ADRENALINE — CHAPTER 14
elmer's bottle tree ranch

phoebe's point of view
11th november 2023

i'm sitting at my kitchen island with a yogurt, scrolling on my phone.

isabel comes in "hi" she yells from the entrance, "hey" i yell back, she's gonna be looking after my dog maverick and jacob's dog layla while we're away.

she walks into the kitchen, with a tiny black dress in her hands, chucking it to me, "pack this" she demands.

i look at the dress and then back up at her "no way in hell."

she nods "yes way in hell" she says, before considering what she just said, wondering if it actually made any sense.

"this is the type of dress that you don't know if you should pull up or down" i tell her, she nods giving me the 'that's-the-point' look.

"jacob is gonna drool all over you when he sees you in this."

i shake my head "nu uh" but it's already too late, she's unzipping one of my bags and stuffing the dress in it.

"seriously bel, i don't need another reason for people to call me a slut" i complain.

she shrugs "they're just jealous that you can pull bitches and they can't."

before i can argue with her anymore there's a knock at the door, "that must be your knight in shining armour" she squeals, rushing to the door.

i hurry behind her as she swings the door open "hey" she grins widely.

jacob looks a bit confused on why she's opening the door, so i push her slightly out the way.

"hi, sorry about her she's..." i start, but trail off when isabel kicks me in the shin.

"hey" he chuckles softly. he's got layla in one hand on a lead.

he leans in for what feels like it could be a kiss, but we both turn our heads and see isabel staring at us like a proud mother, so he dodges the kiss and turns into a hug.

"you guys are boring" isabel rolls her eyes and wonders back into the kitchen.

"you need help carrying your bags to the car?" jacob asks, i nod "please."

jacob follows me into my house, i can see him inspecting every inch, the photos on the walls, the decor...

"nice place" he tells me "thanks" i respond as we walk into the kitchen, where isabel is ready to hand us a bag.

jacob grunts a bit as he takes one of my bags "jesus, what have you got in here? rocks?" he asks, i shake my head.

"just some clothes... oh and i think i've got some crystals in that bag" i tell him.

"so... rocks?" he says, making isabel laugh.

i give maverick a kiss goodbye before we carry out my bags to the boot of his black range rover.

jacob leans against the car as i hug isabel goodbye "remember that maverick needs a walk a day and don't let him get into layla's food, he'll throw up" i remind isabel for the last time.

"i know" she says, starting to get a little annoyed "you left me 3 notes and 2 voicemails" she tells me, jacob chuckles.

"thanks again for looking after layla" jacob says for the third time, she shrugs it off "de nada."

"drive safe, love you" she says to me as she hugs me, "love you" i respond as we let go of each other. jacob gives her a polite wave goodbye.

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an hour and a half later and jacob and i are laughing over reddit 'am i the asshole?' stories.

"definitely the asshole" jacob says confidently, i shake my head with a grin.

"no way, robert said it was fine for them to date" i disagree with him.

"yeah but what kind of man dates his friend's ex wife?" he chuckles.

he pulls off the highway onto a dirt road.

"where are you going?" i ask, noticing the GPS change.

"we're making a little pitstop" he tells me.

after about a minute of trailing down this dark road i see a large sign 'elmer's bottle tree ranch'.

"seriously?" i look at him with a grin creeping up on my face.

"mhm" he grins right back, flashing his perfect white teeth.

we pull into the car park, it's a fairly quiet day, road tripping in november isn't exactly a top holiday destination.

we spend the next hour running around and taking pictures of a bottle tree ranch.

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3 hours later and we're driving down the vegas strip, there's bright colours in every direction, it can't be easy for jacob to be driving through this.

i woke up from a quick power nap about 10 minutes ago but i'm still pretty exhausted, sitting in a car and doing nothing is very tiring.

jacob and i have been sitting in comfortable silence.

i look at my surroundings, i've only been to vegas a few times before, and i've barely ever left the hotel room.

it's about 7pm, so the streets are just starting to enter nightlife, people waiting outside of lines for exclusive clubs, couples off on dates.

the town is flashy, i've always preferred peaceful places, but there's no denying that this place, although a little tacky is special.

i practically scream when my eyes land on a certain billboard.

jacob quickly slams on the breaks when he hears me scream, looking at me concerned, cars around us start to honk but his attention is focused on me.

he follows my eyeline to the billboard i'm looking at. "oh my god" he matches my excitement, i squeal in return "i know!"

he quickly pulls off the road and parks right to the pavement. i jump out of the car, not even taking any time to thank him for pulling over.

i look up at the giant billboard, my latest album cover paparazzi is splattered over the board, with the word 'paparazzi' written atleast 100 times.

jacob quickly runs out next to me, with his camera, he looks up at snaps a picture of the large billboard.

after i get over the excitement of seeing my album on the vegas strip, we drive to the hotel.

the room is really nice, the type of places i would be staying in while on tour.

i was half expecting jacob to book some shitty roadside motel, but i think i know him well enough now to know i was stupid to think that.

it's nicely lined with 2 large beds, part of me wished he had booked one bed, but i understand why he didn't.

we've been hanging out in the room for about an hour, jacob has been watching tv while i've been showing and getting ready for dinner.

i feel bad for agreeing to let jacob cover the costs of this trip, especially now knowing what a nice hotel he booked, so i told him i'll take him out for dinner.

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t's notes
ewwwww i hate this chapter sm like i was on the verge of tears writing ittttt i had to power though and it's definitely a painful reading experience. but thank you sm for over 5k reads & being #1 in actor that's soooo crazy, i just write this book for funzies so it's insane that ppl are acc reading it. also let's just pretend they're not holding hands in the picture bc we're not quite there yet xxx
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