him before I walk over to the door and open it again.
“So , what are we going to do until then?” I asked him curiously.
“Well, I don’t fucking know, just wait until the morning.” He’s still snapping at me as if I caused this.
“We can’t call a cab?” I ask him.
“Ariana,” my name cuts me, “look around do you think that there are any cab companies out here? Plus we both thought that it was an ingenious idea to leave both of our cellphones so I can’t call one to come and get us.” he bites our at me, I then decide that instead of taking anymore shit I’m just going to sit in the car and not talk to him. I swing open the door and slide inside quickly. I rummage in the backseat only momentarily, to find my IPOD and ear buds, and slip them into my ears, quickly turning on the music to drain him out. I watch him in the mirrors for moment as he paces the car and kicks the wheels. I sigh leaning the seat back and propping my feet on the dashboard. I turn up my music as I begin to hear him cursing at the car. I think I fall asleep some point shortly after because I wake up to Chase shaking me as my eyes flutter open he seems calmer. I see his mouth move but I cannot understand what he is saying.
“What?” I ask him. I see him laughs but it sounds like a hollow laugh and then he reaches over and pulls out my ear bud that I had forgotten I had put in.
“I’m sorry I’m an ass hole, come here.” He says smiling and holding out his hand. I reluctantly take a hold of it and let him pull me out of the car. He smiles and then leans over and kisses me on the cheek.
He lead s me through the emptiness and I feel the chill starting to sink into my skin. When he stops I look around confused until I look down and see the blankets that he has spread out on the ground before us. Like Dr. Jekyll and fucking Mr. Hyde.
“I figured since we are in a bad situation we could make the best out of it.” I smile to him and nod my head. “Lay down with me?” he asks me and he sits down at me feet. I move to the blankets with him. He pulls up one of the blankets and wraps us in them.
“I’m sorry I overreacted like that.” He whispers into my ear and I nod my head. “No, Ariana, look I really am sorry. That car is the only thing that I really have.”
“Chase,” I finally speak placing my hand on his arm, “It’s not the only thing that you have, you have me as well. I know that we just met but I’m here for you.” He looks over at me and I watch his eyes heat and then simmer. I feel my body reacting to watching his eyes.
He doesn’t say anything back to me but he leans over and kisses me, hard, on the mouth. We kiss for moments that don’t last long enough and then we begin to lean back. I open my eyes and I realize that I am lying on my back with him over top of me, and I cannot stop smiling. He kisses down my neck and I can begin to feel him nudging my shirt out of the way.
“Chase,” l say in a panicked voice as I hear the noise in the distance, “Chase,” I say again trying to break him out of his sex trance and then I result to smacking him in the shoulder. “What was that?” I ask and he sits up looking around for the howl.
“That would be coyotes.” He states, coolly. I will never understand how he manages to keep his cool so well at times.
“Coyotes?” I ask louder than I should.
“Shh, yeah.”
“What should we go?” I ask him, panicking.
“Get back to the car, fast.” I jump up and help him grab the blankets as we race back to the car. I swing open the door and dive into the floor board of the backseat as he slides onto the backseat. He is laughing when he looks down to me. “Ariana, you don’t have to hide in the floor board.” He tells me but I look around and shake my head no.
“Come up here with me.” He pats the seat.
“No w ay, what if they see us?” he laughs again at me.
“Their animals, R, calm down, they don’t have thumbs they can’t open the doors.
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