Road Trip

Jerome's POV

That's it! I can't take it anymore! I miss her too much. Summer is long. I text her,

Morning Mar! What are you doing today?

Not much, how about you?

That's still up for debate, maybe swimming.

Nice!

Mara wasn't doing anything today. Jerome thought he could fix that. Who did he go to first? Mom, of course.

Half an hour, and a few chores later, Jerome had gotten permission to use the car for the day, a big stack of map quest directions, and a sandwich. He was ready to hit the road for Mara's.

Two hours later, he was about dying of boredom from driving, but he noticed the street that meant he only had a few minutes left was the one he was turning onto next.

When he pulled into Mara's driveway, he took a deep breath and gave the horn a small little honk. Mara's older brother, Thomas, came out, saw Jerome sitting in the car, and leaned back in the house to shout something to Mara. Jerome slowly got out of the car, and stood up just in time for Mara to come out. Her face lit up like Jerome had never seen, and he had to smile. They hugged, and a moment later, their lips met, earning a groan from Thomas. Mara looked at her brother and said,

"Would you go away?"

He slipped behind the door, leaving Mara to start bombarding Jerome with questions.

"It's great to see you! Why are you here?"

"I missed you."

"Me too."

"Want to go to lunch?" He asked with a flirty grin.

"Please." She said with a big smile on her face.

When they got to the fast food restaurant, after getting in line, they looked around a little bit when Mara let out a quiet little yelp.

"What is it?" Jerome asked, worried.

"That's Josh!" She whispered, nodding his direction. Jerome comforted her,

"Shh, just pretend he's not here, I've got you."

He didn't notice Mara while she was ordering, but when Mara got out of line to find a table, Josh looked up from all of his friends to see Mara standing there, without Jerome because he was still getting his food. He stood up, faced her, gave her a dirty look and said,

"Mara."

"Hi Josh." She said plainly.

"What's up with you?"

Just as Josh said that, Jerome came over, confidently standing next to Mara, with that expression on his face that said, "I'm with her. Back off."

And he did.