Chapter 13: Safe.

SUMMER.

"You're...you're bleeding" I whispered and the winds carried my voice. I halted by the edge of hilly rocks for a second, dashing his palms across his forehead and wiping off a smudge of blood. "Look, you can tell me what happened..." I urged, moving closer to where he was but Vincent shot me a glare cold as ice.

"You haven't still said what you're doing here. Look out here, it can be dangerous in Oregon. You have to be careful" It seemed as though that was Vincent's greatest worry so I thought it best never to tell him that I had hopped into a stranger's car down here.

Thinking about it and the risks slightly stomped my heart.

I exhaled, cowering my face to the earth. "I didn't have anywhere else to go" There was a crack in my voice and a hysterical chuckle from Vincent.

"What?" He asked.

And then our eyes met, it was like he could already tell there was some argument, it wasn't exactly rocket science because it's all we've done since arriving here. It was supposed to be a bli