The song in the last chapter was Chasing Pavements by Adele and the song in this chapter is I hope you dance by Lee Ann Womack. Enjoy! R&R :)
Marley woke up before seven and saw that Jake was still sleeping. She got up and grabbed some clothes before going to get a shower, she wore a pair of skinny jeans and a cut off shirt that showed her stomach. Marley looked in the mirror, she was happy with her outfit and her body. Her bruises were turning shade of yellow, as they usually did in the healing process. She figured they would be gone in a couple of days. After she got dressed, Jake was still sleeping so she grabbed her phone and went outside. Marley saw that there weren't many cars or people around, but there were a few stores open. Marley started walking towards field, when she go to the field and looked forward all she could see was beautiful land that stretched for miles.
Marley stayed in the field until a little after nine, she figured Jake would be up soon and headed back to the hotel. When Marley walked into the room she saw that Jake wasn't in bed, but she heard the shower running. She walked over the window and opened it, allowing the sun light to cover the room. Marley stood at the window looking out at the sun covering the small town, she didn't know Jake had come out and was standing behind her watching her.
"Marley?"
Marley jumped a little and put her hand on her chest.
"God! You trying to give me a heart attack?" Marley nudged him.
Jake chuckled "Sorry. Where'd you go this morning?"
"Outside."
"Okay, see anything interesting?"
"Not really. When did you wake up?"
Marley walked around him and grabbed her bag. "'Bout an hour ago."
"What are we doing today? Are we leaving or are we staying?"
"I was thinking we could drive around here in Tennessee for today and head north tomorrow."
"I thought you wanted it to be warmer."
"I don't want to stay in one place, and I thought that there might be some interesting things north."
"What states?"
"I want to go to NY and see what it's like there, any place you'd like to go?"
"Maybe."
"Where?"
"I'll tell you later, so you wanna go?"
"Yeah, we can go now."
Jake and Marley packed their bags and got in the car, driving for a while. They would get out when they saw somewhere they wanted to go, museums, stores, anywhere. It was getting late so they decided to drive north a while and then stop for a couple days.
After an hour or so, Jake was getting tired and Marley could tell he needed some rest.
"Jake, let me drive."
"I'm fine."
"No you're tired. I'll just follow the highway for a couple hours and then we'll stop."
"Really, I'm perfectly fine."
"Oh come on. I'm wide awake and you look like a zombie."
"Okay." Jake pulled over and got out of the car, walking to the other side.
Marley got out of the car and walked over to the driver's side, when she got in she reached in back and grabbed a blanket.
"Here." She handed Jake the blanket once he got in the car. Jake took the blanket from her.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Let's go." Marley started the car and started driving. After a while Jake fell asleep and Marley was bored, so she turned the radio on, leaving the volume low. She started chaging the stations until she heard a song.
"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance...I hope you dance."
Marley's eyes started welling up with tears and her vision was becoming blurry, she stopped the car on the side of the road and got out, leaving the car door open. Marley needed air, she needed space. She walked in front of the car, still hearing the song playing as she cried silently for a few minutes.
Jake woke up and realized the car was stopped, he looked over, expecting to see Marley but all he saw was the car door wide open with the seat empty. He heard something and looked out the front window to see Marley on her knees crying. Jake jumped out of the car and walked to her side.
"Marley what's wrong?"
"I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"No, what's wrong."
"I-it's just t-that my mom used to s-sing me that song when I was little. I haven't heard it in a long time."
Jake wrapped his arms around Marley and she wrapped hers around him. Jake held Marley in his arms for a while until Marley pulled away, which Jake didn't prefer.
"Thank you, Jake." Marley pressed a sweet kiss to his lips and walked around him to the car.
"I'll keep driving."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. it's okay. I feel better now."
"Maybe we should find somewhere to stay soon."
"I can drive for a while still. I want to get to Virginia tonight. It's only twenty miles away. We can find somewhere to stay when we get there."
"Okay." Jake got back in the car and watched Marley.
He liked the way she would scrunch her nose up when a song she didn't like came on the radio, he liked the way she quietly hummed along to a song, he liked the way she would look at him and smile, he liked to make her laugh.
"Stop it, Jake. You can't like her, you just met her. But, she is so nice, caring and talented. Why do I get butterflies when she looks into my eyes? Why is it that when we touch it takes me a minute to come back to reality? Why does everything about her make me forget every bad thing that's ever happened to me? Why does Marley Rose do this to me? Does she even know what she does to me, do I do the same to her?"
Jake's thoughts were interupted when Marley pulled off the highway and up to a gas station.
"Why'd you stop here?" Marley laughed.
"Well, we are in Virginia and I want something to drink. Do you want anything?"
"Oh, I'll come in with you."
"Come on, then." Marley smiled as she turned the car off and got out of the car, making her way into the store.
"Coming!" Jake jumped out of the car and followed into the store.
Marley and Jake grabbed some snacks and drinks before paying and heading back to the car.
"I'm driving." Jake ran passed Marley grabbing the keys out of her cack pocket.
Marley laughed as she got into the car. Jake started driving around until they found a place to stay.
"What room?" Marley asked as Jake walked back to the car.
"Room 82. Come on, Marley."
Marley got out of the car and walked into the room.
"I'm so tired."
"Me too. Night, Marley."
"Goodnight, Jake." Marley smiled at him and got into bed.
Marley woke up the next morning first, but Jake woke up soon after her.
"Hey."
"Hi, how long have you been up?"
"A little while, not a long time." Marley said as she flipped through the tv channels.
Jake and Marley went to a diner down the street and had breakfast together, making each other laugh all morning. Jake and Marley were drivning back to the hotel when Marley's phone rang, she began shaking a bit and Jake noticed.
"Marley what's wrong? Who is it?"
"It's Nick."