They managed to successfully make it to the edge of the apartment block without so much as a word to one another.
They approached his car and as Neela was about to reach for the door handle, she felt Ray's arm around her grabbing her waist, holding her in place. He steadily opened the door and let go of her.
"Careful." He said just barely above a whisper
Neela slowly pushed herself inside his car, making a point to look anywhere but in his eyes.
Ray gently shut the car door and walked over to the opposite side and situated himself in the drivers seat. He allowed himself a quick glance to his right, noticing how pissed off she actually is and realizes he probably has a lot to do with it.
Seconds after he started the car, his radio went off full blast causing Neela to cringe and shoot him a deathly glare.
"Sorry." Ray quickly apologized and turned down the volume.
A few minutes of agonizing silence passed as Neela sat there staring out the window. She knew she shouldn't be this upset with Ray, since he really didn't do anything to begin with. After all, he did offer her a ride, but she sort of felt like it was out of her control. Swallowing her pride, she turned towards Ray and awkwardly cleared her throat.
"So... umm, thanks." She stated trying her best to sound sincere.
Keeping his eyes on the road he muttered, "Yeah, no problem." and leaned forward to change CD's.
After a few moments, he saw Neela shift forward and reach for the stereo controls. Certain she was going to turn it off, he sighed heavily and continued to stare at the road in front of him. He was surprised though, to say the least, when she actually turned up the volume, as supposed to turning it down.
He looked questionably at her for a moment before shrugging it off and turning his attention back to the road.
Authors Note: Thanks everyone for the oh so kind reviews. I have the next chapter written already, I just need to edit it. Has anyone gotten confused though? The first 5 of these chapters have taken place on the same day, and I didn't think to clarify that until a friend of mine mentioned it's not very obvious. So, yeah. It's not too significant, but sorry if I confused you. Take it easy :)