Twisted Twice, Twisted Mine - Episode 40

Vance.

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die!" She screams and it takes the will of heaven for me not to burst out laughing.

"Calm down cat, you are not going to die, just put the car in gear, it's an automatic" 

"Does that guarantee me an automatic fast and painless death?" She asks, lifting her hands from the steering wheel and I quickly grab at it, no need to let her know she might likely kill us by taking her hands off the steering. 

"Cat, grab the steering and park the car, you are doing very well" 

"I am?" 

No, she's not but I don't tell her that, I don't want to die, not today anyway. 

"Very well" I say with clenched teeth. 

"You are lying!" She wails and I hear the tears in her voice. 

F*ck. 

This is trying I swear. 

I grab the steering and gently tell her to lift her leg from the gas, she does so and I gently bring us to a stop. 

"Okay.. Scratch that, you are never getting close to a car okay?" 

"Okay" She says breathing hard like she's run a marathon, I feel the smile on my lips as I ask her to switch seats with me. 

We do so and I drive us to the restaurant, she's clenching her fist the whole way and I know it's gonna be a feat for her to ever try driving a car.

"Do you want to eat something?" 

"I don't" She answers shortly. 

"What's wrong?" 

"I'm a coward" 

"Why do you think so?" I ask,  I have a very good idea why. 

"I couldn't drive a car, it's a car, I should have been able to drive it" 

"It's just your first day cat, I'm sure you will learn better soon" 

She nods and I pat her head. 

I lead her upstairs and it's disconcerting how natural it feels. 

I get my chef outfit and I dress myself in my assemble, I have to go back to the restaurant soon, although I said I'm all hers for today? I still have a business to run. 

She's watching me and I know she wants to touch my black sleeve or the hat, the thought is shining in her eyes. 

Well, I have something better. 

"I have something for you" 

"You do?" 

"Yeah" I say pulling her to my bedroom. 

I make her sit on the bed before walking to my dresser and getting the little silver necklace with the key pendant and walking back to her. 

I lift it up. 

"Is it shiny enough?" she looks from me to the  necklace and then back. 

"What?" She asks slowly. 

"It's yours" 

"Wow" She breaths reaching out her hand to it

"It's one of the set from the other day" I say and it's the wrong thing because her hand freezzes.

"I can't take it" 

"Sure you can, turn around so I can help you with the clasp" I say with the right amount of nonchalance. 

"No, no, I mean I can't take it.. Take it, it means a lot to you and I will feel bad if I loose it or something" 

This, this right here Is why she's still baffles me with her naivety, the worth of the necklace in my hand is beyond her imagination and she's thinking about me first? 

"You won't loose it, I will be here to make sure you don't" 

"You don't understand..." 

"Adee, take it" 

I say, turning her around and giving her no opportunity to argue as I clasp the necklace. 

"It's prettier than I am" 

"Nothing's prettier than you are Adélie" She looks at me with soft eyes and I find myself bending my head to brush my lips against hers. 

She stiffens and I slowly pull back. 

"What was that for?" She asks slowly and I smirk. 

"That is me telling you I like you and that you shouldn't put yourself in danger" 

She stands up quickly that our head almost butts. 

"Adélie?" 

"You can't!" 

"I can't?" 

"You can't like me, it's against the rules" I almkst laugh. 

"Yeah? Who made those rules?" 

"It doesn't matter, you can't like me and you can't do that thing you did with your lips just now" 

"Why?" 

"I..

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. I... I have to go" I blink at how fast she disappears from my room and it takes me a moment to realize that I have to follow her. 

I run down the stairs through the kitchen and almost killed myself on a hot stove before bursting out from the alley behind the restaurant. 

How fast can that little bit move? 

I look around and there she is, chewing on her nails. 

I walk to her and tap on her shoulder. 

"You thought you escaped right?" She turns with a startled expression. 

"What?" 

"You get your ass in there, you don't get to drop a bomb like that and think you can skedaddle" 

"I'm sorry do I know you?" 

I watch this person and it's obvious she is not adee, this version looks too big, too wide-eyed. 

"Who the f*ck are you?" 

"Addie?" A voice asks from behind us and I know it's adee..

The version of adee in front of me looks scared as she moves away and my adee looks crushed.

"Adeline!" She screams after the running girl even as she cries. 

"Calm down cat" 

"Addie.. Addie is alive!" 

"Calm yourself" I say to her, her cries crushing my heart... 

Even as I have no idea what to do. 

AN. 

We are almost done people, thanks for coming along for the ride.