Chapter 8: Road Block

Back in the car we were, as I was in the back seat with my girl, Marion, and yet again, it seemed like neither of us were going to say a single word with one another, as it seemed like she was fine, and content with the fact that she had her phone to entertain her, rather than me. Though I suppose if I was going to be honest with my self, I would not entertain her all that much any ways I felt like right now.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh, as I then shook off all of those thoughts all at once, as I then all of the sudden got my eyes back up to the front, where I could see a whole bunch of light on the ceiling of the middle seats of the car. I blinked my eyes a few times, as it was quite a bit bright for my eyes to see, but eventually my eyes seemed to quickly get used to it thankfully enough.

It did not surprise me at all, as to the fact that the other girls were on their phones, as it seemed like that was all that they wanted to do half of the time any ways. They did not seem to care all that much about their boy friends, Zachary and Alexander if I was going to be honest with my self, as it seemed like Zachary girl friend, Sharise, was kind of a gold digger, as she knew that Zachary was always going to buy her stuff, and get her all sorts of neat gifts.

Alexander's girl friend, Rosalinda, seemed to only like him, due to the fact that he was the most cool kid in the entire school, and so she was instantly attracted to him due to the fact that she wanted a whole bunch of attention. I suppose that I should not say all too much how ever, as we all had our girl friends for over 2 years at this point, and our relationships seemed to be going just fine besides a few stir ups here and there.

I was not going to lie either, nor was I going to complain about the fact that Zachary's girl friend, Sharise, was in the car with us right now, as I knew that she was insanely hot, and she had the nicest body as well. I was not going to lie, though my girl Marion was good her self, she was not nearly as nice as Sharise was, as I knew that I had a lot of lust for her, and I had to stop my self from doing any thing about it.

Besides, why would she want be any ways? If any thing, I was the biggest loser out of the entire group. I sighed a bit to my self, as I then rolled my eyes, and shook my head at the exact same time, so that I could get all of those thoughts out at the exact same time too, as I got my focus completely on the front side of the car now, where Zachary and Alexander were stationed at, at this very moment in time.

Zachary had his eyes on the road, as he should have his eyes down there, as I knew that he was a good driver. It seemed like most of the time how ever, when ever Alexander was in the car, he did things to purposely mess with him, as I knew that it kind of got on the nerves of Zachary as well, as it made him feel sick if he did not have his full focus on what was ahead of him at all times.

I looked over at Alexander, as I expected him to be messing with him, such as he usually did, as I was already about to laugh, even before I had seen any thing happen, as it was always so funny to me, even though I knew that it was not a good thing to joke about, as I knew that we could very easily get in to a wreck, and take a lot of damage, or lose our lives at the exact same time as well, as it kind of made me sick to even think that way too.

I shivered just a bit, as to my surprise all at once, none the less as well, I saw that Alexander was not doing any thing at all right now to try to mess with Zachary. I was a little bit lost by it, as I knew that it was not normal at all for him. It then hit me all at once, as I had some how seemed to forget the way that Alexander had been acting through out most of the day, ever since we had walked out of that ISS room.

I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was going on with him, as I really was starting to believe the story that he had been told when he was younger about his uncle, as it seemed like that what might be getting in to his head right now. I first kind of found it a bit funny, as I knew that it was going to be the perfect time to mess with him, but now, it really did not seem to be all that funny to me at all.

I kind of felt like his parents, and maybe even his grand parents had told him that story to scare him, but it was clear that it had got in to his head quite a bit either way, even if the story was true or not. I let out a bit of a soft sigh this time, as I tried my best at the exact same time too, to not focus on that all too much, as I knew that there was no way that the story that he had been told was true at all.

I shook off all of those thoughts all at once, as I felt like the car was oddly silent right now, which kind of also made shivers go down my spine as well, as I was not all too sure as to what it was that was going on right now. I did not like the fact that every one seemed to be on their phones, at least from the perspective of the girls, and also the fact that not a single person had a word to say to one another at the exact same time as well.

I blinked my eyes a few times, as I did my best to try not to freak out about all of that right now, as I knew that it was normal as to the fact that no one seemed to want to talk to one another in the car, besides when ever it seemed to be the fact that Alexander was messing around with Zachary up front. I was just a little bit over the edge right now, as it seemed like my brain was looking for reasons to be scared, and it was looking for reasons to freak out.

I did my best to get my focus off of all of that at the same time too, as I knew that this was Christmas, and not Halloween, even if I did not believe in Jesus at all, nor any of that other shit, it still made me feel a little bit more safe that this was a religious holiday, more than the fact that it was a evil holiday, much like Halloween was, though it felt like that holiday really did not bother me all too much any ways.

I shook my head, as I got my focus off of all of that all at once, as I kept my eyes up to the front, ignore all of the bright screens all around me right now, as I looked out in to the road all at once too, as I saw that it was already almost completely dark out now, which also did in fact freak be out a bit too, as I had been a bit scared of the dark, ever since I could remember, even when I was a young child.

My mother would always tell me that I would cry in the cradle when ever I was a baby, just due to the fact that the room was dark, as she said that she had to sleep with the light off during that night. I was not nearly as bad as I used to be, though I did have a night light in my bed room just in case still. It still did freak me out a bit how ever, when ever it was that I was out in the dark in the first place any ways.

I sighed a bit, as I knew that there really was not all too much to be freaked out about, at the exact same time too, as I knew that I was safe in the car that I was in right now either way, as I knew that I had my friends by my side right now, and that nothing all too scary would happen as long as they were with me... At least, that was the hope that I had, though it still was getting in to my head that it was dark out side.

I kept my eyes on the road how ever, as I saw that Zachary had the front lights to his car on, so at the very least I could see the road that was ahead of me, as that seemed to do a fairly decent job of getting rid of all of the freaked out thoughts that I had been giving my self not all too long ago. I was quite a bit surprised as to the fact that Alexander was not fighting back against me right now, trying to scare me, as he knew just as well as I did, that I had quite the fear of the dark.

When ever I stayed at his house, even if I did not stay in the same room as him, he would always sneak up in to my room in the middle of the night, so that he was able to scare me, which made me quite a bit angry, though in the end we both had our laughs about it, so it did not bother me all too much. It did how ever bother me as to the fact that I had found out at this point, that Alexander was not his normal self at all clearly.

I did my best to not focus too much on that, though it still was a bit hard for me, simply just due to the fact that I knew that he was my best friend, and I could not help but to just be worried for him in at least the slightest, though it did not seem like any one else was all too much worried about it at all, not even his girl friend, thought that was not all too much of a surprise to me at all, due to the fact that I knew that she was stuck on her phone.

I breathed in heavily, as I still could not help but to feel a little bit sick, as I rolled my eyes to my self, and I then locked my eyes on to the side of the head of Zachary at the exact same time too, as my focus went back on some thing that was altogether completely different than the rest of this, which was of course the fact as to what it was that we were doing in the very first place any ways, as it was not all too hard for me to get my focus on that due to the fact that I had my thoughts on Alexander's reasoning to being freaked out before hand.

I nodded just a little bit more to my self, as I knew that Zachary had his eyes on the road, and he was not paying any sort of attention to me at all, even if he could see me, due to the fact that the lights in the car were lighting up all of the faces of every one. I sighed a bit heavily all at once, as after just a few more seconds, I then did begin to speak to Zachary from the front of the car at the same time too.

"How far are we from the border?" I said to him, as I was fairly certain that we had not passed it just yet, just due to the fact that no one had said a word about any thing about any of this, and also the fact that the girls had not lost any connection to their phones. It was not due to the fact that Canada and the USA had different data towers, which was not the case at all, it was more just the fact that we were in the middle of no where, at least so it seemed, as I had not seen us pass any thing recently.

I sighed a little bit to my self all at once too, as I kept my eyes ahead of me, as I looked at the exact same time too, to try to view the surroundings of the car, even if I did not see any thing out side, it still did make me feel just a little bit better for some odd reason or another, which I was not all too sure as to what it was that, that was for at all of I was going to be completely honest with my self.

I squinted my eyes, not at any one at all, though I did put my eyes back at the front, as it seemed like my eyes were locked on the radio that no one ever had turned on, unless it was Alexander or Zachary with their phones plugged in to try to play their music, as I was fairly certain that no one listened to the actual radio any more any ways, if I was going to be real at the exact same time too.

I rolled my eyes a bit, as I was not all too sure as to just what it was that was going on right now, nor was I all too sure as to just what it was that I was thinking. I was kind of glad as to the fact that I did not have my thoughts on what it was that I was thinking about not all too long ago, but at the exact same time too, I also felt I did not want to not be thinking of nothing at all either as that did not feel all too healthy for me.

I did my best to try to get my focus off of all of those thoughts how ever, as I then began to hear Zachary start to speak back to me, as I had nearly forgot that I had just asked him a question not all too long ago. I saw that Zachary was looking at me through the rear view mirror, which at least made me feel a little bit better, as to the fact that at least there was one person that was paying me at least a little bit of attention right now.

I blinked my eyes just a few times at the exact same time too, as I then did my best to get my focus off of all of those thoughts at once as well, as I remembered that Zachary was in fact speaking to me right now, and that I needed to pay attention as to what it was that he was saying right now, as I then remembered the fact as to where it was that we were going, and what it was that I had said to him in the first place, as I listened to what it was that he had to say to me in the very first place any ways.

"We are about 10 miles out... So we should be there in about 15 minutes if I had to guess... Well... The border of course..." He said to me, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh of relief, now that I had got that kind of response from him, as I was just glad that we weren't driving out in to the middle of no where, which I was not all too sure as to why I might think that would be the case either way, any ways.

I shook my head, as I got my focus off of all of those thoughts all at once, as I then all of the sudden turned my head over to the sides of the windows, even though I knew once again, I was not going to be able to see any thing at all right now, due to the fact that it was so dark out side at this very moment in time none the less. I sighed a bit to my self all at once, as if I was going to be honest with my self, I was not all too sure as to what else it was that I even should do.

Perhaps I could take out my phone and play on it or some thing, but at the same time too, I really felt like now was not a good time for me to get hooked, and to get trapped in a phone at the same time as well. I shook my head, as I looked over to Marion all of the sudden, as to my surprise she did not have her eyes on her phone at this very moment in time at all, though the only reason I could see her face, was due to the fact that she had the bright light from the phone screen to help me see her.

She instead had her eyes on me, as it felt quite a bit nice if I was not going to lie to my self, that I had my eyes locked on with my girl, who I knew that I loved ever so much too. It made things feel just a little bit better for me, as I breathed in quite a bit of a heavy sigh, and I all of the sudden nodded to her, which I was not all too certain as to why, or what it was that I was even thinking about right now.

I knew as to the reason that she did in fact have her eyes on me right now, as I knew that she had just heard me speak up to Zachary from the front of the car, but that was besides the point, as I then all of the sudden smiled to her, as it felt quite a bit nice if I was not going to lie to my self once again, that I had the full focus and attention of my girl right at this very moment in time, as I saw her all of the sudden once again, smile right back at me.

We stared in to each other's eyes for just a few moments, as it was the nicest feeling on a night like tonight that I had ever felt at the same time too, as it seemed to last for ever. Of course, as soon as I thought like that, she then all of the sudden put her hand back down below, and began to stare right back in to her phone screen all of the sudden, as at first, I was going to get upset, but at the same time too, I knew that was normal for a girl to do now a days, and also there was the fact that I should not expect her to sit here in this long and boring car rides and just stare at me for the entire time.

I sighed a bit to my self, as I shook off all of those thoughts all at once none the less, as I turned my head away from my girl, and back out side, as I saw that there was a sign to my surprise, that we had just passed by, as I would not expect to see a sign out here right now, unless it happened to be a watch out for bears and deers sign, which was not the case at all, as to my surprise, it instead said some thing of the sort as 'Welcome to Canada', which I had to assume meant that we were now in Canada.

I turned my head over to Zachary and Alexander, as I expected one of them to say some thing about it, and get excited for the trip that we were about to go on together, but that was not the case at all how ever, as neither of them said a single word from up at the front, as I dipped my head a little bit low to the ground at the exact same time too, as it really did not seem like either of them were all too excited about any of this at the same time too.

Perhaps, if I had to guess, based off of the fact that I had seen Alexander speaking quietly to Zachary not all too long ago, it seemed like Alexander might very well have been trying to spook Zachary out a bit, to try to get him to change his mind in all of this, which kind of annoyed me if I was not going to lie, as I squinted my eyes over to my best friend, though I did not say a single word about it to any of them.

I was a bit upset, but I did my best to try not to get too focused on any of that at the same time too either, as I knew that I should just be trying to make this trip enjoyable for every one that I was with at this very moment in time, though it did not seem like to them at all, at least the guys, that this trip was going to be all too fun. The girls, I was not all too sure of, as I knew that Marion had seemed to be excited at first, but now it seemed like she was too locked up on Twitter or Instagram.

I looked over at her, as I looked at just what it was that she was even looking at in her screen, as I expected her to try to hide it from me all at once, kind of like she used to do, as I knew that was only due to the fact that she had been cheating on me, and she had been doing it right in front of my face at the same time too, as she had thought that I was never going to find out about any of it at all.

As I looked over to her phone this time how ever, that luckily did not seem to be the case, as I knew that she could see from the corner of her eye, even if she was a fair bit too attached to her device right now, that I was looking at what it was that she was scrolling through on her screen at this very moment in time. She did not seem to be bothered by it at all, as it made me feel a lot better about all of that, as I knew that she was no longer cheating on me any more, as it was clear that she had learned her lesson from the last time.

I nodded a bit to my self, as I saw her click like on some tweets from Cardi B, as I was still not all too certain as to why she liked that girl at all. I rolled my eyes a bit, which I knew that thankfully she could not see, due to the fact that my face was not lit up on a screen such as hers was at this very moment in time right now. I shook my head, as I then all of the sudden turned my head away from her at the same time too, and I then all of the sudden put my eyes all the way up to the front of the car.

It seemed to just so happen to be perfect timing at the exact same time too, as the car all of the sudden seemed to come to an abrupt stop all at once, as I saw that Zachary had seemed to slam on the breaks. It was clear that it had freaked the girls out quite a bit, as I saw that the both of them had dropped their phones down on to the ground, as I saw the lights seem to flicker all across the car all at the exact same time too.

The girls then started to complain quite a bit as to the fact that Zachary had stopped the car so quickly, as I heard a whole lot of fussing come from the both of them, which almost made me want to laugh at the same time too, though I held it in, as it was kind of a dick move as to the fact that Zachary had stopped the car so quickly, though I was still not all too certain as to the fact that it had really been his fault.

I blinked my eyes just a few times, as he did not say a word about any of it at first, as I wondered if he might have stopped his car at the perfect time in the middle of the road, just as soon as a deer had crossed his path. I was fairly certain that it was not a bear at all, due to the fact that neither he nor Alexander seemed to be freaked out all too much as to the fact as to the reason that he had stopped the car.

I also did not expected to see a deer, as I was sure that it had ran off as soon as it had seen our car right in front of it. I let out a bit of a soft sigh how ever, as I then did my best to try to get my focus off of all of those thoughts all at once, as I stared over at Zachary still, not all too sure as to the reason as to why he had in fact stopped the car, and why he was not willing to speak up at the same time too either.

He stared in silence for quite a little while longer, as I then all of the sudden saw him raise up his first for some odd reason, and he began to slam his fist in to the dash board, as I could tell that it scared the girls quite a bit, as they did not have a clue as to what was going on right now, neither did I, but that felt to be besides the point, as I shook my head doing my best to shake off all of those thoughts all at once, as I then began to hear Marion start to speak up.

I turned my head over to her, as I still was quite a bit lost on the fact as to what it was that was even going on at this very moment in time any ways, as this entire journey had seemed to be quite a bit confusing to me, if I was not going to lie to my self, as I then shook off all of those thoughts, and I got my focus on my girl all at the exact same time too, as I then began to listen as to what it was that she had to say to him in the first place any ways.

"What's going on? Why did you stop the car Zachary?" She said to my friend that was in the driver's seat right now, as I thought that was a very simple question for her to ask but it was a good question for her to ask him at the exact same time too, if I was not going to lie, as I was quite a bit lost as to the reason that he had done so, just as much as the rest of them were.

Besides Alexander of course, who it did not seem like he cared all too much as to what it was that was going on at this very moment in time at all. At first I wondered if he had all of the sudden got a flat tire in the middle of no where, but I then realized that it could not be the case at all, as soon as I had thought of that, as I knew that I had not heard, nor had I felt the pop of the tire at all at the same time too.

It was clear that some thing was going on with him, as I wondered if it might have been some thing that Alexander had said to him up at the front, that I had no managed to catch at all either, as I squinted my eyes at my friend, who I could see simply had his head a bit low to the ground still. I was quite a bit upset with what it was that was going on right now, as I did my best to try to not let my anger get the best of me.

I breathed in, as I closed my eyes for just a few seconds. It was clear at the same time too, that it was the exact same thing that Zachary was trying to do as well, as I could tell that he was quite a bit upset at the current circumstances that we had our selves in right now, just based off of the fact that he had slammed his first on the dash board quite a bit loud, and he had done it repeatedly none the less as well.

After a managed to get a little bit of a breath of fresh air, if you wanted to call the air in the car fresh at least, I then all of the sudden opened my eyes, to see that Zachary now all of the sudden had his eyes to the back of the car, as it seemed like he might be a bit upset with us for some odd reason or another, which also confused me quite a bit, as we had not done a single damn thing to deserve that.

I tilted my head a bit at him, as I saw that his eyes were fully on my girl, Marion, as it seemed like he might be a bit upset at some thing that she had said, which confused me quite a bit, but never the less, I was ready to stand up for her if needs be. I was about to say some thing about it, until I noticed that Zachary was speaking before I had the chance to, as I then listened as to what it was that he had to say.

"No... It's a fucking road block..."