Crestfallen novel Chapter 6

Thank god I brought my winter jacket. It's November 12th and I am freezing my butt off in Canada.

I know running around in the middle of the snow was a dumb idea, but I really needed to get away and run. My jeans were surprisingly warm and I hadn't noticed how cold it was until I had stopped.

I've been sitting on this curb and since I left my crappy flip phone at home, I really wasn't in the position to do anything useful. I got up and started to walk in the direction I thought I came from. The sun was coming up and I figured it was at least seven o'clock. I've been out here for two freezing hours. I am the dumbest person alive, I know, but soon I'll be the dumbest person of the dead.

Honk.

I jumped and turned around. In a cute little Nissan was James, grinning at me. I didn't care whether he was honking at me to ask if I needed a ride, I just ran onto the road and opened the passenger door. The hat that I'd grabbed was sitting loosely on my head and it had conveniently started snowing.

"S-Sorry about y-your s-seats." I stuttered due to the cold. I was absolutely frozen. I turned up the heat without asking and slowly my shivers subsided.

"What are you doing out here at six in the morning?" He asked me, turning down the radio. I guess it wasn't two hours, only one.

"Running," I confessed sheepishly. He looked at me disbelievingly. "It wasn't as cold yesterday when I ran home." I defended.

"What are you doing over here at six in the morning?" I questioned as he drove off.

"Well, I was going home." He told me. I looked at him confusedly, wondering where he could've come from at such an hour. "Party." He said, reading my mind. Now it was his turn to look sheepish.

"Okay, well, where is here, exactly?"

"Riverbend."

"The rich kid neighbourhood?" I verified, wondering how I could've possibly made my way all the way over here. James laughed but nodded. "Can you drop me off at Macy's?"

"Sure." He replied, steering in the direction of her house. The rest of the ride was silent until we arrived.

"Uh, thank you so much, but how do you know where Macy lives? I don't remember giving you directions..." I trailed off skeptically.

"Well-uh..." He seemed lost for words. "We hooked up once." He finally said. My jaw went slack and I gaped at him.

"Oh, well then. I will see you at school. Again, thank you very much." And with that, I sped out of the car and knocked on Macy's door. After about a minute, Macy's mother opened the door.

"Hi Jennifer, thank you," I said without asking to come in. She looked shocked to see me, but the bags under her eyes told me that I'd woken her up. I took off my shoes in a  hurry and ran to Macy's room. Opened the door, I jumped on top of her to wake her up. She sleeps like a rock, so I think that it was pretty effective to jump on her because she woke up almost instantly.