Seven

Jordan

Both of them didn't want to tell me where we are going, but wherever we were going...there is a lot of traffic coming out of the city that way. I started to play with Jaxons hair since I was bored and ran my finger over his side of his head on the buzz cut. I love that feeling so mostly my hands were on his side.

Hours past, but it's only me and Jaxon that are up. It's around three am, and we're just having small talk.

"Okay, remember when we first met?" He asked.

"Mhmm."

"Okay, remember when we were at bosses estate and I was chasing you back to him?"

"Yeah, and when I knocked you out and you called me a bîtch." I said while I scooted up a little bit so I can see the side of his face. I saw him lick his lips and have a little smile. I was already smiling so I smiled even more.

"Okay, since you knocked me out. I wanted to know who taught you." He said turning his head a little and looked at me. His eyes went back to the road and switched lanes.

I sighed, "okay. Well I was always a foster child. I had one really good family. I consider them as my real family. I was, I think eight or seven? I forgot. I used to call them mom and dad. So my dad taught me how to use that with my uncle. And once I got the hang of it, I would sneak up to everyone in that house and knock them out cold. I would be like a ninja when ever they were just sitting on the couch and then knock them out. But me, my mom and my dad got in a really bad car crash when we were going to get a brother for me. It was raining really bad that day. Our tires lost control and rammed into another car which killed my mom and dad instantly. And after that, I went back to foster care since my uncle moved out of state a couple of years before the crash. And when I was eighteen I finally got out. I went to school, and that's when I met Greyson." I said while I looked at my hands thinking about them.

"I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I've been better."

He looks to me and I see his face has fallen a little bit. "I never would have known that you had a bad childhood like mine."

I gave him a small smile, "yeah, but a least we can help each other out."

He smiled, "yeah."

*****

We pulled over for gas and I walked in getting some coffee for Jaxon and I. He just wants all black. Landon woke up and told me to get him a bagel so I already got the coffee now I'm getting his bagel. I got him extra cream cheese because I don't know how much or how little he likes cream cheese. I walked over to the chip allele and got some hot Cheetos and cheese Cheetos and walked over to the cash register.

He looked at me weird and didn't look away from even when scanning the items. I looked over to the key chains till he was done ringing every thing up. "$7.58." I handed him over the card while he sighed and typed in numbers.

I typed in the pin and waited for him to give me my card back. He handed it back but held onto it. I looked up and saw him with no emotion on his face. "Sir?" I pulled a little harder and then after another five seconds he let go.

"Safe travels." He said.

I licked my lips and nodded. "Yeah." I quickly grabbed my things and walked as fast as I could. I walked towards the car and the sun was barely rising. I went to the back seat but when I open it, it closed.

I furrowed my eyebrows and open the door again but it closed. I looked through the window and see Landon there holding Denise on his lap while she sleeps. He looks at me through the window and mouths 'my bagel'. I roll my and climb in the passenger side.

"Here." I whisper harsh and then push it towards him. He gives me a cheeky smile. "Thanks doll." He winks at me and then stars to open the cream cheese.

The door opens and then climbs in Jaxon. I hand him his coffee and he thanks me and then starts the car. "What's wrong?" He says while he trying to get onto the freeway again.

"Huh?" I said while I was opening the bag.

"Your hands. What's wrong?" I look over to him and I look up see us stopped at a red light.

"Nothing." I go at the bag again but he takes my chin in his hands.

"What's wrong?" He said while he made me look at him.

"Nothing. Why?"

I saw his jaw tick and then he looks at my hands, "then why are you shaky?"

"What?" He nods to my hands while he lets go of my chin. I look down and see my hands shaking with the bag. I close my eyes while my hands clenched around the bag. "I'm just tried." I lie. I rest my head back on the headrest and open my eyes, looking at him.

He stared at for a little bit longer but had to look back when a car honked behind, us telling us to go.

"Fûck off." Landon said in the back with his bagel in his mouth. I looked behind me and see him slowly chewing with his eyes closed snuggling up closer to Denise. I smiled and then looked back to the road.

I watched how the sun was slowly rising, showing light to everything it touches. The cars were slowly becoming more when the sun rose more. I reached for my coffee to make myself stay awake, but his hand went over mine.

"Go asleep. You need it." He said while his hand wraps around mine, interlocking them.

"I'm fine." I say while I try to hold back a yawn but fail. He chuckled. "Go asleep Jordan. We have more hours to drive."

I lean over and peck his cheek and see him smile. "Okay. Goodnight-"

But my words were cut right off when someone rammed into us from behind, making me slam my head down on the car glove compartment.

Knocking me out cold.