Chapter 6

Chasing Rainbows
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"Trust is a campaign promise, Daisy." Mira was only half paying attention to Mark, her concentration was rather focused on the ice cream cone in her hand that was threatening to melt all over her palm.

She glance down at her thighs where Mark's head was propped up on. She would never let anyone see her like this but for Mark, she'd make the exception. She figured everyone made exception for their best friends Especially the people who didn't have very many.

"What does that mean?" She asked between .

He stared at his own ice cream cone in deep thought, "What do you think it means?"

"Christ almighty, I'm a bit busy here, Mark. I'm not exactly in the mood to play with you right now." She muttered while trying to catch the droplets of ice cream that were melting onto her hand.

Mark held  his own cone up to her face and shook it back and forth, "Switch."

"Thank you." She muttered, embarrassed by her own childish incompetence before taking his cone that was still in its solid  state.

"Well?" He prompted.

She groaned and swept her tongue across the dessert, "Okay. Campaign promise. So like when politicians make grand claims to get voters favour but once they're elected, those claims mean nothing. So trust is like that?"

"You truly are brilliant, Daisy. That's why I like keeping you around. Not very many people can keep up with me." His voice held no humour and although she knew he cared about her more humanely than that, but his tone and face did not betray such.

She chuckled and picked up her novel with her free hand and held it up while Mark made due with her melted mess of ice cream. "So why is trust like that?"

"Because people always say like 'you can always trust me' but once they actually need to step up to plate, they prove to not be trustworthy at all. They tell you to trust them with your secret but a day later, the whole world knows. They say that you can trust them with your life but they'll always put you second."

Mira paused and moved her eyes away from the book to peer down at him, "That's…bleak."

"Can I trust you?" Mark asked, tilted his chin up so that he could look sharply into her eyes.

She raised her brow and lifted her book to cover her face so that only her eyes peeked out, "Must I answer honestly?"

"It'd be appreciated." He said with a quirked smile.

She stared at her ice cream cone before tossing it in a nearby garbage can, "In that case…no, you can't trust me, Mark."

"See? This is why we get along so well."

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It was mundane and childish.

She was quite aware.

But that didn't make it any less amusing.

It didn't stop her from laughing.

And it didn't stop Jackson from wanting to chuck a rock at his car as Mira drove a forward a few feet every single time he tried to reach for the door.

But it was his car and his mom would be pissed if he did.

"This really isn't funny. It lost its wear after the first ing time." He hissed through the closed window. He had turned from the car for a second to throw away some napkins and when he had turned back around, Mira was inside his car, in the driver's seat, with his keys in her possession and the doors locked shut.

Mira's forehead was pressed against the steering wheel as she struggled to catch her breath between wheezes and boisterous laughter. " you. This isn't funny. Unlock the doors."

She rolled the window down a crack and lifted her head, "It's not funny…it's ing hilarious. Now I know why people do it in the movies."

He shot his hand out in attempt to reach for the handle but she jerked the car forward again before she bursted out in another round of juvenile giggles. "You're a child." He spat out.

She straightened up and tilted her head before unlocking the doors but Jackson just glared at her, untrusting. She snickered and rolled the window down, "Come on, I promise I won't do it again. Get in."

"I'm not falling for that." He muttered spitefully.

She held back her laugh, "I swear. If I do it again, you can drive." 

He stared at her, the distrust still present and slowly stretched it arm out until his fingers curled around the handle, letting out a sigh, he pulled the door open and slipped in. "I can't believe you did that."

"You're so over dramatic." She said with a smile. Jackson huffed in reply and pulled his seatbelt on before glancing at from the side of his eyes. "Take a joke, will you?"

She reached into her bag and pulled out her sunglasses before slipping them over her eyes before she started to drive. It was the same car but when she was in the driver's seat, it gave off a completely different feeling.

Mira immediately the radio, blasting music before rolling the windows down.  She was leaning back against the seat, humming along. It was beyond him how she was the one that resisted coming along and playing Mark's game and yet he was the one that was grumpy and stressed while it looked like she was having the time of her life.

She had one hand on the steering wheel and the other hanging out the window as if it was trying to escape the confines of the vehicle. She taps her fingers against the side of the car as if there was a song playing that only she could hear and Jackson was starting to realize that she did that a lot.

Either by the smirk on her face or the rhythm she walked to, it was like there was an entire galaxy that existed in which she was the only one privy to. He figured that was what had people gravitating towards her, they wanted to be a part of the secret that she always seemed to mask under her eyes.

But Jackson didn't buy it.

She had no secrets but she liked to pretend she did.

He knew what people with secrets looked and acted like. He was very much familiar with it and he couldn't sense any of it within her. He looked away and just stared out the window while sitting on his hands. He felt so useless and awkward. He had no clue what to do with himself, he had never been in the passenger seat of a car with someone he didn't care for. There was nothing to talk about or to do.

"The sun's going to set in a few hours." He muttered when he checked the time on his phone.

Mira snorted, "Next you'll be telling me that the weather had been real good for the harvest this season."

"We need to find a place to spend the night." He muttered in annoyance.

Mira pulled her other hand back into the car and drummed her fingers against the wheel, "Oooh, we'll be spending our first night together. Does that mean that we can finally finish what  we started?"

"Slow down." He hissed quietly under his breath and through his teeth.

She snickered, "Oh I think we've played it slow for long enough. We might as well go all the way at this point."

"No." He barked aggressively, "I mean slow the ing car down. It's a red light."

Mira turned her head forward and blinked at the red light in front of her, planted in the center of an intersection of a desolate street. A slow, devious smirk curled up her lips as her foot slowly pressed down on the acceleration. Jackson's eyes widened when she picked up speed and felt his fingers curl into his seat. His heart started to race and a thin cold sweat started to form above his brow.

"W-What the are you doing? Slow down!" He yelled.

"Live a little." She said before she blew through the red light, nearly clipping a car that had come out of nowhere. Mira let out a loud scream, throwing her head back as she glanced at the rear view where she could see the owner of the car she almost hit get out of their car, yelling faintly at them.

"What the hell is wrong with you? We could've died!" Jackson exclaimed as Mira slowed down.

She giggled while scrunching her nose up, "But we didn't."

"T-That's not the point!" He sputtered. "Why the hell did I let you drive? You realize that the license plate is registered under my name, right? If that guy you almost hit got the number, I'm the one that's going to get screwed."  He said while throwing his hands up in the air.

She pouted and tilted her head to get a look at him, "Oh come on, there's no way they got the plate number. Stop worrying so much."

Jackson leaned his elbows on his knees and rubbed his eyes, "You are ing insane. I'm not going to make it home alive. We could've killed someone if that car came out a second sooner."

"In which case, at least you died on the ride of your life!" She cheered with the same excitement.

Jackson stiffened and his grimace had turned into a strainned look as he sat up rigidly and fisted his hands on the tops of his knees. Mira looked over at him when she didn't hear a reply and felt her own smile start to falter. Jackson's eyes were vacant and impassive and the colour in his face had started to fade. She glanced at the road before looking back at him cluelessly. He moved his hands to the sides of his seat before digging his nails into it.

Her eyes widened when realization hit her and she slowly pulled her foot off the acceleration. She had chalked his sna

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starlove
#1
Chapter 20: I didnt expect to binge through your stories but here's to day 2 story 2.
Im hooked and i don't blame you. Its so good. Thank you
Hoesehun_
#2
Chapter 20: I jumped in this thinking it to be another one of those cliché romantic adventure fanfic but i was wrong THIS IS MORE THAN THAT, THIS IS EVERTHING AND SOME MORE. i was imagining a whole another happy ending but got real you really made and impact with this story at least on me. And i didn't even realized when i got so attached to mark and all the other characters and his leaving really hurt made me think what would have happened if he was there, supporting and cheering them but this is what lufe is and that's how the reality of this story hit me idk if I'm even making sense or not but amazing. Now i have to go and force everyone to read it. And once again great work hats off and may up keep on writing more cause you are made for it.
srygal
#3
Chapter 20: This is beautiful
yashaletti
#4
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rojoomma
#5
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Naranahun #6
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adreana97
#7
Chapter 20: This story literally gave me thousands of rollercoaster rides. And it definitely left a big impact on me and made me realize something, just because you’re broken, doesn’t mean you don’t deserve love. I feel like that message needs to be heard. Thank you for writing such an enjoyable, emotional piece.
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jojojoana
#9
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jojojoana
#10
Chapter 19: I totally imagine Jackson as a boyfriend acting like that *heart eyes* You describe so well the warm feelings they share :D