You Saved Me Once Book 1 novel Chapter 38

I sit in his passenger seat, while Hayes drives.

When he saw me walking this late, he offered to take me home.

I said no, more than once. I didn’t want to be in that car with him. I didn’t want to be near him.

I gave in after a while though.

The ride is quiet, but there’s always Hayes’s music, to fill the si-lence.

“Are you feeling better?” He asks me.

I’m nervous.

“Yeah.” I lie.

“How about you?” I ask him after more silence.

“Yeah.” He says.

He looked better, but his voice was sad though.

I look at the steering wheel and remember what Jeff and I did in Hayes’s car, not too long ago. I feel guilty again.

We drive around for a while, I watch the street lights change. The changing lights are like dominos.

“Alex.” Hayes repeatedly calls my name.

I ignore him and face the window instead.

The car slows down, I can hear the tires against the wet pave-ment. Hayes stops the car and turns down the music.

“I want to show you something.” He whispers. I laugh.

“Why are you talking like that?” I whisper back.

“Do you want to go home, Little Richards?” He whispers. I whisper back to him.

“No.” I say.

He can’t shake his smile, it makes me happy. He turns the volume up on the radio again, and we just drive.