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Thatif I shouldn’t have come at all

About an hour and a half later, Aspen and Sebastian are sharing an iPod, one of the buds in her ear and the other in his They were ’s up with it, so I guess they resorted to this

Pris hasn’t spoken a word to me since her "whatever" earlier, but I have no idea what to do about it Why do girls have to be so confusing? I mean, if this was Bastian he’d open his mouth and tell me what’s up, we’d hash it out and be done with it Usually that’s the way Pris would be too, but everything’s so different now

I want things to go back to the way they were before

Pre-Jaden running and pre-Pris thinking she liked , I reach over and stick rab a handful Pris nore her, but I’ here if we’re going to fight the whole ti"

"No, I’s I don’t think I’s"

She jerks her head to the left to look at me "I said help yourself"

"Dude! Chill out You’re like Godzilla on hor off her tongue and I know she’s pissed, but so what Dios is one of the only words I know and itway

I’, but Sebastian beats me to it "That’s it Pull the hell over"

"What?" I ask

"Get off the freeway There’s an off-ra to take to get to Salt Lake" It’s twelve hours from home, but that’s where anted to make it the first day and then to spend soet off I’roan, but hit the raet off the freeway

"There’s a Best Western over there Pull in, we’re done Seriously, you guys are giving me a headache"

Unliketoward Pris, with hand on her shoulder

I pull up in front of the hotel, about ready to walk away froet us a roo up

Pris is already ju the door

Really?

"Sure Where are you guys going?" she asks hi for a little ride"

Chapter Six

"Scoot over," Sebastian tells er seat

"Sir, yes, Sir!" I salute hi away He’s in one of his pissed off Bastian et into it

He doesn’t say anything as he drives I see a sign that says we’re in Elko, wherever that is All I know is it’s not Salt Lake and that’s where we’re supposed to be spending our first night Finally, after he keeps driving, obviously not knohere we’re doing, I blurt, "Just say it I swear, soirl"

This gets his attention quickly "I’ on between you and Pris? Seriously You guys are screith my mood I feel like I need to call Daddy Peace for some lessons on meditation or some shit"

"I could always knock you out if that would be easier I knoould be for me"

He just looks at me and shakes his head "Oh! Arcade" Bastian makes a quick turn and parks

"We stopped four hours early and left the girls to play video games?"

"Obviously" Sebastian jumps out of the car and I follow I don’t know if he thinks I’ahts and loud sounds After getting quarters we play a few garab a drink and sit down in one of the booths It re out at, only this place is actually bigger My drink is about halfway done when I’ame "So what’s up? You decide to play counselor today or what?" I slouch back in the seat My hair flops down inat the hoop in my bottom lip

Sebastian looks way ht now What I want is for him to make so else

After what feels like I don’t know, a long tis always change" I shrug

"Not the four of us We’re not supposed to change"