jacob!" I exclaimed, giving him the side hug and we swerved off the road a little bit.
Desiree shrieked before I released Jacob so he could get us back on the road. Luckily, when we swerved, we did not hit a tree: the rest of the ride as silent.
When we pulled up to the small inn called 'Hester Family Inn', Jacob turned off the car and turned to face me as Desiree climbed out.
"Pen?" I asked him expectantly.
"Uhh", he held up a finger before looking around the compartment between us. "AHA!"
He held out the pen and I took it from him. I grabbed his hand wrote my number on his forearm. I leaned forward and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks!" I got out of the car and ran to Desiree who was waiting impatiently.
"Did you have to do that?" she inquired tiredly.
"Do what?" I asked innocently as I walked into the Inn.
"Kiss him", she said blatantly, following me in.
"It was a good-bye. French people do it!"
"We are not French!"
"I am!" I turned around to book the room as Desiree looked out the large window showing the street while shaking her head.
I heard her gasp as I got the key and whipped around to look at her.
"What?" I asked as I stepped next to her.
There was a silver Volvo with a very pale boy driving it and laughing with the small brunette woman next to him.
"Desiree! He's got a girlfriend!" I chided, slapping her arm lightly.
"You promised me a boy, and I want HIM!" She said and jabbed her finger at the car, which had begun to move because the light turned green.
"Fine!" I exclaimed as we left to go to the room and drop off our bags before going to a local café.