Scarlett's Will by Nicole Jardine (i like reading .txt) 📗

of keeping in touch. A goodbye was a good bye. Melody hugged me then ran away. I wished at that moment that I had more, that I could do more. This beautiful young girl needed help and I couldn’t do anything. I had to leave her.

I watched for Calvin outside when we left, thankfully I didn't see him but I was still frightened. Dylan and Jeremy gave us each a goodbye joint after we hugged.

“Good luck Scarlett, safe travels and hey, you owe me one baby,” he said smiling as he walked inside.

“Thank you Jeremy. Take care,” I whispered as I watched them walk away.

Cas and I put our backpacks on and hugged Carl one last time. I saw the tears in his eyes as he grinned, taking the comb out of his hair, pretending to brush it as he walked back into the house. There was nothing left to say. I'll miss you, I love you, take care of yourselves, all of it seemed so empty now. All I could do was hold onto hope that someday our paths may cross again. Just like I hoped that someday I would feel Buddy's arms wrapped around me again.

Cas and I walked in silence towards the hi-way. We were both feeling the pain of leaving our new friends. I tried not to cry but I could feel the tears as they trickled down my cheeks.

 

CHAPTER SIX

We didn’t have enough money to catch the bus back to Aurora so we decided to hitchhike. It was a hot day in early May. I adjusted the straps on my backpack and tied my shoes as we continued to walk towards the highway going north. It took us a couple of hours to get to a place where we felt comfortable hitchhiking. Once we started walking along the highway, Cas hiked up her skirt and stuck her thumb out. I started laughing at her.

“You look like some slut out of a scary movie that gets chopped to pieces,” I told her in a spooky voice.

“I think you should shut up Scar, we are a couple of sluts hitchhiking on a quiet highway. If we scream do you think anyone will hear us,” she shouted, frightening me.

“Fuck, don’t scare me Cas. I was held at knife point last night, remember? I'm a little shaky,” I shouted back at her as I stuck my thumb out to the passing cars.

It didn’t take long for someone to stop. I was nervous as I looked in his passenger window. He smiled as he held up his hand in a friendly wave.

“Hey, how far are you girls going?” I glanced at Cas and she nodded that he seemed okay. I opened the door and noticed that there were two kids in the back.

“Here, it’s okay, you can both sit here in the front, it’ll just be cozy,” he suggested with a smile. I didn’t like it but I moved closer to him as Cas got in beside me. I crushed her against the door as much as I could so the driver had room, without me having to rub against him.

“We’re going to Aurora,” I told him.

“I’m not going that far but I’ll take you as close as I can,” he offered.

“Thank you, that’ll be great,” Cas replied.

We drove for a bit in an awkward silence. I couldn’t help but wonder why a guy with kids would pick up a couple of hitchhikers. I mean we could be dangerous. What if we had a weapon. I looked at Cas, but she was busy looking out the window. I glanced over at our driver. He catches my eye and smiles.

“So, why are you two hitchhiking?” he asked quietly.

“Well, we’ve spent some time downtown with friends and now we’re heading home,” I told him.

“I have a tendency to pick up female hitchhikers, I guess I feel sorry for them. You two look like you’ve been through some shit. Do you want to talk about it?” he asked as I saw his hand getting closer to my leg.

“No, not really. We’re fine,” I said as I elbowed Cas in the ribs, as discreetly as possible. She looked over at me quickly, catching my nervousness finally. When he’s watching the road I glance from Cas' eyes to his hand that is even closer to my thigh now. Her eyes bug out, she gets it. ‘Oh shit,’ she mouths. I just nod.

“I’ll be turning off in a couple more exits. Do you want to spend the night here? I can get you a hotel room then in the morning I can drive you to Aurora. I’m a teacher, just so you know. I’m safe,” he offered as his fingers graze my thigh. I gasped as I leaned into Cas more.

“No thank you, here will be just fine. We have to get back by nightfall, so thanks,” Cas stammers as she points to the side of the highway. I hear one of the kids yawn. He glances back then pulls the car over quickly.

“Okay, well you girls be safe out there. You never know who you’ll meet on a long stretch of highway,” he smirked as we slid out.

“Thank you,” I said as I shut the door. I noticed his fingers resting on the spot I was just sitting on. He catches my gaze and winks before driving away.

“Holy fucking shit!” I shout as I stand there on the side of the hi way. “Can you get any creepier?” I shout at Cas as she turns to walk along the highway.

“Probably,” I hear her mumble as I follow behind. I really don’t want to hitchhike anymore. After an hour passes of us just walking a trucker pulls over. As we walk by it I hear him call to us through the window.

“Where ya heading