We pack up the garbage and the rest of the food we haven't eaten along with our fishing equipment and place them back in the trunk. Chloe gets her keys form her pocket and before I have time to react she throws them at me.

"What are these for?" I ask after I've picked them off the ground.

"You're driving!" She yells over her shoulder as she walks over to the passenger side and hops in. I stand there in shock and I don't know what to do.

"I can't drive." I finally manage to get out.

"I know, that's why I'm going to teach you." Chloe says and gives me this face that makes me seem very foolish.

I sit in the drivers seat bracing the wheel between my hands. "Okay, start her up."

I fiddle with the ignition until I hear the roar of the engine and I'm quite proud of myself.

"Great, now put it in reverse and give it a little gas."

I do as she says and I give it very little gas. I can just imagine eighty year old great grandmothers passing us as I switch gears and move forward. I'm cautious even though there is no one around for miles and Chloe keeps urging me to go faster. I press my foot on the gas and give the car a little jolt forward. "That's better, now keep that speed constant and the car straight." She encourages and I can just tell she is getting the biggest kick out of this.

"That's easy for you to say." I tell her and take a quick glance in her direction. "I've never driven before though and if a cop pulls us over we are in some serious shit."

"Let me worry about that." She says lightly. "Now relax, you're doing great."

I smile and keep my eyes trained on the road. I feel Chloe edge towards me and my heart begins to race. "What are you doing?"

Chloe says nothing and before I know what is happening she slams her foot over mine and floors the gas. The trees blur as we sped past them and my mind seems to go with them. We are racing fast and my pulse beats wickedly to try to keep up. "Chloe!?" I shout over the engine, but she ignores me and keeps my foot flush with the petal. "We're going to crash!"

"No, we won't." She says and makes me feel silly at her childish tone. She grabs the wheel when I start to lose control and doesn't seem worried at all. I begin to relax a little, but just a little. "Just feel it Brady."

"Feel what?" I ask and I think maybe she has gone crazy. Maybe her time with Philip has finally drove her over the edge.

"The wind, the trees, everything!" She laughs. Against my better judgement I take in the view and do so because I trust Chloe and would do anything to please her.

For a moment I watch her. Her eyes are big and her smile is so bright, I wonder how Philip could think it was immature. Her hair is whipping over her shoulder and every so often grazes my face. She smells like fresh strawberries in the summer and I know it is wrong to have these feelings about her, but I can't help myself. I put my hands over hers and she smiles at me and my heart does that little flutter thing that never grows old with her.

The first drops of rain, I think we both tried to ignore, but as the road became wetter and slick, we couldn't ignore it. Chloe removed her foot from the gas and the car slowed easily. "We'll have to pull over." She tells me and looks at me expectantly.

I slow dramatically and the car lurches a bit. "Sorry."

"It's okay. Just ease to the side of the road." She tells me as the droplets of rain start to grow heavy. "We'll have to put the top up."

I nod my head and slowly bring the car to a stop. I turn off the ignition and we both run out, grasping the cover for the roof and pull it over to prevent the car from being soaked. The rain crashes down on us just as we're doing up the last strap. Running back into the safety of the car, we both huff and puff. We roll up the windows and sit there looking at each other for a minute before Chloe speaks. "I'm sorry I did that to you." She says apologetically.

"Did what?"

"Drove so fast like that. I know Philip would...and we're not supposed to talk about him." She says softly when she catches the annoyed look on my face. "I do that sometimes. It's like I can't drive fast enough. I just wanted you to feel it too."

"Thanks." I tell her and I can't help my fingers from tangling in her hair and brushing the wet strands from her face. "It was a rush."

She smiles shyly as I reassure her and it seems weird to see her less than confident. In all the years I had known her, she had always been the most independent, secure person I had met. But now this self-doubting troubled me.

I inched closer to her softly wiping away the small drops of water that had fallen on her face. The windows were already fogging and the rain brought out a distant musty smell. Chloe takes my glasses off my face, folding the arms and resting them on the dash. Her fingers seek the curves and lines of my face and I melt into her touch. She looks into my eyes and I can't read the expression on her face. "I've really missed you." She says sadly and kisses my cheek. She pulls back and I ache to take her right now and make love to her with the rain surrounding us and our skin slick. Instead, I let her fall into my arms and hold her close while the thunder cracks and the lightning explores the sky all around us.

The rain stops and when we finally notice, Chloe pulls the car out of park and we set back down the road. I can't tell for sure but I think we've taken a wrong turn. I guess my suspicions are right because we pull up to a small chapel and Chloe parks the car. I think she is looking for a map or something but she just sits there.

"What's going on?"

"This is where Philip and I are going to get married." She sighs and I know I'm making myself hear the tiny bit of sorrow in her voice.

"It doesn't seem like Philip's style." I say bitterly. "I thought he would want something much more elaborate, not a small church surrounded in flowers and beauty."

"It's not. I choose this place. Philip got to invite whoever he wanted, have the reception wherever he wanted, just as long as the ceremony was here."

"Why? Why here?" I ask.

"I dunno. I just always imagined we'd get married here." She shrugs and I have to wonder to myself weather she means her and Philip or her and me.