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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:58 pm
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Brandon looked at her from the corner of his eye and noticed her smile.
Funny how a thing as small as a smile made everything seem okay again. He nodded in agreement with cash idea. His eyes ran over a road sign up ahead. Service station a mile and a half ahead. "Not long to go." he said, pointing with his head at the sign before if rushed past them.
Brandon raised his eyebrow when he heard a giggle from his right. He looked at her for a second. "What's funny?" he asked with a small smile.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:27 pm
Annah nodded as she didn't glance at the sign. Her eyes still ran over him as her smile rested on her face.
"Hm? Oh nothing." She hadn't even realized she had giggled. "Jus' thinkin' I guess." She shrugged a bit before turning back on her back and relaxing again.
"Where's somewhere you've always wanted to go but have been too tied down to leave?" She was staring at the ceiling for a moment, but her eyes soon rolled to the side, she found it hard to keep from looking at him.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:18 am
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Brandon felt a happy buzz, from her smiling- though you couldn't tell it from his face. But even just the slightest smirk from her made him feel like he had accomplished something. He felt her eyes on him and looked at her, meeting her eyes and smiling briefly. He looked back ahead of him and smirked, not having to think about her question.
"The moon." he said simply.
"Chicago. Europe... Everywhere."
Yah really.
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:36 pm
Annah smiled wider as he looked down at her. But his eyes wandered away quickly. Then he answered, to that she giggled.
"The moon sounds nice. Though, don't think its possible for us." She turned on her side to fully face him as he drove, tucking her feet under her.
"Chicago..Europe and everywhere." She thought for a minute. "I think we can do that. Maybe not Europe just yet," She reached over with her right hand, resting it back on his leg.
"But if you just stick with me.. one day. We will." Annah had always wanted to travel.
Why not make this an adventure right?
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:24 am
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Brandon looked at her again as she turned fully in his seat.
She wasn't wearing her seatbelt. A total nitpicky thing of his. But he dismissed it- for now. He took one hand off the wheel and put it over hers, her smaller, dainty hand practically consumed by his larger, somewhat rough hand.
His lips were smiling slightly as she said that, 'one day' they would.
One day, was good enough for him.
The gas station appeared on the side of the road, now only yards away. He drove in next to a gas pump and killed the engine. He let go of her hand and reached down for the bag of things by her feet and pulled out his wallet. "Okay, hold on a sec," he said, getting out of the car and walking over to the hole in the wall.
Brandon put in his card and typed in the pin, a simple task he hadn't performed in what felt like years. He was comforted by the amount of money he had. One good thing about not having a social life, was that every shred of pocket money, prize money for good grades, and the little money he got when he worked briefly as a paper boy, was all saved up in its masses, and over the years, gained interest. He said he'd never touch it, and use it for his plane ticket out of her. But he supposed that could wait. He actually had a need for it now.
He withdrew $300 and slipped, $150 worth of the warm notes back into his wallet along with his card.
He walked back to the car and handed Annah $100 through the window. "Keep it on you," he said simply. He looked back to the mini gas station building, then back to the brunette in shotgun seat. "You want anything from there?" he asked, he was going to go in there to pay for gas anyhow, having clocked the meter earlier and seeing that there was only a quart of a tank left.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:06 pm
Annah squeezed his leg gently as his hand covered hers. She closed her eyes, inhaling this moment for the time being. But they fluttered open when they stopped.
And he was gone, just like that.
Annah sighed and sat the seat upright as she looked around.
She didn't really reconize anything yet, must not be very close.
She had to squint to see where he went, atm machine. Ah. Figures. Then she stretched and relaxed back in the seat, still sitting up though.
When he came back, he was at her window, making her jump because she had dozed off. And a hundred was in her lap. She looke up at him, shook her head but he told her to keep it on her.
"Brandon.. I.." She sighed softly and folded it up. Uhm. Pockets? No. Okay. She tucked it into her bra.
Annah looked back at the mini-store and nodded. "I'll go with you." She slipped her shoes back on and opened the door, getting out of the car.
And when her feet touched the ground she stumbled a bit, because her legs had almost been asleep.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:18 pm
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"Sure." Brandon pulled the door back for her as she opened it, proceeding to practically stumble out. He stepped forward and grabbed a hold of her hand.
"You alright there?" he asked, a small amused smile on his face.
He smirked and once she was steady, let go, walking over to the gas pumps. He pulled one out and towards the car, opening back the metallic door-like cover to the tank and propped the metal pipe in. He held it there there until it clicked, giving him a full tank. He pulled it away and closed over the little square, putting the pump back in its slot. Brandon looked up at the number of the station and made a mental note of it.
"Alrighty." he mumbled quietly to himself, brushing his hands down on his shirt, before holding his hand out to Annah, before walking towards the store.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:24 pm
Annah laughed softly. "Yeah, I'm good." She leaned against the car as he walked off towards the pump.
She wiggled her legs and stretched out before looking over her shoulder at him as he stood, watching the gas pump into the car.
She couldn't help but just smile at him. God, she hadn't smiled this much in forever.
Seriously.
She really could not remember the last time her cheeks actually hurt from something good.
When the gas was done he came over to her, holding his hand out. She tangled her fingers with his before walking off into the store.
When they stepped inside, it was smaller than it looked. But they had coffee, that was all that mattered.
Annah dropped Brandon's hand and went over to it, filling the biggest cup they had to the brim and sipping from it just as fast.
She smirked as she placed the lid on it and went back to his side.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:57 pm
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l o n e rBrandon pushed open the door and stepped in.
Annah wandered off towards the coffee machine, and he went straight up to the counter. He picked up a road map, booklet thing from the magazine rack and paid for that and the gas.
Just as the cashier gave him change, Annah reappeared next to him with a supersized coffee cup in hand. Brandon, put the coins he had got back on the counter, "And that too." he said, pointing back to the drink. The guy silently took back most of the change, and handed Brandon a receipt. Brandon thanked the guy and began to walk back out of the store, shoving the rest of the change and bit of paper back in his pocket, holding the map in his other hand as he did so.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:06 pm
Annah sighed softly, smiling still as he handed back the change he had gotten.
She looked down at the floor as they left silently. And walked slightly behind him back to the car. She sipped at the warm liquid in her hands before getting back into the car and looking over at him.
Annah sniffled softly, the hot coffee burning her tongue. Then she reached over, snatching the map from his hand. "Okay," She set the cup in the holder and opened it up.
"Where to then?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:19 pm
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l o n e rBrandon opened up the map and tried to figure out where they were as he walked back to the car.
He got into the drivers seat and just about caught the road, when the map was snatched from his hands. Brandon raised and eyebrow and smirked, shutting his door.
"Well. I assume you know the name of the place we are headed." Brandon said, leaning over to read the map with her. "I'd say we were somewhere on this highway." he said, pressing a finger to the coloured line. He was pretty sure they were anyway.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:29 pm
Annah nodded. "Well. Duhhhh. I know where we're going now. I meant afterward silly head."
She smirked, looking at the spot he had pointed out on the map. She followed the road with her eyes and then found the bigger town that was near to her hometown.
Which, they wouldn't go to her actual hometown, she'd be spotted for sure. But in the large town nearby, thats where her old pals hung out.
"Right here," She took his finger and moved it along the path until they hit the dot she marked with her eyes.
"We'll have a place to crash I'm sure. And I could probably get other stuff if we need it outta them. Then we'll probably have to head off pretty early..."
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:27 pm
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l o n e rBrandon looked at her when she nodded. "Oh right."
He looked down again at the map as she took his finger and moved it over a city- their supposed destination. "Okay." he said, noting the roads to take to the city, and the near-ish, but far enough away cities that they could maybe, possibly go to. Or even, technically move to.
Wow.
That little word just made their sitch a whole load more official.
[[dewd. when they get to the new place (after annah's) fancy doing like a timeskip, like a month ahead or somethin? or dyou have any plot ideas for when they get there?]]n e e d i n g
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:54 pm
Annah sighed softly.
A few hours later, she had fallen asleep. But just as they were turning off onto the exit to get to their place, she shook herself awake.
Maybe she sensed it, or maybe she had just woken up from a bad dream but she sat up straight in the seat, her hand resting in Brandons still from when she had fallen asleep.
She looked around. it felt like all twilight zone. "This is soo weird," She finally muttered as they got closer, and she started to reconize the beat up part of the town she used to live in.
||oooh. no i was thinking the same thing smile ||
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:31 pm
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l o n e rAfter mentally noting which exit he'd have to take, he drove out of the gas station and back onto the road. After a little small talk, and no reply from Brook, he glanced over to the passenger seat and saw her asleep, looking amazingly peaceful- taking into account all the kafuffel that had happened in the last 24, nearly 48 hours.
The hours were passing by comfortably. Brandon had turned on the radio and managed to tune it to a relatively decent station. He couldn't remember the last time he had listened to the radio.
It was nice. Being updated with what the rest of the world was upto.
And music. Damn. The top ten consisted of songs he hadn't heard of, ever.
A couple hundred miles, and 2 hours later, their exit number showed up on the sign up ahead, and he signaled off and diverted off the highway. He heard Annah shuffle in her seat next to him and he glanced over.
"Evening." he said, and quite appropriately so. The sun would be setting in the few hours or so. She muttered quietly as they started to get closer to the town. "So, where exactly am I going?" he asked, waiting for directions as they drove into the city.
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