It was quiet again for a few minutes and it was understandable from both our points of view. Avery had fallen back asleep and I had been leaning against the window staring out the window and there was a couple times I swore I saw Aiden and Renata. I felt paranoid, so I went to the front of the bus and the bus driver said "That was a brave thing you did throwing that wolf up the road."
"It was nothing. She was very thin anyway." I said semi-quietly and in deep thought.
"How do you know if she's following you or not now?" the driver asked.
"I don't know...sometimes we just don't. Sorry to make the bus off schedule."
"It's no problem. You saved all these people."
"Whether I saved them or not you could still loose your job. Where are you headed towards anyway?"
"Well our next stop is in Chicago. Right now we're in Urbana."
"Ok then 1. Head north on S Cottage Grove Ave toward Fisher Ct 0.4 mi 2. Turn left at E Main St 0.5 mi 3. Turn right at N Vine St 0.3 mi 4. Continue on N Cunningham Ave/US-45 1.4 mi 5. Turn left to merge onto I-74 W toward Bloomington 4.7 mi 6. Take exit 179B to merge onto I-57 N toward Chicago 122 mi 7. Merge onto I-94 W 8.2 mi 8. Take exit 53C for Stevenson Exp/I-55/22nd St toward Lake Shore Dr 0.4 mi 9. Keep left at the fork to continue toward W 22nd St/W Cermak Rd 0.6 mi 10. Turn right at W 22nd St/W Cermak Rd 0.4 mi 11. Turn left at S Michigan Ave 1.9 mi 12. Turn left at E Adams St 23.0miles "
"Short cuts huh? Ok how long should it take us?"
"It should take about 2hrs 28mins rather than 3hrs 14 minutes."
"Nice. Thanks."
I said showing the driver my cell phone. He of course laughed and I handed him a piece of paper with the written directions on it.
I went to the back of the bus and of course Avery was sitting there awake. I sat down and it was pretty quiet between us. I half-laughed and said "We should be to Chicago in about 2 and 1/2 hours."
"Hey, she speaks!" Avery joked.
"Seriously man?"
"Hey, calm down. I was teasing." He said, "Are you ok?"
"Why shouldn't I be?" I asked.
"I got caught up in the moment and I kissed you. I didn't even know if that was you wanted. I don't want to be rude. I don't want you to hate me. You rescued me from Renata and I'm helping you get away from Aiden, but I should have known it was a friend thing. I didn't want to break that friendship. If you're mad at me I totally understand, just please let me know."
"Do you hear yourself? You sound insane. If I really hated you I would not have said what I told you earlier and I would not have put up with any of your insanity. Getting caught up in the moment isn't a problem. I just don't know yet. I should be the one apologizing if anyone does. Avery, you are a great guy. You try to keep things slow and you think about my feelings. Not to mention you saved me from your ex trying to kill me and you saved me from Aiden trying to marry me. There is no reason for you to worry. Now please, sit back relax and go back to sleep until we get to Chicago."
"Are we going to stay on the bus in Chicago?" he asked changing the subject.
"Nope," I said,” but I am not telling you what we are doing until we get there."1
There was a pause of sillence for about 15 minutes and i was deep in thought when Avery broke it saying "Is there something wrong?"
"No, I am fine." I said breaking out of sillence2
"Ariana Harper, Please I am begging for a little honesty here. Is it Aiden?"3
"Avery how could you possibly think it's Aiden. I don't like Aiden that way." I said.4
"I just thought since I was a werewolf it was throwing you off a bit and stuff."5
"Avery, I haven't made a commitment yet, I am sorry, but that doesn't mean I hate you and that doesn't mean I'm yours either. We've hit a point where we're both confused. I don't like that any more than you do, but we can't let confussion to lead to fighting between us. We need eachother right now. Renata is out to kill both of us and Aiden wants to kill you. Can we please just get to Chicago and figure things out from there?" I asked.6
Avery sighed and he didn't look happy. In fact I thought he was going to just go to the front of the bus and ignore me or something, but rather than that he said "Fine, but in Chicago I need some answers Ariana. We can't go on in confussion like this. I am not trying to rush or anything, but are we friends, lovers, or strictly co-workers?"7
That struck me really hard. I got really quiet and turned to look out the window. What do I do? I can't say anything now, and this decision could hurt anybody. I nearly started to cry and if I was mortal I probably would have, but instead I sat there in sillence wondering who would end up hurt. 8
We made it to Chicago in the exact time I suggested and the driver thanked me several times. Avery and I went into the terminal and we grabbed the bags and sat down. He started to say somthing when Aiden walked out from around the corner and said "I need to talk to the werewolf."9
"Aiden, it's none of your business who I travel with. Go back to your home." I glared and said angrily. First it was Avery demanding answers and now Aiden is coming to 'talk' to Avery. I don't want them fighting.10
Avery stood up and said "What do you want?"11
"Alone." Aiden enforced.12
"Aiden stop." I said, "Avery you don't have to go anywhere."13
"No, I want to listen to what he has to say." Avery said completely passing me and following Aiden around the corner.14
By the time I snapped back to reality and got around the corner both of them were out of sight. I sat back down on the bench and started freaking out. I was nearly having a panic attack. I didn't want Avery hurt and I didn't want Aiden hurt either. I couldn't figure out where my heart lied. I forget sometimes that a vampires heart is frozen. I turned and threw my back pack over my back and just left my other bag. 15
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