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Chapter 7: Roadtrip
Rays P.O.V
"I'll drive." I told her
She nodded, but seemed slightly preoccupied, and I wondered if finding those letters had stirred up unwanted memories.
I slid in my bands E.P. and turned it up. Watching her from the corner of my eye, I smiled as she sat there, bobbing her head in time to the music.
"You like?" I asked
"What's not to like? It's awesome! Who is it?" she asked,
"Me."
"You?" she asked sounding surprised, "I didn't realize you were so good!"
"Why, thank you." I replied, cockily.
"Any day." She said, smiling.
The conversation silenced, and the sound of Jonny Was filled the car. Once we were on the highway, I asked,
"So what had you been planning on doing during your days off?"
"Sleeping."
I laughed, "Way to make use of vacation!"
"Well what had you planned to do on your vacation?"
"Sleep," I said, ducking my head.
"Hypocrite!" she exclaimed, sticking her tongue out at me.
"You didn't let me finish!" I said, trying to cover it up, and she knew it too.
"HA! You're just trying to cover your ass!"
"Actually I had a whole bunch of gigs planned with the guys. But Madi is way more important. The guys will understand, especially Brett. He's like a brother to her. When our father was drunk and the 'rents were fighting, we'd sneak out and go hide out at his house until we figured it was safe to go back to ours. His house was more of a home than our own was, and his family took us under their wing in every sense of the word."
"Oh, wow, I never knew you had it so rough growing up." She said, sounding distant.
I looked over, her face was blank, and her eyes were unfocused, and had a glazed look.