CHAPTER~4~

CHAPTER 4~~~~~~

I was shaking literally, seeing Travis across the street staring at me and my fear increased when he actually crossed and he was now infront of me, my heart beated so fast it could burst out if that were possible.

He hung up the call, put his phone in his hoodie pocket and glared at me like he was waiting for an explaination but honestly I had nothing to say cause I just got caught in my lie.

He shook his head,

"Wow!!! I didnt know missy here is such a talented liar" he was being sarcastic,

"Tra...Travis listen Im really sorry for lying" I apologized,

"I mean you could have said you were having fun at a party than lying" he put his hands on his pockets,

"I have no excuse to tell you, I should have told you the truth but I figured you might not talk to me knowing Im not home" I opened my eyes wide, realizing I just told him something I didnt plan on telling him,

"Is that how much you like my company? Arent you enjoying the party?" He raised an eyebrow,

"Ye...yeah, and Im not at all, Im not the party type" I confessed,

"I get it, I get it, Im not a party dude as well too I hate parties" he confessed too,

"Guess we both have another thing in common, hatred for parties" I smiled at him,

"I guess so, hey do you uhhh, wanna get out of here for a little while?" He stroked his hair back waiting for my reply,

"If I could I would, but where else could I go?" I sighed,

"I know a cool place, come with me if you want, its a bit far from here" he told me,

"Ohhhhh! But how far, is it walkable or..." before I could finish that question he pointed at his power bike across the street, and I couldnt believe I didnt notice it before, strange,

So I got the message, which means he wanted to take me somewhere on his power bike, oh Gosh!!!

I was thinking cause I didnt come to the party alone, I was with Miley who is still probably inside with her crush Josh, but a big part of me wanted to leave this party and another part wanted to go with Travis so bad for some reason I cant explain,

I was silent and he thought I didnt want to go with him,

"Hey its fine if you dont-" "No Ill go with you" I cut him short with a positive reply, he was suprised but I was more suprised at myself,

"Ohhh its cool no problem, then lets go" he instructed,

"Sure but I need to go home before 10:00pm, thats when my mum comes back from work" I explained,

"Dont worry we wont stay there long, mummy's girl" he chuckled and I rolled my eyes and couldnt help but giggle.

We both left Tyler's front yard and crossed the street to where his power bike was, I immediately thought about Miley and realized she was smart and like Travis reassured we wont be long, Ill be back soon, so I sent a text to her saying 'Ill be back real quick bess'.

I shoved my phone inside my pocket, Travis hopped on top of his power bike, he wore his helmet for safety and he gave me spare, I collected it but all of a sudden a question popped on my head,

"Wait a minute! Umm Travis what are you doing in this neighbourhood by the way?" I was confused,

"I came here for a quick errand and I ran out of gas so stopped at the gas station not too far from here, all I can say" He said not looking me,

He was right, there was a gas station but what errand was he talking about?

It was weird and I thought about it seriously,

"Are you gonna hop on or not" he asked making a gesture with his hand,

"Oh right, sorry" I snapped out of it immediately and hopped on, I put on the spare helmet, this was my first time riding a power bike so I was a bit scared,

"Hold on tight girly!" He said as he starts his bike, and I wondered why he always calls me 'girly' I mean I dont look like a girly girl mostly.

As his bike engine roared, he turned and headed for the road, as soon as he was on the road, he starts to speed like really fast, I got so scared I held him so tight and screamed like a child,

"Ahhhhhhh!!! Careful, youre too fast!!!" I yelled,

"Jeeeeeez! Relax, Im an expert okay" he reassured,

I stopped screaming but still held him really tight he could hear my heart beat if he could, I thought maybe it was a bad idea until I started feeling the cool night wind on my skin as he sped, it suddenly became really chill and I also became calm.

The best part was, as I held Travis by his waist I could smell his scent, not collegn or anything but his naturally scent, I could help myself I was really close to him and a stupid smile forged on my confused face but I didnt question myself cause I was really enjoying this.

We reached our destination, and it was a remote area, he told me to come down and I did taking off my helmet too, he also came down too and when he took off his helmet goshh, I dont know why I found it sexy,

I looked away before he could notice, and I scanned the area and wasnt too sure about it,

"Are you scared?" He said while raising his brows,

"Uh no no! ,Im not scared" I said confidently,

"Aight!!, lets go" he parked his power bike near a huge tree and led the way,

Yep I lied again, I was indeed scared cause Ive seen documentaries about people being killed in remote areas and it takes a while before discovers them, maybe Im just over reacting and I let myself at that moment trust him hopefully I wont regret it.

He was infront and I was at his back following him, sooner he stopped and I almost hit his back, he was tall and blocking my view so I moved to his side and I saw the view, it was really beautiful, with the stream infront of us, tall trees and green grass with few fireflies cause it was getting dark.

I was wowed by it and thought it wasnt bad at all, Travis sat down on the grass ground while I was still standing,

"Common sit down, I wont bite you" he teased,

I smiled akwardly and sat down too,

It was so nice as the wind swept through my skin and hair, this was so much better than that party,

Travis breath in and let out a huge sigh showing how relaxed he was, I did same too,

"Its nice, isnt it?" He asked while his eyes were closed,

"Yeah, I could get used to this" I smiled brightly,

He was silent, I looked at him and gosh he looked so good right now as the evening breeze swirled through his hair he was hot and my mind kept pushing me to go closer to him but I forced myself to refuse it.

He opened his eyes staring at some firelies and I couldnt help it, I stared at him, unexpectedly he looked right back at me, I blushed and immediately looked away, and I could hear him chuckle,

"You know sometimes, being alone aint that bad and getting away from the loud world to find peace and quiet is just great" he rubbed the back of his neck,

"Youre right Travis, nothing beats your comfort zone, and finding pure calmness like now" I breath in and out again,

"Youre kind of different and I like that" he smirked then looked away from me,

Those words send shivers through out my body, I stared at him and my eyes caught his hair trapping his eye as the wind swirled on it, I couldnt help myself I slowly raised my hand to nove his hair when he grabbed my hand, I gasped,

"What are you doing" he stared at me deeply,

"I...I...your...hair...I mean" I stammered, gosh I looked like a fool,

"I can do it myself, you dont have to help me" still he glared at me,

I couldnt say anything at that moment, my eyes studied his too and I felt his hand on my chin, Dear Lord, was it going to happen, my first kiss?

I thought so for a moment but instead he smirked and pinched my nose,

"Silly Girl" he rolled his eyes and moved inches away from me,

Ouch! Part of me was relieved but I dont know why a huge part of me was disapointed.

I let it slide for now as we both talked for a long time and it was fun.

I was feeling my phone buzz from my pocket and decided to check it, I did and gasped, it was dozens of texts from Miley,

'Mercei! Where the heck are you?' 'Where did you go?' 'Why did you leave the party?' and lots more from her appeared on my phone screen,

"Ohh no!!" I stood up immediately,

"Whats wrong?" He asked concerned,

"Its my best friend Miley, she must be really worried and I just remembered I need to be home before 10:00pm" I checked the time on my phone,

Luckily I still had time to go home, Travis stood up infront of me,

"I understand, I have to go too, I need to take care of something" he told me,

"Whats that Travis?" I asked confused,

"Its nothing, lets go common" he instructed,

"Ohh okay" I said still confused though,

What did he need to take care of? That question remained unanswered.

We strolled till we reached where he parked his bike, he gave me the spare helmet and I took it but before I could wear it, he spoke to me,

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow?" He asked,

"Uh no, I dont think I do" I told him,

"Cool, so I wanted to go see a horror movie tomorrow and I have a spare ticket, wanna come?" He looked at me, patiently waiting for my answer,

'Say yes, you'll hang out with him again' my mind instructed,

"Sure, I'd love to" I agreed, my mind won.

He reached out to his pocket and brought out a two movie tickets,

"Here you go" he handed me a ticket,

"Thanks Travis" I collected it and smiled at him,

He chuckled a bit before hopping on his power bike and I did so too after shoving the ticket in my pocket and putting on the helmet, he also asked for my location so he could drop me off at home, I told him where I lived.

He turned it on and immediately sped off from the area.

We arrived at my place, good thing Im good at describing , after coming down and taking off my helmet, I was suprised to see Miley in front of my house, I gave Travis the helmet as he too came down then I walked to my worried looking bestie,

"Oh My Gosh Mercei!!!! Where have you been and why did you leave Tyler's birthday party and who's he?" She asked looking confuses as she saw Travis stand next to me,

"Oh Mi, I swore I sent you a text that I would be back, but I guess I lost track of time Im sorry, and um this is-" "Im Travis" I was cut off short as Travis introduced himself,

Miley looked at him understand something for a few second,

"Uh uhm, Im Miley, Mercedes bestfriend" She forced a smile at him,

"Cool" then he faced me, "Hey I gotta go do that stuff, so Ill see you tomorrow, good bye" he said as he put on his black signature facemask,

"Ohh I get it, bye Travis thanks for the ride home, see you tomorrow" I waved and smiled at him, somehow that part of me was sad that he was leaving,

He waved very briefly, hopped on his power bike, put on his helmet, starts it then rode off, just like that, he was gone,

Miley made a face trying to understand something, then she gasped and gave me a weird look,

"Heyyyy bestie, is he the guy you have a crush on" she raised her brows up and down repeatedly,

"Wait you still havent forgotten about that Mi? Gosh!!!" I shook my head whilst putting my hand on my forehead,

"You should know by now, I dont easily forget things Mercei, so tell me do you like him?" She smiled widely,

"Well yeah, as a friend Miley, he's just my friend" I folded my arms,

"You like him definately, stop denying it" she scoffed,

"You're impossible, ohh hey what about Josh?" I asked trying to distract her,

"Oh yeah, I have great news he asked me out and said we should hang tomorrow, ehhhhhh!" She shook herself exitedly,

"Wow!!! Thats awesome, Im so happy for you Bess, youre finally getting him" I smiled happily,

"Thanks Bess but thats enough about me, lets talk about you and umm whats his name again? Trey.....Tra...Travis, Travis thats it!!" She continued "So has he showed any sign of liking you back Mercei?" She asked waiting for something positive,

"Arggggh!!! Mi of course not and we're actually going to see a movie tomorrow as friends though" I reminded her,

"Oh my Gosh Bestie, dont you see what this means?" She opened her eyes,

"We're just going to see a movie Mi, doesnt mean anything" I rolled my eyes,

"Friends dont go out to movies Mercei, its a date yay, so is it a romantic movie?" She wiggled her shoulders in a weird way,

"No! Its a....horror movie!" I brought out the ticket from my pocket and showed it to her,

"Wait a horror movie!!!!? Mercei you know you cant handle horroe movies" she exclaimed,

"Of course I can Mi, Im not a baby" I objected,

"Last time you and watched a horror movie, you were so scared you couldnt even tell your mum about it, I had to video call you till you fell asleep" she narrated,

"Common that was like a really long time ago" I bluffed,

"That was three months ago Mercei!!" She yelled,

I realized I couldnt deny it anymore I wasnt a huge fan of horror movies, I prefered action or adventure to be honest, I realized again what if I embarase myself infront of Travis tomorrow,

Im doomed, OH GOSH!.......