Kaylee Jade Evans and Connor Vos
Location: Connor’s Truck, and Outside Riley's Bed and Breakfast.
Interacting With: Each other.
Connor was up early, and in town. Despite the fact that he had provisions for a few days, Connor found himself in town, unable to help himself, as he searched- it wasn’t stalking, damn it- for the girl from the day before. He just simply couldn’t stop thinking about her. Her eyes… Connor had absolutely no idea what was going on. He just knew… that he had to find her, again. Passing by the bed and breakfast, Connor spied a bunch of what must be teenagers of the town. Did teenagers actually gather in packs like that all the time? Connor had been a year ahead of everyone his age, which wasn’t a big difference, but he’d never felt like he had connected with anyone his age.
His mind once more drifted towards the girl. He didn’t even know her name, and yet, she seemed to be
everywhere. He simply had to know what was going on. As his gaze wandered, it seemed to land on her straight away, looking at what appeared to be a phone. Was she lost?
After a few seconds debate,
would it be creepy to pull up and offer her some help? Maybe, but… I have to know, he pulled up by her.
“Do you need a hand?” For the life of him, Connor would never be sure how he got the words out, simply overcome in her presence.
How was it this hard to find a stupid bed and breakfast..?
Lifting her free hand up, Kaylee quickly worked to adjust the strap of her Cross Country duffle bag on her shoulder, before she brought her hand further up, using her fingers to run through her long and wavy dark brown locks and managing to pull a few stray leaves from hanging in them- well… that was what she got for running; and not on two legs either. With her father starting work, and her mother finishing up moving all the boxes into their new house; that left only Hunter to ask for a lift to the meeting spot.
Ha..! Yeah right, like
that was ever going to happen.
He’d already not only cracked the shits at her, but had also tried to get her to cancel her plans once he found out what was going on; not that she could really blame him. They were in a new area… hell, they were in a new country; and on their second day in, the full moon was going to be looming over them and causing the animalistic instincts they now had to heighten. She was already on red alert with all the new scents to take in, all the new sights to see, the new areas to go exploring; the last thing she wanted was to lose control like some untrained pup.
Lifting her head up as the sound of a voice hit her ears, Kaylee’s gaze met with that of the guy she had met the day prior- it was him… It was the same guy she had physically run into in the grocery store when she’d been shopping with her mum; the guy who now seemed to make up the majority of her thoughts… and no matter what it was she did, she just couldn’t seem to forget about him…
“Uh…” Furrowing her brows slightly as though trying to figure out his question, her soft pink lips parted ever so slightly from one another, the young woman taking another couple of moments to herself before she finally seemed to snap out of her daze, her head shaking lightly from side to side causing her hair to brush back and forth across her back as she forced herself back to the present, focusing on his words rather than on the guy himself- damn, why did he have to be so cute..? It was such a distraction…
“Uhm, yeah actually… I’m tryin’ to find the bed and breakfast..? Meant to be meeting a bunch of friends there; headin’ off on a camping trip for the weekend… You wouldn’t happen to know where it is, do you..?”Connor watched the girl, as she seemed to look exactly like he felt- flustered. Overwhelmed. But god, she was just so… so what? Beautiful just didn't seem to cover it. For a moment, Connor was glad he'd come across her- even in small towns there were people at there who might hurt a lone woman. Suddenly, the thought of someone hurting this girl infuriated him. He managed to calm himself, although it was difficult. What was wrong with him? It was almost like he was under some sort of… spell. And wasn't that ludicrous?
He watched her, unable to help the slight smile curving over his mouth. The way she seemed to shake herself out of the daze, was adorable. He simply couldn't help it.
Ah. So the teenagers were going camping- he wondered for a moment if they'd be near his own campsite. Wouldn't it be nice to have another chance to interact with the girl?
"Uh, yeah. It's not too far, if you'd like a lift." He said, managing to get out the words, hoping that she'd take him up on the offer, if only so he could… what? Spend time with her? When he didn't even know her name?
That smile… oh God, he was gorgeous… Wait; did she really just..? Biting down softly upon her lower lip, she chewed on it a few moments, seeming to take a while to think over his offer of giving her a lift to where she needed to go. She didn’t even know the guy- hell, she didn’t even know his name, and yet here she stood right next to his ute, considering taking him up on his offer.
If that didn’t scream ‘idiot’, who knew what did.
“..actually; that would be great. Thank you…” Slipping her phone down into the back pocket of her denim shorts, she once more reached for the strap on her duffel, though instead of fixing it this time, she slid it off her shoulder, pulling it onto her lap once she had hopped up and into the ute, making herself comfortable in the passenger seat before she reached over, pulling the seatbelt on over her body,
“You’re a real life-saver; seriously. I had… no idea where I was going…”Connor watched, pleased as she got in, and after making sure she was in, and had the seat belt on, Connor turned the ute around smoothly, going back the way he had come, having achieved his goal, he didn’t really have anywhere else to go.
“Well, sometimes towns can be confusing, but I passed the bed and breakfast just before, so I guess you’re lucky. I only arrived here yesterday myself”He grimaced inwardly, like that didn’t scream serial killer. Normally he could think things through even as he spoke, but something about the girl tripped him up, leaving him scrambling, trying to figure out… what he didn’t know.
Probably better to shut up before he said something else stupid. And yet… he didn’t want to. He kept his eyes on the road, making sure he hadn’t got himself turned around, and end up lost.
that would be real good, getting lost while helping her not be lost he thought to himself,
“Um… so I’m guessing if you don’t know where it is, that you’re new too?”“Yeah; we actually just moved in yesterday as well. This is only our second day in town.” Lifting her hand up, Kaylee used it to neatly tuck the stray strands of her long dark locks back behind her ear, her gaze focussing on what was passing them by outside the window, rather than on the guy who was sitting beside her driving the car.
He was being so nice to her… so sweet- bloody hell, why did he have to be damn attractive..?!
Risking a glance over in his direction, she felt her cheeks grow warm, a gentle pink tinge crossing over them as she found herself unable to look away- how could one guy be so… captivating..? He wasn’t by far the first guy to ever catch her eye, but there was just something about him that made her want to say that she wanted him to be the last,
“..we, uh… we just moved here from Australia…”As the scent of Eucalyptus and a smokey smell filled the utes cabin, Connor found himself more and more complied to the girl. Such a… an alluring scent… he didn't even stop to consider why he could pick out such smells. He listened as she spoke, letting her voice wash over him, as if he wanted to absorb everything about her.
"Ah, so that's why I smell eucalyptus..." He muttered to himself, unaware that he was even speaking out loud, or really, even why he had had such a thought. What did the fact she came from Australia have to do with that? He shook his head and glanced over to her, taking his eyes off the road, he meant for it to only be a second.
But he ended up staring at her for what seemed like forever, but was a few seconds long. Long enough for his grip on the wheel to slacken somewhat, turning the wheel just slightly, but enough, so that when he looked back to the road, they were heading towards the wrong side of the road, a horn sounding only just now breaking through the fog in his brain, seeming to break the moment of… something.
Connor swerved the wheel back hard, towards the right way, and narrowly avoided crashing into the car, getting back onto the right side of the road, he was sure he was blushing.
"Oh, god, I'm sorry, I just… lost myself-" He very nearly said
lost myself in you but stopped himself.
The blare of the car horn, and the sudden swerve of the ute pulling back into the right lane had her whole body tensing, her dark eyes widening and her chest heaving up and down with each breath as the adrenaline filled her body, quickening her heart beat and causing her body to tingle lightly with an all too familiar sensation.
She couldn’t… not here… not in front of him…
Forcing herself to keep her gaze faced forward, she closed her eyes, taking a few moments to try and calm her herself… her heart from racing the way that it was. She couldn’t change, not in front of him; that would ruin everything..! Feeling her breath returning back to normal, Kaylee once more opened her eyes, her soft pink lips parting slightly though she did all she could to keep her gaze from wandering back to him,
“..it’s fine… I-... A-Are you alright..?”Connor focused on the road, not wanting to risk doing that again, he had to resist the urge to look over, and check that she was alright, as he nodded.
“I’m alright” Although for a moment there, he had been sure he was… something not okay, yet that seemed to have passed as he focused on driving.
“I didn’t think I’d ever be so grateful for fast reflexes”He knew that the journey would soon be at an end, and he wanted to desperately make the time stretch longer, and he debated about going around the block, but didn’t want to be caught out in it. With a soft sigh, he turned towards the bed and breakfast.
“..heh; you and me both…”Unable to help the nervous laugh that followed her statement, Kaylee kept her eyes ahead of the both of them, though for the life of her, she couldn’t seem to focus on any one thing- the trees, the roads, the houses, the people… they were all so new… but none of them were as enticing to her as the guy sitting behind the wheel.
She was trying so hard… trying so hard not to look over at him again; but the thought of being able to gaze into those stunningly gorgeous eyes of his was making it almost impossible to not break her resolve- and that scent..! How could one person be so… appealing..? She just couldn’t seem to get him out of her mind, and the fact that she was now stuck, sitting beside him in the cab of his ute was only helping to cement the idea that she wanted nothing more than to be with him… to be beside him, to talk to him; to just…
be with him…
There was no way that she-... was there..?
Connor could see the bed and breakfast up in front of them, could make out the teens gathering there, and felt disappointment that the journey was at an end, that the girl would have to get out, to go to her friends. He wanted to… wanted to just spend all the time he could with her. But he couldn't say that without looking like a freak. Still, he very nearly did speak, to ask her… what?
This wasn't his area of expertise...
As he brought the ute to a stop, Connor looked over to her, desperately wanting some… sign; some idea that she had any sort of feeling for him. Which was crazy. They'd only known one another what, an hour or so?
"It looks like a large number of you are going camping" he said instead of what he wanted to say, but it would give him even just a few more seconds with her.That was the group that was going camping..? He was right, the group was big- one, two, three… five, six… eight… After what was the second mental count of the people she could see in front of her eyes, plus adding herself into the mix, the count kept coming back to around the ten mark.
Well; if this wasn’t a way for people to get to know the new girl…
“..yeah, it is… just think, I only actually know one of them; and even then, I kinda maybe only met her yesterday after we ran into each other…” If she said she wasn’t nervous, that woulda been a complete and utter lie. Doing her best to force the nervous thoughts from her mind, she turned her head back around, her gaze once more lifting to meet with his own, forgetting for that briefest of moments what had happened the last time they had been looking at one another- that morning’s near encounter with death all but gone from her mind as it was once more consumed with thoughts of him… making it impossible for her to look anywhere else.
“I, uh… I don’t actually know any of these people… I’m-... I’m going so I can try and make some new friends…”Connor found his mind blank, as their gazes met. What was this? It seemed to be the tip of the iceberg of strange things the last two months, and… Connor couldn’t help but think it was the best thing that had happened to him. If only he could understand why…
He realised he was leaning forward slightly, and he moved back in his seat, wondering what he had been about to do. Kiss her? He was sure his heart was beating a mile a minute, as he tried to bring his mind back to… well, functioning.
“Well, uh, that seems like a good idea. I have a camp up there myself, if-...” He had absolutely no idea where he was going with that, the words tumbling out his mouth as his mind scrambled to keep up,
“If it doesn’t work out with them”Was the cab getting smaller.. or was she just getting closer to him..?
Noticing as he shifted in his seat, Kaylee pulled herself back to the present, her body once more sitting up in the passenger side causing her to come to the realization that she had been leaning into him- what was wrong with her..? Had she really been on the verge of kissing him..?
“..uhm… yeah, uh…” Shaking her head a little as though to try and shake the idea of kissing him from her thoughts, she let her gaze linger on his for just that little longer- God, those eyes… those beautiful eyes… did she really have the strength to just open the door and leave him,
“..yeah; I’ll, uh… I’ll be sure to keep that in mind…”Connor swallowed, sure for one brief moment that she'd been about to kiss him too. But that was probably him just wishing it, wasn't it? He watched her, unable to look away.
They were probably waiting for her. He really shouldn't keep her. But he didn't want her to go. Which was probably pretty creepy, if he thought about it.
What was it about her? What drew him to her, wanting to protect her, to give her everything he could? Why did it suddenly feel he was there, just for her?
"I, uh, guess they're probably waiting for you?"Reluctantly (and with difficulty) tearing her attention away from him, Kaylee let her gaze flick out the window, her dark eyes moving from figure to figure for a few moments before eventually, she nodded her head slowly up and down- she had to go… Cassandra had invited her, and she had already agreed to go with them; the worst thing she could do is just not show up.
What kind of impression would that leave..?
“..yeah… yeah, I guess they are…” Giving her attention back over to him, she paused, her eyes lingering upon his as she hesitated a few moments, seeming to think something over for like the longest of times before eventually, she made up her mind, her body leaning in towards him and her head tilting as she closed the gap between them, her lips soft as they pressed lightly against his cheek, allowing them to linger a spell before she pulled back, her hand moving to push open the door of the ute so that she could leave,
“..thank you… for everything. Maybe I’ll see you round..?”Connor thought he would have been okay. Would have been able to say a good goodbye, and maybe… just maybe make a plan to see her again, but then she kissed his cheek. It made his mind go blank, even as it sped up his already fast beating heart, and he was more than sure that his face might just stay the tomato red it more than likely was.
“Uh, oh… um. Y-yeah. Definitely. I'll be around. I, uh…” he felt like his was tongue tied, like his tongue was suddenly three sizes too big for his mouth, and that his brain had suddenly deserted him, perhaps going on a vacation where it was daydreaming about her.
“Uh. Have fun”He wondered if it was the most painful thing, seeing her reach for the door, to go but he nodded, managing a smile that he hoped wasn't goofy.
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