"Do you even know where we are?" Reed was starting to get worried. Shane had now had his license long enough that he could drive with other people in the car, so he had told Reed that he wanted to take him out.
"Of course I do..." Shane mumbled, trying to keep his concentration on where he was going. The truth was though Shane had no idea where they were. He had planned on taking Reed on a special date some place out of the city that neither of them had ever been to, but he got lost somewhere along the way. The fact that it was now dark out wasn't helping anything either.
Neither of them said anything else for a few minutes until something strange happened. "Uhh, Shane? Why are you slowing down?"
"I- I'm not. What-" Shane pulled the car off of the road and looked down at the dashboard. "Uh oh..."
"W- what do you mean 'uh oh'?" Reed was starting to get really worried now. "And why are we completely stopped?"
"I umm..." Shane hesitated. "The car's out of gas..." He mumbled, not wanting Reed to be mad or freak out.
Reed was silent for a minute before finally responding. "What do you mean we're out of gas? Didn't you check it before we left?" He tried to sound as calm as possible- even though he was freaking out on the inside.
"I- I thought that I did. But it says it's empty. Please don't be mad at me..."
"I-" Reed saw the embarrassed look on Shane's face and sighed. "I'm not mad at you... But how are we going to get out of here? We- we're in the middle of nowhere, Shane!" He started to panic. "I've seen movies like this. Exactly like this. Where the couple has car troubles and gets stranded on the side of the road for hours until someone⦠Something comes along and-"
"Reed! Reed nonono you need to calm down. Just breathe, okay? We're not stranded... Not completely anyway. I'll just call somebody. A tow truck or something and we'll be out of here in no time. Nobody is going to come along and ki-" He stopped himself when he saw Reed's eyes widen. "Nothing is going to happen. Everything will be fine." He grabbed Reed's hand and gave it a tight squeeze before pulling out his cell phone. Shane cursed under his breath.
"What? What's wrong?"
"There's no service here. I need to walk up the road a little bit... Do you want to stay here or come with?"
"Well I- I don't want you going out there by yourself... So I guess I'll go with."
They both got out of the car and Reed ran over to be right next to Shane- grabbing his hand tightly. They had to walk probably a half of a mile down the road before Shane finally found service.
"Okay," Shane said after he hung up. "They'll be here in about twenty minutes. For now we can just walk back to the car and wait." Shane could tell that Reed was scared- he kept looking around in every direction expecting something to just come popping out and attacking them.
Shane sighed. "Here," He squatted down. "Get on."
Reed looked at him, completely confused. "What?"
"Get on. On my back. I'm giving you a piggyback ride back to the car. It'll be faster and that way you won't be as scared. So get on. I'm not taking no for an answer."
Reed blushed but did as Shane said. He knew he wasn't bluffing so he might as well listen. "Okay fine... Can we just- just not ever get stranded again?"
Shane smiled, "Of course. I'll be more careful next time." He took off in a jog back towards the car- the two of them laughing along the way.
