"Los Huesos? Are you guys insane?!" Macey shrieks for the millionth time. We've been ignoring her for the past hour.

"You do realize that it's a school night, don't you? My mother will kill me!" We continue to ignore her.

"Stop the freaking car!" She commands. "I don't wanna go to Los Huesos."

"Fine," Will does as she says. "You can get off out here. We're close to the Vineyard Forest. You could walk there, I'm sure the cannibals will be happy to take you in," Will suggests and I laugh.

Alex would probably have laughed as well if he wasn't fast asleep. I guess Macey's constant yelling doesn't disturb him.

"Cannibals?" Macey looks worried.

"Uh-huh."

"Fine, I'll go to stupid Los Huesos," She agrees. "But don't make me go to the beach. I hate beaches," she says and I roll my eyes.

She puts her headphones on and leans on the window, looking out like she's in a depressing music video.

"Peace!" I exclaim and Will laughs after Macey finally shuts up.

"Are there actually cannibals in the forest?" I ask.

"I have no idea. I just made that up," he chuckles.

I turn on the radio and Trouble by Cage The Elephant starts to play.

"I love this song." Will grins.

"Me too!" I look outside the window at the gorgeous greenery all around us. I roll down the window and the cool breeze makes my long hair fly all over. Now I feel like I'm the one in a music video. The aroma of pine trees fills my nose as I take a deep breath.

"Trouble on my left, trouble on my right," Will and I sing as the chorus comes on. "I've been facing trouble almost all my life,"

"My sweet love, won't you pull me through? Everywhere I look I catch a glimpse of you." Will sings. He has an amazing singing voice!

"I said it was love and I did for for life d-did it for youuuuuu."

In this moment, I feel like everything is perfect. Like everything in this big bad world is all good. For one single moment, everything is perfect.

My heart races when I look at Will with one hand on the wheel, and the other pushing back his long dark hair. He looks like Aladdin with blue eyes. Everytime I look at him, I get goosebumps, in a good way. A pure sensation of thrill. Frisson. 

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"I have a confession to make," Will looks guilty.

"Go on,"

"You remember how I offered you a ride on your first day?"

"Yeah, I wish I'd taken you up on it instead of going with that douchebag Chase."

"The truth is that I only did it because I knew Chase was interested in you." He looks even more guilty now.

"So you're telling me that the only reason you were ever interested in me was to spite Chase?" I ask, trying to keep a poker face. 

"Initially. But then I got to know you," He tries to take my hand but I pull it away. "And I really really like you,"

"Pull over," I say when I see a little motel.

I feel hurt even though a part of me figured this out a long time ago. I guess I just wanted to think that a guy like Will could like me for me. 

"What?"

"Pull over," I repeat. He does as I say.

"I need some time," I state.

"Kat, I'm so sor-"

"Save it. I'll see you later." I get out of the car and I open the back door to see Macey and Alex fast asleep. I tap Macey until she wakes up.

"Come on." We go and book a room.

I know that I may be overreacting a bit. It's just doesn't feel very nice to find out that your boyfriend was using you even if it was for a short while. Is he even my boyfriend? We never had the 'what are we?' talk. I just need some time on my own because I don't wanna say something to him that I'll regret.

"What's going on?" Macey asks, looking annoyed. The receptionist leads us to a dusty old room.

"None of your beeswax." The walls are stained yellow, I'm guessing they were originally white, with paint peeling off in several places. Maroon drapes cover the cracked windows.

"Jeez, cranky much?" She rolls her eyes.

"You asked Chase to go out with me, didn't you?" I ask her.

"I don't know what you're talking about," She lies. So neither Will, nor Chase really wanted to go out with me. They both had ulterior motives.

How could I have been so naive?

"Save it, Mace. I know everything."

"Fine. Yeah, I asked him to go out with you and I asked him to spread that stupid rumor," she finally admits.

"I knew it!" I exclaim.

"Believe me, Fedora, it could have been much worse. You're lucky that's all Chase agreed to. I had so much more in mind." I can finally see the real Macey; the devious crazy bitch that Ashleigh always talks about.

"Why would Chase even listen to you?" I ask.

"Because he's in love with me," she says smugly. "Duh."

"What did I ever do to you? Do you really blame me for what happened with our moms before I was even born?" I demand.

"Yes. Well, kinda. That and the fact that I really don't like you, Fedora." She shrugs.

"Wow, okay then." I laugh and switch on the tiny box TV placed on an old wooden table.

"You always thought you were oh-so-cool, didn't you? You still do! The cool city girl who thinks she's too good for us small-towners," she shouts.

"Are you serious? Macey, I don't think I'm 'too good' for anyone. I never did! Why are you making crazy assumptions?" Now I'm yelling too.

"You thought you were so cool with all your boyfriends," She narrows her eyes.

"I didn't! I only had one boyfriend. And don't think I don't remember how you threw yourself at him when you came to visit me," I place my hands on my hips.

"Jake liked me more than he liked you!"

"What is wrong with you? He was my boyfriend and you had just met him!" I yell.

"As if! Save your innocent act for someone who cares," She snorts. "Like those loser criminals Alex and Will."

"Criminals? Are you kidding?"

"Aw, did you not know that your precious Alex deals drugs?" She asks with a bitter smile.

"Whatever, at least he wasn't a getaway driver for a murderer," I hiss.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She yells.

"Maybe you should ask mommy dearest," I say and step away from the dusty wall I was standing by.

"What, are you just going to leave me here?" She asks.

"Well, you wouldn't wanna be traveling with criminals, would you?" I smile sweetly and leave her in the revolting old room.

"What's going on? Why did we stop here?" Alex asks when I run into him near the reception.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you in the car," I say.

"Wait, where's Macey?" He asks.

"Who cares? We'll get her on our way back," I roll my eyes.

"KD, you can't just leave her here. What about the cannibals?" Alex asks, looking shocked.

"Dude, there are no cannibals," I chuckle.

"Tell you what, I'll stay here with her. You and Will should go ahead," Alex suggests, surprising me. Why would he want to stay behind with that loon?

"Are you crazy? I'm not leaving you here with her."

"You can get us both on your way back,"

"Alex, do you like Macey?" I try to raise an eyebrow.

"What? No, what's wrong with you? I just don't think we should leave her here as a meal for the cannibals," he rolls his eyes.

"Alright, if you say so. We'll be back soon. Try not to get eaten!" I wave and head to the car.

That was odd. Oh man, how am I going to face Will? I don't know what to say! I see him sitting in the car with his head in his hands.

"Kat, I'm so sorry," he says when I get in. "You know I-" I interrupt him with a kiss. He pulls away after a couple of minutes, looking surprised.

"I'm sorry I overreacted. It was a long time ago," I smile apologetically. And then he pulls me back in again for a kiss. "We should get going."

"What about Alex and Macey?" He asks and I explain the whole situation to him.

"Damn, let's hope Alex makes it out alive of this one." Will chuckles.

"I think we just had out first fight today," I point out.

"We did, didn't we? We're like a full fledged couple now," he laughs.

"Is that what we are? A couple?" I question.

"Isn't it?" He raises an eyebrow.

"So you're my boyfriend," I smile.

"And you're my girlfriend."

"Now I feel like we're in a cringey romcom," I laugh.

"Then this should be the moment we give each other cringey nicknames like buttercup or kitten," Will smirks.

"Don't make me choke you, Willy."

"Kinky, are we?" He winks and I punch his arm. "Jeez, Fedora!"

"Ugh, no."

"Aight, how about Angelique then? Parce que tu es très angélique (Because you are very angelic)," He smirks, not shifting his eyes from the road.

"Angelic, moi?" I chuckle.

"Yeah, and I'll call you Jell-O, short for Angelique." He says with a straight face.

"Will, honey, that's really weird. Like seriously? Jell-O?"

"You're just jealous that you can't come up with a nickname as good as that," He smirks.

"Just you wait and watch," I warn him. I switch channels on the radio until a good song comes on; Glamorous by Fergie. What? It's a good song!

"G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S" I sing along and Will looks at me like I'm an idiot. We continue to sing along to all the songs that play until we finally reach the city.

"You have now reached your destination." The GPS says.

"Here goes nothing." Will says as we get out of the car.

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A/N

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