We pull into the parking lot for Sonic. I don't usually eat at Sonic, but I couldn't wait any longer. We have been driving for four hours... At least we're almost to New York. Just about 10 or 11 more hours to go... That is if we stay on the road with no interferences. Knowing us, I'm sure it will be a little longer. It's Monday, and I have never felt so good to wake up on a Monday. Something about this day has me excited already. I'm ready to have this relationship with Owen. This trip will be a memory I will always want to remember. I am worried, though. My mom hasn't returned my call.
I look at the menu to see what I want... Memories start to return from when I worked at Sonic in my old town. I went on my first date with a boy I had worked with.
Lesson number one: don't date coworkers.
"Hey Em, what would you like?" Owen ask. I honestly forgot I was with him for a second.
"I just want some chicken and tater tots." We get our food ordered and get it handed to us very quickly. We get back on the road again. The evening looks so beautiful. For the next hour, Owen and I eat our tots and listen to some good music... Such as any songs by Twenty One Pilots or Elvis Presley.
My phone begins to ring and I turn the music down. I see that it's my mom. I answer quickly.
"Hello!?" I say frantically.
"Ember! I don't know how to use my phone. Your Aunt stopped by today and I asked her to help me out because I couldn't access it. It was just dead turns out!"
"Well you gave me a heart attack. I thought something had happened."
"Nothing! Just watching wheel of fortune and drinking hot tea, as usual. How have you been sweetie? How is Jo? I talked to her mom the other day. She's such a nice lady. We haven't heard from you guys in a while. Don't you two have a trip you're supposed to go on?"
I chuckle,"We are actually on it right now, mom. Jo is fine. Life has been pretty good for the moment." I saw and look at Owen. He starts smirking at me. I know what he wants. He wants me to tell my mom about him.
"Can I speak to Jo? I haven't heard her voice in a while." My mom says.
"Actually, I'm not in the car with her. Jo and I have a couple of friends with us." I say. I hear a blank line.
Did she die?
"Mom?"
"Oh yeah, I hear you. I'm just trying to think of who else would go with you guys. You haven't told me about any other friends."
"They're new friends." I say looking over at Owen. He pretends to not be paying any attention to me, but his smile says everything.
"We'll make sure to tell them I said hello."
"Of course mom. I love you. I'll call you when we get settled down somewhere." I say.
"I love you too sweetie. Have fun, bye!"
"Bye." I end the call and breathe out. I look over at Owen. I see his goofy smile.
"How is your mom?" He ask.
"She's good." I say with a smile.
"Well it's getting late, we should see if Joslyn and Tucker want to call it a night."
"Sure. Let's do that." I say and dial up Joslyn's number. We talk and have a plan where to stop. We get into this city that has more technology than my old town. We find a hotel that was way too expensive for just one night. There is two beds this time, so it works out perfectly. Everyone else goes to bed, and I stay up at the desk with a piece of paper and an old pencil. I start to sketch something random. I don't even know what I'm sketching, but my hand won't stop. It's like it's under some spell.
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I look at my drawing that I just made. It speaks to me on more than one level. I look at my drawing, fixing errors here and there, when o feel a warm presence behind me. Suddenly, I feel something touching my shoulder.
"AH!", I say and grab my pencil as a weapon,"BACK YOU DEMON!" I squint my eyes, not wanting to see the room before me.
"Em, I just wanted to see what you were drawing. You seemed pretty into it." Joslyn says. She pushes my roll chair out of the way as I sit there astonished.
Well technically, she is a demon sometimes.
With my mouth still wide open, Joslyn comes over to me and pushes it up.
"It's very interesting... What's up with the rose and eye inside of its wing?" She asks.
"Doesn't it kind of remind you of Beauty and the Beast? As if someone is trapped inside of that butterfly." I say with confidence.
"Hm... Interesting. You should come to bed though." She says. I nod my head yes. I get up and see Owen and Tucker... spooning? I begin to laugh my ass off. Joslyn looks at me confused, so I point them out. We begin to crack up laughing where it begins to hurt.
It's going to be a great week. Tuesday we are going to be in New York. We have so much we are going to do! ____________________________ (A.N) Hellllooo loves! I'm about to go back into my book to see my mistakes... How are all of you? Have a great day!
