starkravingsane
professional snarkologist
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Willa knew getting in this car was not something she should be doing--so she did it.
She had been prone to doing dangerous things, often involving random male strangers, in her past. Sometimes Willa just felt this...this need for danger, almost like a drug. Her mother did not know about that kind of thing, though she knew about the train-hopping and traveling, which was obviously also not safe. Willa had promised to change, to keep a low profile and blend in to Newcastle, to go unnoticed, but what was more normal than high school kids going to a party? Sure, Elliott looked like he might not be in high school anymore, but he was...probably...a Newcastle native. Good enough--right?
Right.
So she got into his car with very little hesitation, and decided to buckle up this time, thinking that's what normal people do.
"So, any reason you're going to a party with a stranger?" he asked.
Um...she tried to think of how to respond to that. Not the truth, definitely not the truth, please don't tell the truth.
She turned toward him and smiled, working on a better delivery this time. "Well, I could ask the same of you, stranger."
There were a few moments of silence between them, which comforted Willa. She was the antithesis of a person who "hates awkward silence."
And then--the cops.
Fuck fuck fuck. Cops were not good in general, but especially right now she really needed to avoid them. Or avoid getting into trouble with them, at least. Her heart started to beat faster and she had the impulse to run.
"Son of a bitch. The cops probably busted it up." Willa was a bit startled by Elliott slamming his hand against the steering wheel. A little too much anger for the situation, no?
"What now?"
Willa bit her lower lip--a bad but constant habit--as she looked at him.
"Well, I don't know this town at all, but it would be a shame to let all this alcohol go to waste." No cops, certainly, but she had it in her head that she was partying tonight and there was no turning back for her. When Willa felt this need for excitement, for new experiences, for danger, nothing could stand in her way.
But as she looked closer, trying to figure out what the cops were there for, she noticed some heading toward their cars, some already in them. One car pulled away.
"It--" she started, "It looks like maybe whatever it was, it's over."
She looked back at Elliott. "Do you think?"
She had been prone to doing dangerous things, often involving random male strangers, in her past. Sometimes Willa just felt this...this need for danger, almost like a drug. Her mother did not know about that kind of thing, though she knew about the train-hopping and traveling, which was obviously also not safe. Willa had promised to change, to keep a low profile and blend in to Newcastle, to go unnoticed, but what was more normal than high school kids going to a party? Sure, Elliott looked like he might not be in high school anymore, but he was...probably...a Newcastle native. Good enough--right?
Right.
So she got into his car with very little hesitation, and decided to buckle up this time, thinking that's what normal people do.
"So, any reason you're going to a party with a stranger?" he asked.
Um...she tried to think of how to respond to that. Not the truth, definitely not the truth, please don't tell the truth.
She turned toward him and smiled, working on a better delivery this time. "Well, I could ask the same of you, stranger."
There were a few moments of silence between them, which comforted Willa. She was the antithesis of a person who "hates awkward silence."
And then--the cops.
Fuck fuck fuck. Cops were not good in general, but especially right now she really needed to avoid them. Or avoid getting into trouble with them, at least. Her heart started to beat faster and she had the impulse to run.
"Son of a bitch. The cops probably busted it up." Willa was a bit startled by Elliott slamming his hand against the steering wheel. A little too much anger for the situation, no?
"What now?"
Willa bit her lower lip--a bad but constant habit--as she looked at him.
"Well, I don't know this town at all, but it would be a shame to let all this alcohol go to waste." No cops, certainly, but she had it in her head that she was partying tonight and there was no turning back for her. When Willa felt this need for excitement, for new experiences, for danger, nothing could stand in her way.
But as she looked closer, trying to figure out what the cops were there for, she noticed some heading toward their cars, some already in them. One car pulled away.
"It--" she started, "It looks like maybe whatever it was, it's over."
She looked back at Elliott. "Do you think?"
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