"I'm hungry!" Tori tells us for the third time in 10 minutes.
"We are 10 miles from the next exit, which means 10 miles to the next food source." Kit tells her, for the third time. It's day two of our trip to Oregon and we are currently in Colorado, last I checked. The groceries that Kit and Aunt Lauren bought have already been demolished by, you guessed it, Derek.
The whole ride I've been trying to ignore him. Every time we stop and get out of the car to stretch or take a bathroom break, Derek tries to get close to me, but I walk off and go with Tori. He even tried talking to me when I first woke up. I ignored him.
"I have to pee." Simon tells us. Kit ignores him.
"Simon, shut up." Derek growls. I look at him and he looks like he's getting a fever. He must be getting close to his next change.
"Derek, are you alright?" I ask. He turns around in his seat and looks at me.
"It's getting close." He tells me.
"Tonight?" I ask. He shakes his head.
"Possibly" He tells me. I nod. Great, now I have to worry about him changing. I just want to be able to ignore him.
"Freedom!" Simon tells when we finally pull into a Bob Evans a few minutes later. He runs into the restaurant and, I'm guessing, into the boy's bathroom. Tori's out next and walks into the restaurant, eager to finally eat.
I get out of the vehicle and Derek tries to walk beside me into the Bob Evans but I wait outside the passenger door for my aunt to get out. Derek looks at me for a second but follows Tori into the restaurant instead of waiting with me.
My aunt gets out finally, as does Kit.
"Kit, you go in. Chloe and I need to talk for a minute." My aunt tells Kit. Kit nods and walks into the Bob Evans. "So what's up between you and Derek?" She asks me after Kit disappears into the building.
I blush and look at the parking lot gravel. "N Nothing" I nervously stutter.
"You're ignoring him." She tells me. I continue looking at the gravel till I feel a drop of rain on my neck. I look up and realize that the sky is covered in dark clouds. The wind is picking up and making the fifty degree weather feel much colder. I adjust my jacket, trying to gain warmth again.
"Let's go inside, before it truly starts to rain" I tell her, avoiding the subject. No need for my aunt to freak out over the mating thing. She nods and walks into the building. When we walk in, Simon is standing in the waiting area.
"If would follow me to our table" he says, as if he were the waiter. I smile and follow him to the back of the restaurant, where Tori, Derek, and Kit were sitting at a six seating table. Tori sits next to Kit, and my aunt decides to sit on the other side of him. Derek is on the opposite side of the table, and Simon sits next to him, across from Kit. I sit next to Simon, across from my aunt.
"I hope you girls don't mind, but we ordered your drinks already." Kit told us. We both nod. We all wait in silence for our drinks. I look around the room. An old couple was eating lunch in a booth to the right. A little girl was eating with her mother at the table behind us. A man was eating by himself to the left.
"Here's a hot chocolate." A waitress said. She placed it in front of me. I smile, looking at my favorite drink in front of me. I look up, everybody else has their drinks. I must have zoned out when looking around the room.
"Derek said you'd like the hot chocolate." Kit said, watching as I happily drink my hot chocolate. I look up and over at Derek, who is watching me as well. I hide from his eyes and just continue sipping on my hot chocolate.
"Are you guys ready to order?" The waitress asks. Everyone nods. I order a simple salad and soup. Derek orders half the restaurant. Tori and my aunt orders the BLT and Simon and Kit order cheeseburgers.
"I'll be back with your order as soon as possible." The waitress tells us and walks off to place our order.
"Chloe, can I talk to you please?" Derek asks. I look over at him. His green eyes dark, and I can't tell what he's feeling. I'm sure this conversation is going to be about me ignoring him.
"Of course"
Derek leads me an empty side of the restaurant, right next to the entrance to the kitchen. He studies my face.
"What is up with you?" He asks. I look away from him.
"N n nothing" I stutter out for the second time today. I feel his hand on my chin, guiding my face to look at him.
"You're lying to me" he whispers, his eyes searching my face. "Do you not want to be with me? Do you want Simon? Did I screw up? I need you to tell me"
"Is there a problem here?" a large waiter asked. I smiled at him.
"Nope, everything is fine." I told the waiter. He walks into the kitchen. Once I'm sure the waiter is gone, I look back at Derek. "Derek, I just don't know right now. I just want you to leave me alone."
"Whatever" Derek mutters, and walks back to our table. I frown. Am I the one who is screwing up?
I walk to the bathroom and breathe for a few minutes. Maybe this is for the best. Maybe it isn't.
After I leave the bathroom, I walk back to our table and sit down across from my aunt again. My aunt looks me over, and it seems like she thinks I'm fine, as she goes back to talking to Kit. Derek is staring down at the table, Simon is sketching in his notebook, and Tori is reading one of her magazines.
"Here's your food" the waitress said, giving us our food. We all eat quickly. Once finished, everyone uses the restroom and heads back to the cramped van.
Back in the van, Tori looks at me. "I guess your twilight story was over before it even began."
I glare at her. "Screw off". She shrugs and leans back. It wasn't long before I could hear her snoring.
-authors note-
This one I rushed a bit revising. If you see any errors, tell me. I wont take offence. At this point, I just need a personal editor. I wont be uploading anymore chapters tonight, probably. I might get one more out but I have hw and another class.