CAR RIDE

She was stupid. She was stupid for being that selfish. Now she knew what to do. Be happy, smile. Elle walked up to the car and entered.

“I hope all this will be over quick,” she thought to herself. Being in crowds was her darkest fear, she hated it. She sat on the front seat and closed her eyes.

“Hey,” a voice called out to her. Things like that was terrifying, fear slid down her spine whenever she heard her name. She turned around and met his gaze. “I wanted to give you this. You left it on the bench the other night.” He said handing her the phone she had been looking all over for.

She gazed into his eyes with sadness. Elle slowly reached her hand out to the phone and grabbed it from his grip “Thank you,” she said nervously turning her gaze to the window.

She was confused about a lot of things; like why did he tag along? What was that nerve wrecking feeling? What was with that look on Kathy’s face? There were times that she would look up at the mirror and meet his eyes.

She really wanted to get out of that car. This all was too much pressure. She was pretty sure that Kathy planned it all. “We’re here!” Kathy shouted. Feeling overwhelmed she quickly got out of the car and ran up to her sister’s front door.

Immediately the door opened and she wrapped her hands around her pulling her close. Looking into her face Elle realized how much she had missed her. All she really needed was to see her. At that moment Elle was really and truly happy seeing her smile and feeling her warm hug.

“Little sis, I missed you!” she shouted squeezing the life out of her. “Kathy! You’re here, and who might this handsome fellow be?” she asked excitedly. What? During Elle’s 18 years of life she had never heard her spoke like that before. What was happening?

“Hey Sia, this is my cousin Namjoon.” Kathy replied. His warm smile exposed his cute dimples and his bright eyes. That was a site that could fill the empty heart. Elle made her way upstairs with burning excitement to see her baby niece. Pushing the door burning with excitement she slowly made her way over to the crib. “Oh, hi,” a gentle voice whispered.

Something about that voice was familiar. She turned around to be met by a soft gaze. “Hi, who are you?” It seemed rude to be that straight forward but why not just drop all formalities? “I’m Jungkook, Aden’s little brother.” He replied. Aden’s brother? Why was his face so familiar? She asked herself.

Sia came bursting through the door “I see you’ve met Zoe’s uncle.” She said smiling. “He’s here to help me move.” She finished her sentence clutching onto his arm. “It was lovely meeting you Jungkook.” Elle felt that the air was getting too heavy. She smiled at Jungkook and switched her gaze to the door ready to flee. What was her sister up to?

Walking down the stairs she gazed back to find Jungkook’s eyes carefully tracing her steps. She slowly opened the door and walked towards the car, opened the door and entered. She hated being around that much eyes. She plugged in her ear piece and played a song from her playlist. All of it feels so off. Was it because it had been a while since she interacted with anyone? No that wasn’t it.

She felt a hand slightly tapped her shoulder. “Please don’t be him, please don’t be him,” she repeated in her head multiple times as she turned around in fright, shaking, afraid to exchange words or gazes.

“Are you okay?” Namjoon asked. Elle’s eyes were glued to his face searching for the perfect way to reply to him. “Yes, I’m fine.” She responded with a smile. “You’re not use to seeing this much faces each day do you?” he asked smiling.

She flashed him a smile and removed the ear plug from her ear. “What were you listening to?” he asked still smiling. “Here.” she handed him one of the ear pieces.

He took it from her hand, his fingers gently brushing across her fingers sending a tickling sensation throughout her body. He putted it in his ear and began listening. “Train wreck?” he asked removing the plug from his ear. He was a fan of this kind of music just as she was.

Looking up from his gaze she glimpsed Jungkook and Kathy walking up to the car and headed to the car trunk. Kathy entered the car and sat on the driver’s seat.

She turned towards her with a smile “What are you two doing?” They both flashed her a smile and resumed the song. The front car door was flung back and Sia entered with the baby in her arms.

The door next to her was then suddenly opened and Jungkook entered the car, sitting next to her with a smile glued on his lips. He gazed over at her then at Namjoon grooving to the music and smiled.

Night had finally caught them on the road. Sitting in the car waiting for the final stop, the rain began pouring and the light flashes of lightening came after. Elle relaxed and laid back watching the lights glittering on the car window through the dark and the rain drops running down the window.

She listened as the sounds of the thunder got louder feeling relaxed. The warmth that surrounded her and the sounds of the rain sent her to sleep.

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