Chapter Forty-three
The Roadtrip!
The radio stations were terrible. Literally not even one music station here, they were either middle-aged men talking about the football scores of football teams I'd never once heard of, or hours upon hours of adverts nothing else. So that scratched my perfect music playlist from the Roadtrip handbook.
Nathan didn't seem to mind much though, to be honest I think he preferred the silence or better talking. God forbid talking.
I'm kidding really. He just asks a lot of questions that's all. About my parents, about my childhood. He's curious about my grandfather which usually I love talking about my grandad to anyone but with him being so apposed to Vampires it wouldn't feel right him living in the memories of one. I already feel guilty enough.
We were coming up to a patrol station and as Nathan had informed me earlier it would be a while before we hit any type of town so I told him to pull into it. When a girl needs to go get road trip snacks ... She needs to go.
"Don't be long" Nathan said as he filled up his car tank.
I gave him look that I hope said 'I'll take as long as I damn well please"
The patrol station was fairly well stocked and I admired the display of snacks for a hefty amount of time. All this variety from sour skittles to normal skittles, Reece's peanut butter cups. Some fizzy pop lined the inside of the drinks cooling cabinets and I smiled I was home.
"Are you actually going to buy anything or you just gonna stand there?" I turned at the voice from behind the counter, the middle aged woman raised an eyebrow and I smiled.
I decided to get everything that caught my fancy, and that's a lot of things. But considering I had snuck out some money of Nathan's wallet when he wasn't looking, we totally had enough to cover it.
"I sure hope this isn't all for you" The lady gave me a disproving look as she scanned the items through.
"Oh no, you see my brother Kevin out there?" I pointed into the parking space where Nathan sat in the car watching us- the lady didn't look "he has an eating disorder, seriously I've tried to help but he just keep eating. So I'm helping him get him the food it's the only thing that doesn't make him crazy"
She blinked slowly unimpressed with my little story "that will be 28.99"
I handed her Nathan's money with a pleasant smile and grabbed my bags of the counter.
"What was that about?" Nathan asked as he eyed up my many bags of snacks and helped me put them into the back seat.
"What do you mean?" I asked stretching across the front seat to the back searching for my skittles in the numerous bags of snacks.
"Uh I mean why did you point me out?" His head was turned and I could feel his gaze watching what I was doing.
"Just having a friendly chat with the staff" I shrugged flipping back to front seat skittles retrieved.
"Is that all it was huh?" Nathan didn't look impressed before glancing behind us "and by the way what is all this stuff?"
I ripped the skittle packed open with my teeth mumbling "you should know you payed for it"
"I what?" He looked confused but then only smiled "you stole money from my wallet?"
"You shouldn't look so happy it's just encouraging me to do it again" but actually it wasn't, why would he be happy about me stealing from him I thought he'd be mad and give me that raging hot look of anger that makes me weak at knees and makes me want him naked in bed- um Anyway!
"I'm not happy" his eyes warmed though "your just an intriguing girl to me Lailah"
I swallowed a orange skittle whole in response.
He reached forward to touch my hair, my frizzy imperfect always tangled hair that kind of felt perfect when he touched it. He moved his hand up behind my ear, his fingers running through my hair. He smiled gently as leaned into a kiss I knew I'd been waiting for but had been to stubborn to admit it.
Angling my jaw to meet his lips I couldn't help smile when they finally did. He was slow and beautifully gentle. His hands running through my hair and down my spine as if he trying to make me purr like a pussycat. I wanted, I always wanted more but then- Tap, Tap - on the window had to ruin it.
Me and Nathan broke our entanglements to glance up at window from where the tapping sound was still coming.
My eyes widened at the middle aged woman standing their, looking horrified. And that's when I remember what I told her. Oh god what this must look like.
"Oh Fuck, drive" I hissed under my breath.
"What do you mean?" Nathan frowned confused as a puppy dog "you spoke to her at the gas station didn't you?"
"Uh-huh lets go" I said twisting the keys in ignition for him but he stopped my hand.
"What's the issue Lailah?" He looked unsure about going as the lady continued to tap on the glass of the car.
"Um well the thing is ..." I ate two purple skittles and nulled over the best way to break this kind of news to someone.
"Lailah?" He said impatiently.
"Yes, yes ok fine" I sighed "I may or may not have told her you were my brother called Kevin with an eating disorder and now she may or may not have seen me kissing my brother called Kevin-"
"Why?-" He started but stopped himself "Lailah ..." He shook his head as if he didn't know what to think.
The lady tapped louder on the glass shouting through to us "your kind are spawn of the devil ..." And something else I couldn't hear due to the muffling of the glass.
"So um we should go?" I asked quirking an eyebrow.
"Yup" he agreed setting the gear in place before driving out of the petrol station and leaving the angry and horrified lady behind.
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"So why Kevin?" We had driving in silence for quite some time now and Nathan was the first to break the silence " and what's with the eating disorder?"
"I used to have a pet snail called Kevin" I said whilst throwing a skittle up in the air and attempting to catch it in my mouth.
"I remind you of your pet snail?" He didn't seem annoyed by this although maybe he looked a little tired. How long had we been driving? Three hours?
"I dunno sometimes you are a bit slow" I joked as he rolled his eyes knowing full well it wasn't true.
"And the eating disorder?" He questioned.
"Hm" I laughed "You haven't worked it out?"
His look was the same as before so clearly not.
"You drink blood idiot, if that ain't a disorder or some kind of unhealthy addiction then I don't know what is" I chewed on my skittles thoughtful at what I said. Would I be able to deal with myself if I had to do what Nathan does just to survive?
Nathan looked lost in his thoughts too so I unbutton my seat belt and reach across to the back of the car.
"What are you doing Lailah?" He put his hand on the back of my leg "get back in you seat"
"I'm thirsty" I complained searching through each bag.
"Yes well so am I but I've still got to wait until we reach a town" he squeezed the back of my leg "so sit back down right now or I'll have to pull over the car"
"Yes dad" I glared the bottle of lemonade retrieved still "remind me next time to have the snacks upfront"
"One minute I'm her brother the next her father who knows what next" he mutters.
"If your good perhaps you'll move out of the blood relative group" I said twisting the cap of the lemonade.
"After all everything I do is to please you right?" He smiles playfully over.
"Of course whatever else would you be here for?" I smiled taking a sip of my drink.
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So let's be honest who thought I wasn't going to ever, ever update ever again. Like ever? *raises hands*
I'm glad you guys have faith in me!
So anyway no promises on updating but I do have ideas so ya never know ...
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