"hello?" he sounded exhausted, and I instantly felt awful.
"hey, it's me" I said sheepishly
"yeah I know" he said as he laughed slightly " I'm guessing you have arrived at your new destination"
"actually no, I'm just stopping for the night, up bright and early tomorrow. I met someone today"
"oh yeah, what kind of someone ?" I could hear a smile in his voice and couldn't help but giggle
"not like that, his name is Enzo, he is going to be traveling with me"
"wait what ? you just met this guy and now you're going to be road trip buddies. What the hell ness." He didn't sound angry as such, just worried but this made me mad at him
"Seth I can look after myself, he needs to go somewhere and I don't know where I'm going so honestly this could be the place I stay. Its only 2 days away from forks so it's far but not too far. I gotta get some sleep I will call you soon okay ?"
"I know you can, look after yourself that is. But I worry okay, your my best friend and I worry. Sure I will speak to you soon. I love you" and he hung up before I could respond.
I got undressed and crawled under the covers, I felt myself drift off and before I could stop myself the dreams began.
"Ness, I love you." Jacobs smile brightened his whole face as he looked down at me, his warm brown eyes shining and I touched his face, but it was cold. His eyes began to glaze over and he was now on the ground. I pulled my hand away and started to feel at his chest to find a pulse that I knew wouldn't be there.
"JACOB!" I scream as I jolt upright. My breathing was fast and I could hear my heart pound. I used to cry at the dreams. But they came so frequently that it was almost like I couldn't cry anymore.
There was a knock on my door and in my dizzy half asleep daze, for a moment I forgot where I was.
"Emmet I'm fine, just another dream"
"um, I don't know who emmet is but… this is Enzo you know the guy you are escorting to mystic falls in like 3 hours. I heard you scream, are you okay ?" I was still confused but I got out of bed and put my shirt back on before I opened the door . He was stood hand rested on the door frame head rested against his arm.
"come in, I'm fine it was just a dream, they happen all the time." I said as I slowly woke.
" who's Jacob? " he asks warily, I sit back on the bed and he follows.
"um, he was my boyfriend"
"what happened? If you don't mind me asking?" I hadn't really spoken about Jacob to anyone but Seth, Not even my parents. It didn't feel right to tell it all to a stranger.
"I don't really feel like talking about it, not now" he shot me a sympathetic look and stood up.
"you should try and sleep again. We leave in a couple hours and although I can share the drive, you shouldn't drive tired."
"I will, night Enzo" I crawled back into bed as he left and tried to drift into a dreamless sleep.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"wakey wakey rise and shine. Time to hit the road so get dressed ."
"I'm coming !" I had no time to shower so I pulled my curls up behind my head into a ponytail, strands fell into my face. I put on the clothes I had been wearing the day before and walked out of the door. He was stood over the other side leaning on the railings.
"take your time love" I just rolled my eyes and walked past him, and started walking to where I had parked my car the night before. "so this is your ride, someone has a rich daddy" he said as he opened the door to get in.
"look I don't have to take you anywhere, so stop being an ass"
"sorry miss sensitive" he raised his hands slightly apologetically but he was smiling.
"and if you must know, I bought it. With my own hard earned cash" I knew this was a lie, but my dad didn't buy me the car, Jacob did.
"oh really, I like a girl who works hard" he winked as he sat in the passenger seat and then buckled himself in.
" oh shut up and go to sleep or something"
"Oh no don't worry about that, I'm not tired one bit" I rolled my eyes, turned my stereo up almost all the way and started the engine. This was going to be a long journey.
He must have got the message because for a while he was really quiet. Around 4 hours went by before either of us said anything. Suddenly then he reached for the stereo and turned it right down so that human ears could hardly hear the music at all. "don't you need to stop to pee or something ? come on I'm starving" he looked at me pleadingly and I will admit I hadn't thought about it.
"alright pouty face, we will stop at the next gas station okay ?" a smile lit up his face and he reached to turn the music back up, but not as much as before.
"so come on, let's talk about something. I know the ex is a no, no. but what about family ? or why you left home ? you running from the law ? coz I'm not sure I'm okay with rolling with a fugitive…?"
"not okay with it ? well you should have thought of these questions before you got in my car man, but no I'm not a fugitive, I just had some stuff I couldn't deal with and I'm old enough to leave if I want to. And family questions well that's also a no go zone." Just then my phone started to ring, it was Seth, Enzo picked up the phone and his finger lingered over the answer button.
"oh, is this Seth guy the famous ex ?"
"no, Seth is my best friend can you answer it and tell him I am driving but I will ring him back in 10 ? we are almost at the gas station"
"sure" he pressed answer "this is Vanessa…" he covered the mic " what's your last name ?"
"wolf" I still had the old passport from all that time ago and I wasn't going to waste that identity.
"Vanessa wolfs phone with whom am I speaking ?... yes well she is driving at this precise moment , she has informed me that she will phone you back in around 10 minutes…. Okay take care" he pressed hang up.
"what the hell was that ?" I rolled my eyes. When we finally got to the gas station, Enzo filled up the tank and went into the shop to get some supplies for the rest of the journey.
I rang Seth, the dial tone sounding for 3 rings before "hello?"
"hey Seth him so sorry about him, we aren't even almost there and I want to strangle the guy"
"No, no its fine, he seems like a bit of an ass though. I just wanted to let you know me and Leah are leaving tonight, so I won't be able to call for a couple of months. Be careful oka.."
"Seth I will be fine, go with your sister and call me when you get back." Before he could speak I hung up the phone, I knew he was just worried. but the truth was, I was already scared about travelling with Enzo without him making me think about it more. I didn't really know what i was doing.
