Beat Of My Heart

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--Prologue

            We all sang to the blasted music of the stereo, departing for a road trip on the holiday weekend. My eyes resided on the street ahead, as we twisted through a mountain, accelerating higher and higher up. The last hint of sunlight drifted away slowly, leaving the sky dark and black. The snowfall had been heavy, but not enough to pronounce it a blizzard just yet. I watched as snowflakes drifted down and made their way towards the street. It reminded me of the cold, and I shivered, although the heat pending from the air vents made the car a toasty-warm temperature. I hated cold weather, but I was determined to make the most of the winter season, when I agreed to the trip up to one of my friend’s cabins in the mountain.

                “Anyone hungry?”  Jaden asked from behind the wheel, after turning down the volume so we could make out her words. The music was now a faint sound from the stereo, almost unaudible.

                Lynette and Cassidy nodded in unison, reaching for the bag of chips Jaden had produced from under the driver’s seat. She really needed to clean her car more often. Their singing settled as they began munching on the potato chips, crumbs falling on the upholstery.

                Cassidy gestured the bags towards me, “You want some, Charlie?” I looked behind from the passenger seat, seeing Cassidy and Lynette bundled up in blankets and fighting over the bag.    

                I laughed, “No thanks, I’m good.” I watched as my breath fogged up the glass window as I spoke. I traced a heart in the fog, and watched as it eventually faded away.

                A new sound came from the driver’s seat,. I looked to my left to see Jaden’s phone ringing, a unique ringtone of a rap song I never heard before. Instantly, she picked it up, “Hello?” She said in to the phone. “Oh, hey Jex. You’re going to make a right, and then another right. Once you get to Meadow Peak Road, then you make a left. You’ll see it from there.” I recognized the directions at once being to the cabin, our destination for this holiday weekend.

             I usually spent these long weekends, with my mother, making it unusual being away from her. I figured she wouldn't mind if I was absent this year, seeing she was busy with work anyway. We weren't as close as we used to be ever since her divorce. We'd drifted apart, making her more of a housemate then a family member. I stopped minding awhile ago.

                She mumbled a few more words in to the phone before saying, “Yeah, I think I have a map somewhere in here.” She nonchalantly took both hands off the wheel and began fishing around the center console for a map.

                “Jaden!” I said, grabbing on to the wheel, where her hands once had been. “Be careful! The roads are slick with ice!”

                She looked up at me, grinning and blushing. “Oops, sorry. I got a little preoccupied.” She put her hands back on the wheel, and snapped her phone shut. I sighed, relaxing back in to my seat. Sometimes, Jaden didn’t always tend to use her common sense, but she was one of my best friends, and we loved her anyways.

                As we made our way higher in to the mountain, the roads became narrower. The snow had packed on to the ground more, and the white flurries blocked some of our vision from the road. I groaned, hoping the snow wouldn’t delay us. After a four hour car drive, the last thing I wanted to do was be stuck in a car any longer. I was no claustrophobic, but it was driving me crazy. I wanted to get out and stretch my cramped legs as soon as I could. I played with my long brunette hair to pass the time, but it got boring and endless.