going back to your place tonight?” she shrieked. She was way too excited about all of this. “So that’s why you didn’t want us to make plans with Luke tonight, I get it.”
“No, that’s not it at all. He’s just making sure we get back safely, that’s it,” I corrected her. “He seemed worried about it. Like someone would follow us or something. I don’t know, it was kind of strange, but kind of sweet all at the same time.”
“I am staying up all night until you call me with the details,” Sam threatened as we pulled up my street. “I’m serious, I don’t care what time it is, you have to call me.”
“He’s literally just making sure I’m home okay. That’s it. Don’t stay up.”
“Call me if anything happens,” she reiterated as Brandt pulled up in front of my door.
I thanked Brandt for driving us and waved goodbye. Cole’s motorcycle pulled forward in front of my place as soon as Brandt began pulling out.
I walked towards him and he shut off the engine. He climbed off the bike and walked towards me.
“Can I walk you up?” he said, pointing towards the small path and four steps I had to walk. It seemed silly in a way given how short of a distance it was, but it was also sweet.
“Of course,” I agreed. “Thanks for the escort tonight. Do you want to come in?”
“Yes,” he said quietly, staring at me with an intense gaze. It burned through me and I so badly wanted his lips against mine again. “I want to. But I can’t. Not tonight.” He reached out and brushed the hair back from my face. As his fingers grazed my skin, I felt it pulse through my entire body.
“You won’t come in?” I clarified, a little surprised by his reply.
“Then you’ll think me following you home was probably just some ploy to spend more time with you,” he said softly. “I feel like I need to walk away so you truly understand that my intentions were just to get you home safely. That’s all I meant to do.”
“If you’re telling me that, I believe you,” I replied, studying his face.
“I don’t want to scare you, but those guys there tonight, guys from West Cove… They’re dangerous, Sydney. I don’t want them around you.”
“Well I have no plans on heading back there,” I said with a soft laugh, trying to lighten the mood. “It was just for Sam.”
“You guys won’t be heading back there for any more shows?” he asked with a serious tone to his voice.
“No,” I said skeptically. “But why the dramatics? I get it, there are probably some sleazy guys there who wouldn’t mind harming us, but following me home? Why would they want to go out of their way to hurt me?”
“That’s the thing, it’s not you,” he said, shaking his head. “They want to hurt me .”
CHAPTER 5
Cole said goodnight to me somewhat abruptly, insisting again that he didn’t want to come in so that I wouldn’t misread his intentions. Quite honestly, I wasn’t sure what his ultimate intentions were. He simply said he’d pick me up after work around seven to go out for tacos and that was the end of it. He watched me walk inside, got on his motorcycle and rode away.
My night of sleep was interrupted by weird dreams. West Cove either appeared completely corrupt and terrible in my head, or sometimes in my dreams it would appear like the happiest place on earth, with rainbows overhead and cute puppy dogs roaming the well-kept front yards of sweet-looking houses. Cole never appeared in any
“No, that’s not it at all. He’s just making sure we get back safely, that’s it,” I corrected her. “He seemed worried about it. Like someone would follow us or something. I don’t know, it was kind of strange, but kind of sweet all at the same time.”
“I am staying up all night until you call me with the details,” Sam threatened as we pulled up my street. “I’m serious, I don’t care what time it is, you have to call me.”
“He’s literally just making sure I’m home okay. That’s it. Don’t stay up.”
“Call me if anything happens,” she reiterated as Brandt pulled up in front of my door.
I thanked Brandt for driving us and waved goodbye. Cole’s motorcycle pulled forward in front of my place as soon as Brandt began pulling out.
I walked towards him and he shut off the engine. He climbed off the bike and walked towards me.
“Can I walk you up?” he said, pointing towards the small path and four steps I had to walk. It seemed silly in a way given how short of a distance it was, but it was also sweet.
“Of course,” I agreed. “Thanks for the escort tonight. Do you want to come in?”
“Yes,” he said quietly, staring at me with an intense gaze. It burned through me and I so badly wanted his lips against mine again. “I want to. But I can’t. Not tonight.” He reached out and brushed the hair back from my face. As his fingers grazed my skin, I felt it pulse through my entire body.
“You won’t come in?” I clarified, a little surprised by his reply.
“Then you’ll think me following you home was probably just some ploy to spend more time with you,” he said softly. “I feel like I need to walk away so you truly understand that my intentions were just to get you home safely. That’s all I meant to do.”
“If you’re telling me that, I believe you,” I replied, studying his face.
“I don’t want to scare you, but those guys there tonight, guys from West Cove… They’re dangerous, Sydney. I don’t want them around you.”
“Well I have no plans on heading back there,” I said with a soft laugh, trying to lighten the mood. “It was just for Sam.”
“You guys won’t be heading back there for any more shows?” he asked with a serious tone to his voice.
“No,” I said skeptically. “But why the dramatics? I get it, there are probably some sleazy guys there who wouldn’t mind harming us, but following me home? Why would they want to go out of their way to hurt me?”
“That’s the thing, it’s not you,” he said, shaking his head. “They want to hurt me .”
CHAPTER 5
Cole said goodnight to me somewhat abruptly, insisting again that he didn’t want to come in so that I wouldn’t misread his intentions. Quite honestly, I wasn’t sure what his ultimate intentions were. He simply said he’d pick me up after work around seven to go out for tacos and that was the end of it. He watched me walk inside, got on his motorcycle and rode away.
My night of sleep was interrupted by weird dreams. West Cove either appeared completely corrupt and terrible in my head, or sometimes in my dreams it would appear like the happiest place on earth, with rainbows overhead and cute puppy dogs roaming the well-kept front yards of sweet-looking houses. Cole never appeared in any
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