Chapter 11
A day and a half later...
She sipped at her can of Coke and watched the cars go by. They were about a quarter of the way there. It was getting colder and she wished she'd brought something heavier with her in the bag that was with her. It was too cold to get out and open the trunk and get it out of her bag. She'd have to pick up something at the next stop.
Nyla grabbed the other bag of pretzels and tore them open, watching as Nick made his way back to the truck. Things with them were, strained to say the least. After the conversation the other day, they hadn't really talked much. Part of her wanted to just suck it up and act like nothing had happened, but she just couldn't. Something was stopping her.
Sighing she sat up a bit as Nick opened the door and slid in.
"I got you some twizzlers, I know you said you forgot to pick them up at the store before, so I thought..." He shrugged, handing her the bag.
"Thanks." She smiled, taking the bag from him, looking down at it.
"No problem. Do you mind if we just sit here for a bit before we get going again?"
"Not at all, let the truck rest a bit." She set the Twizzlers on the dashboard in front of her for later and started in on her pretzels as Nick started eating the chips he'd bought.
It was quiet with the exception of an occasional munch and crunch here and there. Nick looked over at her and again was overwhelmed with the urge to hold her. He had to stop that; it's not like he could or anything. It'd be better if he just didn't look at her. Turning his head, he looked out the window, watching as the cars went by, a sudden thought occurring to him. "There's another Durango." He called softly.
Nyla looked at him and then back out at the road. "There's a Saturn..."
Nick looked over at her again, even though he knew he shouldn't and smiled. "It never was fair, there's a ton of Saturn's, you always won."
"Not my fault you picked a Durango." She grinned. "Oop, there's another. That's two for me."
"Come on! Pick another one!"
"And another and another...oh another! That's what? Five is it?"
"No fair!" Nick pouted.
"Baby." Nyla laughed.
"Yeah yeah, you just wait. I'm gonna win one of these times." He muttered, reaching into the glove compartment and pulling out the notebook they always used, opening it up to the last page they were at and grabbing a pen, handing it to her. "It's on now!"
"Dream on Carter." She laughed, taking the notebook, uncapping the pen. "I'm the undefeated queen of car bingo. You don't stand a chance."
"I will triumph!" He called, turning the truck on and pulling out of the rest area. "I have to win SOMETIME!"
"We'll see." She grinned as they pulled out onto the highway.
