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“Don't worry about it.”

Kendra said goodbye to her parents, as did Colleen, while Derek asked me to follow his car, because it was safer. I agreed, but I didn't like it very much, I had a slight feeling that my brother didn't trust me driving, which was absurd. Still, I didn't want to argue.

Me and Kendra got into my new car and I started the engine to drive off the Winfrey property. Kendra waved from the window and even glanced back, leaning back in the seat for a moment, but then sat back upright and buckled up.

“I left some blankets in the backseat and there’s food too.” I said. “There’s a bag of my aunt’s butter cookies and you have to try them, they’re to die for.”

Kendra laughed.

“I'll try, girlfriend.”

I looked away from the road for just a second to see that Kendra was smiling broadly. She was happy, and that made me happy.

“I'm glad you could come in the car with me, otherwise I would die of boredom.”

“Yes, I think it will be interesting. I've never been on aroad tripin my life, it will be something new.”

“Are you kidding me? Have you never traveled by car?” I was outraged by the fact.

“Never, the most I've ever done was go from London to Liverpool when I was little, but we went by car and came back by train, because my father hated the experience.”

“When did you go to England?”

“Oh, I don’t know, when I was about 8 years old… a long time ago.”

That was news. I had no idea that Kendra had ever left the country, but I should have guessed. While I knew a lot about her, I had the feeling that there was so much more to learn. Not only was Kendra a complex person, but she also kept a lot to herself, so it was a lot of questioning and digging until something new emerged. It was rare for her to give me anything like that about her past, but I enjoyed hearing about every detail.

She turned on the radio and asked if she could be on aux, I let her, and it wasn’t long before we were both singing along to Gayle’s “ABCDEFU.”

The clock was already showing ten at night and even though I had drunk a lot of coffee, my eyes were tired. I needed to rest, so Kendra called Colleen so she could talk to Derek on speakerphone.

We were close to Oklahoma and I knew it would only be another three hours to Belinda, but I needed to get some sleep before crossing another state.

Derek said we could stop by a motel and said he would text us the address. We followed him on the GPS.

The motel was simple, but at least it was in town, not on the side of the road. I hated roadside hotels because they all reminded me of the Bates Motel, and I wasn't ready to die in a shower getting stabbed.

We checked in and booked two rooms, then ordered food through an app since the hotel kitchen was closed. While Kendra placed the order, I took a shower to relax my muscles and let hershower afterward. When the food arrived, I picked it up from the lobby and set it on the table in our room.

I was so tired that I considered just lying in bed and not eating at all. I dried my hair in the bedroom while I waited for Kendra, who had come out of the bathroom in her pj’s. We ended up eating in bed, leaning against the headboard while we watched the reboot ofCharlie's Angels.

“How is it possible that Kristen Stewart with short hair can be so gay-panic inducing?!” Kendra commented between one French fry and another. I laughed, but I agreed 100%, because if you liked women it was impossible not to drool over Kristen in that movie. Her tomboyish looks would win anyone over.

We finished eating and got better settled in to sleep.

We went back to the tiny bathroom, Kendra applied a thousand different types of cream on her face, while I was content with applying just one and being done. As soon as we were ready to go to bed, I felt the blonde hug me from behind.

She was more affectionate, not that she wasn't before, but it seemed even more so after last weekend.

“Hey, I think you need to relax, shorty…”

“Oh, really?! Relax how?”

“In bed, beneath me…”

My hands rested on the back of her neck as she pulled me towards her by the waist. Soon her mouth was attached to mine, leaving a minty taste on my tongue. I felt her squeezing me there and I moaned softly, because I felt it would be too easy to give in to whatever she wanted do to with me.

Her sweet lips moved down my neck, pulling my hair back. A little anxiously, she slipped her hands inside my pajama top, letting her warm skin come into contact with mine.