Midnight Rider

Chapter 5

BUZZ………..BUZZ………..BUZZ………..BUZZ………..BUZZ……

I reached for my phone without opening my eyes. I couldn’t have slept for that long right? I squinted at how bright my room was. My phone says it’s noon! I also have like 25 missed calls and texts from Ciara. I sat up and called her and Dominique.

Ciara: “Finally! Welcome to the life of the living!”

“I’m sorry I just woke up, I didn’t realize what time it was. I must have been out.”

Dominique: “Don’t worry I just woke up too”

Ciara laughed, “Dom it was your birthday, your excused. Angel on the other hand……….what’s this crazy story about? I’ve been dying of anticipation all morning! ”

“Story? What story?” I could hear Dominique yawning.

“Well Dom……..you were a little preoccupied with your admirer at the bar,” I giggled.

“Oh ya……….he was nice,” she gave a mischievous laugh.

 Ciara: “Anyway get to the story!”

“Ok well Dom while you were talking to the admirer…….Ciara and I spotted Jason”

“uuggghhh” I could hear the eye rolls from them over the phone.

“So Ciara tried to block his view of me as I ran to the bathroom. I wait til the coast was clear and then ran outside to try and get an uber. Well he must of been waiting for me cause he came outside and confronted me about everything. I kept trying to back away and he kept getting right up in my face. We got into an argument and I tried pushing him away. He tried grabbing my arms but I got my right one free and slapped him hard.”

The girls gasped. “Yes! He deserved that and more!” Ciara cheered. “Then what?” Dominique pressed.

“Well….then he grabbed both my arms and was trying to drag me away from the curb. But, unbenounced to me these bikers had pulled up. Three of them, one with a girl on the back. One of them was dressed in all black and he basically told Jason off.”

“ooohhh…..a knight in shining armor huh?”

“Was he hot?”

I laughed, “He had a helmet on and never took it off…..so I couldn’t see him...but, that’s not all…..so Jason walks off pissed. The girl asks if I’m ok, then the rider asks if I need a ride!”

“Wow”

“He could have been a serial killer!”

I rolled my eyes, “anyway, I was also thinking both of those things but I felt really compelled to go with him, plus he just helped me out so I figured he couldn’t be all that bad right? So his friends leave and he pulls out a hoodie for me to wear and he brought me home.”

“And then what…??!!”

“So now possible killer knows where you live, awesome”

“Oh my lord I don’t think he’s a serial killer, we were alone remember? If he wanted to do it he had plenty of time. But nothing happened, he helped me off the bike, said he’d see me around and left.”

“Seriously nothing happened? Did you ever see what he looked like?”

“Did you invite him in the house to thank him?”

“Wow guys, no I didn’t invite him in, get your mind out of the gutter,” I laughed, “and no he still didn’t take off his helmet but I can tell you he had a gruff voice that was sexy and I had to hold onto him so I could feel that he’s got a nice body.”

I had the girls on speaker phone so I got up to change and take a shower. His hoodie was so warm and comfy. It even still smells amazing.

“Do you think you’ll actually see him again?”

I smiled, “I don’t know but oddly I really want to, I should probably return his hoodie. It smells amazing by the way.”

“Girl…...you got a crush on him!”

“Well...every girl loves a mysterious bad boy!”

“Guys, I don’t think it’s like that at all..”I lied. I took his hoodie off and threw it on my bed.

“Lies! I can hear it in your voice! You’re probably all giddy and smiley even talking about him aren’t you?”

Oh ya i was!

“It’s ok, this midnight rider sounds like a interesting guy. And he helped you out so he’s good in my book.”

“Midnight rider? We’re nicknaming him now?”

I wasn’t really listening to them going back and forth about his name. I just noticed something on this hoodie I didn’t see last night. It was too dark. There was a small zipper pocket inside the big pocket. Of course I opened it. I was curious.

I let out a small gasp and the girls heard.

“What happened?”

“Angel are you ok?”

“Yea guys I’m ok, I just found something in the pocket of the hoodie.”

“What?”

“There’s a couple small baggies of weed and one with a few pills in it.” The silence from them was deafening. “Do you think that’s why he said he’d see me around? Because he’ll come back to get this stuff? Is he a drug dealer? Or are these his?” I was starting to panic a little.

“Whoa whoa slow down.”

“Take a breath….just flush it.”

“You can’t be serious! What if he comes back wanting it? Then she’d owe him money or drugs!”

“I’m just gonna throw it in my drawer….If he comes by then I can just give it to him and WE won’t say anything right?”

“Well WE can’t, we don’t know who he is to tell anyone anyway.”

“True……...and more than likely he knew that was in his hoodie. So if he really needed or wanted it he wouldn’t of left the hoodie with you.”

“Ya ok, and it’s not like I’ll see him again anyway right?” I threw the baggies in my drawer and stuffed the hoodie under my pillow. I told I girls I’d talk to them later. I really needed to shower.

I showered and went downstairs. Dru was watching tv on the couch. “Hey how was the surprise date?” I asked.

She turned around to look at me in the kitchen, “Oh my Gosh!!! Christian surprised me by getting us concert tickets to see The Backstreet Boys!!”. She had the biggest smile.

“That’s awesome! Did you get have a good time?”

“The best!! So how was your night? We checked in on you when we got home and you were passed out.”

“Is Christian in here?”I asked.

She c****d an eyebrow at me, “No, he’s out messing around in the garage with his bike or something. Why?”

I came and sat down next to her on the couch. “I ran into Jason at Club Dragon. I went into the bathroom and had my friend Ciara text me when she thought the coast was clear. I ran outside after that to the curb to try and get an uber home. Jason came up behind me and we started arguing.”I paused. I could tell Dru was scanning my face and arms to see if Jason had hurt me.

“I slapped him at one point,” she smiled at this. “But during our argument I didn’t notice three bikes pull up. This one dressed all in black basically told Jason off and he left. They asked if I was ok and then the rider asked if I needed a ride. So I said yes and he brought me home.”

Dru’s eyes narrowed at me, “Angel you let a stranger bring you home? I’m glad he helped you but he also could of hurt you.”

“ I know I’m sorry I was pretty tipsy. But he didn’t hurt me, he even gave me a hoodie to put on for the ride.”

“Is that the hoodie you were wearing? I noticed you wearing that over your dress.”

“Ya that’s his. I don’t have his number or anything so I guess I’ll keep it. Just please don’t tell Christian I don’t want him to worry about me.”

Dru sighed, “alright, I won’t. He’d be proud of you for slapping Jason though.”

“It felt really good at the time.” I smiled. I didn’t tell her about what I found in the hoodie pocket. They don’t need to know right now. They’d only worry.

The next week went by normally.  I was secretly sleeping with the midnight rider’s hoodie every night.  I didn’t always start out sleeping with it but I’d always wake up in the morning holding onto it.