In honor of getting 36 views in less than 12 hours, I wanted to post Chapter 3. I love this chapter and I feel like Lexark just gets cuter from here on out.
Alicia was already beginning to see what type of person Elyza was- the unbearably corny kind.
"Ta-da!" Elyza gestured towards her motorcycle.
"Of course it's black." Alicia thought to herself. Alicia looked closely at the bike and said "Oh ha ha. I get it. Harley Davidson." She rolled her eyes.
"Ain't she a beaut?" Elyza asked proudly. "Wanna go for a ride?" She smiled devilishly.
"I've never been on a motorcycle before," Alicia hesitated at first. "Oh what the hell. Let's do it."
Elyza smiled and reached beside her saddlebag and grabbed her helmet. "Here, you need to wear this."
Alicia obliged and put it on. She watched Elyza swing her leg over the bike and start it. She revved the engine a few times and glanced at Alicia with one of her eyebrows cocked. "Hold on, there, sheila." Elyza realized that all Alicia had covering her was a thin plaid shirt. "Do you have a jacket?"
"No, we're in the desert..." Alicia started.
"Here," Elyza removed her leather jacket and handed it to Alicia. "You'll get cold on the bike."
Alicia couldn't help but notice that under the jacket all Elyza had on was a black tank top. "What about you?" Alicia protested.
"I'll be fine. You ready, buttercup?" Elyza smiled reassuringly.
Alicia begrudgingly put the jacket on and climbed onto the back of the bike. "I have a name, you know." She said as she scooted close to Elyza and wrapped her arms around her waist.
A small smile crept on Elyza's face but she kept looking forward. "Hold on tight!" And with that, the two girls sped off down highway 25.
Alicia hadn't had this much fun in who knows how long. She carefully had taken out her iphone, and managed to squeeze her headphones under the helmet. Scrolling through her music, she felt embarrassed: Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, she seemed so basic. She decided on some Lana Del Ray and wondered what kind of music Elyza liked. She looked to her left and right as the desert flew by them. Her gaze settled off to her left as she saw the sunrise beginning to burst through the darkness. She noticed something else that caught her eye; Elyza had a tattoo on her left shoulder blade. It was an infinity sign. Alicia tapped Elyza's shoulder, reached out in front, and gestured towards the sunrise. Elyza saw a pull-off area up ahead. She slowed the bike and eased onto the gravel. She put up the kickstand and looked around. Alicia stepped off the bike, faced towards the sunrise, and took off her helmet; carefully tucking her phone into her pocket. She brushed her fingers through her hair and the new light glistened off her amber waves.
"ELYZA!"
Elyza snapped back to reality. "Huh?"
"I asked if you wanna climb that rock with me to get a better view." Alicia placed one hand on her hip and gestured behind Elyza.
"Lead the way, princess." Elyza teased.
Alicia rolled her eyes and sauntered past Elyza and made her way to the base of the rock and looked straight up.
"You've got Buckley's chance of scaling that." Elyza stood back and jeered.
"Well then you go ahead, dingo." Alicia shot back.
"Yeah I'll give it a burl." Elyza half muttered. She stood at the base of the rock and searched for a spot to start. She began grasping at the rock and trying to shimmy her legs up at the same time, only to fall backwards into the dust and have tiny rock crumbles land on her. She got up and dusted the dirt off the back of her favorite (and only) pair of jeans. She glanced back up towards the top of the rock only to see Alicia staring back down at her. "What the-" Elyza started.
"Oh, you know, I just took the path." Alicia hitched her thumb to her right. Elyza looked over and covered her face with her hand. She quickly joined Alicia at the top just in time to watch the sun's rays cut through the darkness and illuminate the sky. Alicia quickly pulled out her iphone and snapped a photo. She then looked over at the blonde. She had forgotten that she was wearing just a tank top and scooted closer to her. She removed the leather jacket and placed it over the blonde's shoulders. Elyza snuggled into the jacket and pulled it tightly around her body, smiling.