Chapter 73
Roxy's POV
Nothing much is happening in the car. Kye is quite focused on the road. He seems like a very composed guy, one that wouldn't entertain my stupidity but I still feel like blasting some music up in this darn car of his.
We keep stealing glances at each other and at one moment, our eyes lock and I swallow hard.
Shit!
"Kye."
"Roxy."
We call each others names at the same time.
"You go first," I say, looking away.
"No, ladies first," he says but I continue looking outside the window.
"Roxy... Is everything okay?" he asks and pulls over by the roadside.
Oh boy! What's he up to now?
"Why did you stop?" I turn to face him and he unbuckles his seat belt and turns on his seat to face me directly. He takes my hand and his thumb begins to caress my hand in a circular motion.
"It's because you're too quiet. Are you scared of me?" Kye asks as our eyes lock for the second time and for sure, I can't stop looking at him.
I sigh.
I just don't want to act stupid in front of him and we've never spent time alone for an entire weekend and I bet this weekend is going to be pretty awkward for both of us.
"No, I'm not scared of you," I purse my lips.
He tucks my hair behind my ear and the tingly feeling I get when his fingers brush over my skin, is overwhelming.
"Look, you're probably not so sure about how to act when I'm around you, just be natural, I won't mind. I know you're a very energetic person, Scott told me that, so stop hiding that from me. You always seem like you're hiding something, Roxy," Kye calls me out.
"I'm... I'm not hiding anything." I lie and look away.
"Yes you are, Kyrah's also been telling me all about you. She told me not to say this but, I've seen funny videos of you and Kyrah, you're so natural in the videos. I wanna see that Roxy and maybe if you show me the real you, I'll show you the real me. When I'm not in my uniform, I'm a totally different person, so relax, you look tense," he says.
At this moment my cheeks are flashing red. I don't blame Kyrah for telling him about me, I blame myself for being a complete jerk.
"Hey, say something. I'm not driving until you say something," he says while lifting my chin up to face him and I sigh.
"Okay, I'm sorry. It's just that you make me feel so nervous that every time I'm next to you I feel like running away. Look at you, you look so calm, I'm literally dying slowly over here," I say.
He chuckles.
"What's funny?" I ask him and he squeezes my hand in his gently and I swear I feel the temperature rising.
"I'm glad we have the entire weekend together. Try and relax okay? I don't bite." Then he smirks at me and my eyes go wide.
"You don't bite, huh?" I ask.
"Yeah," he responds immediately.
Hah! He doesn't bite? Really? He looks like he'd jump on any girl, any minute. I mean, damn, look at those soft pink lips of his, I'd die if they'd land on mine.
God!
I guess I'm the one who would bite, because damn, if he doesn't stop staring at me like that, I'll kiss him. Oh sweet Holy Spirit give me self control. I don't want to do something that I'll regret.
We're staring at each other now and I can tell that he's getting closer and my heart is pounding like crazy! His hand moves across my body and phew! He opens the window by the press of a button and when I look outside, Vic has pulled over by our side.
Oh sweet relief! Thank you Lord. I thought something steamy was about to happen.
"You guys okay?" Vic asks and I nod.
"She's a little tense," Kye says and Wren laughs.
"Roxy? Tense? Wow, I've never seen her tense. Hey, sweety, are you feeling okay?" Wren asks.
"Yap! I'm all good," I say, pulling a nervous smile.
"Lies!" Vic says and I roll my eyes at him. "Here, take my stress ball." He hands it over through his window and I take it and throw it back at him.
"I'm not stressed you silly tomato. I'm okay. Now, let's go. Scott and Kyrah and way far ahead of us," I say and Kye agrees, and starts the car and we drive off.
"What music do you like?" Kye asks.
"Rock, mostly," I reply.
"Alright, play anything you want," he says and I grin, turning up the volume.
Glad all that tension has disappeared.
****
Vic's POV
We're right behind Kye and Roxy and as I'm driving, Wren bursts out in laughter.
"What?" I ask and she shakes her head, making her red curly hair bounce on her shoulders. She looks so tiny and adorable that I feel like grabbing her.
"It's Roxy, did you see the look on her face? She looks frightened. I think it's Kye who's making her nervous that way," she says.
If only you knew how you've always made me feel since we were thirteen.
Wren is a very beautiful lady and I still don't understand how we became friends. At the foster home, she once told me she didn't know who her parents were and there was no trace of her relatives anywhere, since then we grew closer. Until the day aunt Olivia came for us, we were still too young but we usually went back to visit Wren but when I turned thirteen, I started seeing her in a different way. I don't know if she sees me the same way that I do though.
She got adopted when she was fifteen and since then we've never seen each other again. She just disappeared and I remember not eating for an entire week because I missed her. Aunt Olivia got so worried and Roxy got so angry at me.
"Yeah. She'll be fine," I say, looking straight ahead. Squeezing the steering wheel.
"Vic?"
How she says my name gives me goosebumps. All the fucking time.
"Yeah?" I respond.
"I have a question, but I'm not sure how you'll take it," she says.
Is she really going to say what I'm thinking about?
"Okay, just ask," I say.
"What if we never got separated... Like, what if Olivia never came for you and I never got adopted? What would have happened? What if we never got to meet again like we did?" she asks.
I sigh but continue keeping my eyes on the road.
"It's hard to answer all those questions but... I don't know what would have happened honestly," I say.
Should I tell her or not?
"You're hands are shaking, you okay?" she looks at me.
Okay here goes nothing.
"Wren, that day when you got adopted, I really felt heartbroken. They didn't want to tell us where your new family lived. I ran all over that foster home looking for you, I called out your name but you never answered. I didn't eat for the rest of the week, Wren. I lost it! Until I saw you again and I–"
I pause and pull over.
"I'm really sorry, I didn't know that. I felt crushed knowing that I would never see you again and my new parents didn't want me to come see you. I missed Roxy too but I missed your company most," she confesses.
Wow!
"I'm happy that the universe brought us together again. There's so much to talk about but, we have an entire weekend. If I start talking about all that right now, we'd end up camping by the roadside," I say.
She chuckles and I smile.
Then the least I expected to happen, happens. She leans in and kisses my cheek.
"That's how I wanted to say goodbye to you that day, but you weren't there and my new family didn't want me to wait for you," she says.
I'm more than shook!
I can't find my words right now, I want to kiss her and tell her that I wanted to kiss her goodbye too, but let me not rush things. Good things take time. There's a reason why the universe brought us back to each other.
"That felt nice," I say.
Really dude! That's all you can say?
"Glad you liked it. Let's go now before Roxy and Kye disappear, remember we don't know the location. You don't want to get lost do you?" she says.
I start driving slowly.
"I'd get lost with you and I'd be very comfortable with it," I grin and she smacks my arm.
"You're crazy," she says.
Damn right, I'm crazy, crazy about her.
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