Chapter 12
Kagome and I were sitting in my red pickup truck. It was a gift from Myoga. He gave it to me when it was a piece of crap and told me I could have it if I fixed it up. Now it looks brand spanking new.
"Turn down here."
I followed her directions and the silence soon returned. I kept trying to start a conversation with her, but everything I wanted to say sounded stupid. Talking to girls usually comes as easy as breathing so I don't know what's gotten into me. Just when I thought of something to talk about…
"I live right there."
We got to her house. And oh my, what a house. It was like 10 stories high. Well, actually it was only about 3 or 4 but still. It was crazy.
"Woah…nice house."
"Hehe…yeah. Thanks."
She was about to open the door when she froze. She just stopped moving and stayed staring at her house.
"Um, is everything okay?"
"Huh? Oh, um, yeah…"
I got her out of her trance but she still wasn't moving.
"Are you…are you going to go inside? Do you want me to open the door for you or-"
"Um, actually can you please just drop me off somewhere else?"
That surprised me.
"Yeah…sure. Where to?"
I pulled off of the curb and headed back down her street, her huge house fading in my rear view mirror.
"The Saint Clarence Motel, please."
"You're going to sleep at a motel?"
"Mmhmm…why?"
"Don't you have a room in your house? You've got to. There must be at least 20 rooms in that thing."
"I just need to stay at a motel tonight, okay?"
This girl was super confusing. Why not sleep at your mansion of a house?
"Can you give me a reason to why you're staying at a motel?"
She was quiet for a really long time. I almost gave up when she finally answered.
"My dad's home."
"…And?"
She turned and faced me, her big chocolate eyes filled with mystery.
"And that's all you need to know."