“Stop worrying.”
His touch instantly calms and excites me. When he starts to recoil, I place my hand over his to keep it there.
He smirks. “I think I’d better keep two hands on the wheel.”
“Oh, right.”
I feel the blush in my cheeks so I turn my face to the window. I’m such an idiot.
After about ten minutes, the GPS service on the car says “service interrupted” and Finn checks his phone. “No service out here, I guess. If I remember correctly, we’re on this road for another forty miles then we should run into the expressway again. I’m sure we’ll pick up service as soon as we’re out of BFE.”
“BFE?” I question, tilting my head.
He smirks. “Butt Fuck Egypt.”
“Oh right.” I laugh as if I’d heard it before.
After about an hour on the road, I start to think Finn was right. He’s doing a great job and we’re moving at a slow but steady pace. I let loose a deep breath and relax my shoulders in my seat.
Then POP.
There’s a loud noise and the car begins to swerve all over the road. Lucky for us it’s deserted or else we may have hit someone.
Finn does his best to gain control, but we spin a bit and end up in a ditch. The whole thing probably only lasted a few seconds, but it seemed like an eternity.
“Is everyone alright?” Finn asks as he spins back to check.
“Yeah, man. What happened?” Kel asks.
“I think we blew a tire.”
As Finn and Kel jump out of the car to check for a spare, I unbuckle my seat belt and lean over to feel Emerson’s forehead. She’s not warm, although she’s sweating.
A minute later, a very cold Finn and Kel come back.
“No spare.”
“Now what do we do?” I ask.
“Does anyone have cell service?”
We all check our phones. Nothing.
Emerson’s eyes open wide and she moans loudly in pain.
“Are you okay? What’s going on? Em, you’re scaring me,” I ask nervously.
She sighs. “Oh God. My water broke.”
“Your what?” Kel asks. “What in the hell are you talking about?”
I turn to Finn and he’s as shocked as I am.
“Your water?” I question.
“The baby’s coming. It’s time.”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Kel shouts. “What baby? What the fuck are you talking about?”
