Chapter 19

Pull over

A few minutes after getting back on the road, Laura was feeling sluggish and tired, she almost struggled to keep her eyes open when looking at the road.

Paul glanced at her. "Laura, did you sleep alright?" he asked watching her.

"Yeah, really well actually, thanks to you. I just don't think I got enough sleep, I need my full 8 hours or I'm dead the next day." She laughed a little yawning.

Paul handed her his coffee. "Here, drink some."

She extended her hand taking it sipped it. "Thanks, hey where'd you get that from?" She asked.

"Well the cup says dunkin donuts." Paul chuckled

She laughed and kept driving, feeling a bit better. "We can take a break soon if you want or switch." He offered keeping his eyes on her.

She turned to him for a second and then back at the road. "Nah, I'm good don't worry. Just around 10 more hours." She smiled. It was just after 12pm, they wouldn't be getting to Lauras house until atleast 10, she didn't care, she loved spending time with Paul, she was falling hard, it scared her In a way but it was a good feeling.

Paul turned on the radio flipping through the stations. He landed on one of the kiddy stations and stopped it as the 'I love you – Barny song' came on. Ironically, they both started singing the song at the same time. Laura stopped as Paul continued. "Baby songs, Pauly?" She laughed as he smirked at her.

"Yeah is there a problem…La la?" He looked at her with a cheesy grin.

She shook her head. "La la?" she raises an eyebrow still watching the road.

"Yeah you heard me. Since I'm Pauly, you're La La." He laughed poking his tongue out at her.

"I like calling you Pauly, it's cute, and besides La la reminds me of that Ashlee Simpson song."

Paul popped in a CD. "This song?" He asked playing Ashlee Simpsons; La La.

She nodded with a chuckle. "You make me wanna la la…" she started singing as Paul listened.

"Oh do I?" he laughed and gave her a smirk as she kept her eyes on the road feeling her cheeks turning slightly red. She gave him a nod and laughed not knowing what to say.

He turned the volume down and looked at her. "Pull over." He stated staring at her.

She looked at him confused. "What?"

"Just pull over." He repeated. "Please." He asked while she pulled onto the side of the road.



"We clearly need to talk." Paul said looking at her, his eyes meeting hers. She looked away feeling nervous and a ton of feelings she got just by looking him in the eyes.

"Laura." He places his hand on hers. "Why do you look away everytime?" He laughed a little trying to lighten the mood.

She looked at him nervously and shrugged. "Did you happen to notice our hands finding each others hand while walking back to the car yesterday?"

Laura sat there trying to think of what to say, did he feel the same? She was pretty sure he did but didn't want to jump to conclusions. She started to talk as his cell went off.

He held his hand up. "One second." He answered the phone.

He talked on the phone for quite a few minutes as Laura sat there not knowing whether to start driving again.

Paul clicked his phone off. "Change of plans. I need to go see Jon, he was in a car accident." He sighed putting his head back, hitting it against the headrest of the seat.

Laura looked at him feeling worried. "Is he alright?" she asked, he could clearly tell she was concerned.

"I don't know right now, they say he has a concussion and a few other injuries. It was from a drunk diver too… just like Daniel." Paul mumbled, his eyes filling with tears as he looked outside the window.

"Paul…" She mumbled looking right at him. "Come here." She pulled him into a hug, tears streaming down her face. She didn't know what to say, she just hoped his brother would be fine. Paul rested his head on her shoulder finally letting the tears drop down. As they broke the hug, she looked him right in the eyes. "It's going to be alright." She whispered placing her hand on his hand, which was on his thigh.

He nodded wiping the tears away. "Thanks Laura, I just don't want to lose another brother, not this way."

Laura started the engine, they didn't get to keep talking, so she had no idea what he was going to say about the whole situation between them, but she didn't care right now. Her most concern was about Jonathan.

She drove Paul to the airport. "Are you going to LA by yourself or would you like me to come? It's not problem." Laura asked pulling up to the airport.

Paul turned to her and shook his head. "You need to get home sweetheart. Besides, this is my car, we cant just leave it here. I'll get a cab and come back to New York as soon as I can." He replied feeling slightly better.

Her stomach filled with butterflies when he called her sweetheart. She looked at him and nodded. "Please be careful Paul." She looked at him in the eyes again, he could tell she really meant it and that meant a lot to him. He still wanted to talk to her, but now wasn't the time. He 

had to get going. She pulled him into another hug, as Paul pulled away a little , their arms still around eachother. "I will, and you too. I hate to make you drive back to New York by yourself. I'll call you when I get an update." Paul kissed her on the lips, softly, not a deep kiss, just a quick one, before opening the door and getting out of the car.

Laura licked her lips and sat there for a few minutes trying to figure out what that was, a friendly kiss? Most friends don't kiss eachother on the lips. She shook her head confused and started the engine again. The next 8 hours or so went by fast, she blasted music the whole way home and finally returned parking the car into her driveway.