Jon was holding the side of his face, his mouth agape.
I couldn't bring my self to regret what I had done, but I didn't think it was my place.
But fuck Jon.
"Get back in the car Jon."
I said. As he tried to argue I grabbed his arm to lift him up,
"Okay!"
He shouts. Rushing into the car.
I turn to every one else, afraid of what they will say.
"I'm sorry, I know it's not my place to go after him Steph. I don't know why," I begin, Steph cuts me off,
"That was incredible, I don't even care that you hurt him. How did you stop the car like that?"
She asks with excitement rushing through her. Erin is smiling wide nodding next to her girlfriend.
And Sebastian is grinning,
"I enjoyed him getting punched."
My face heats up, and I look down at my shoes bashfully.
~~~~~
We dive for the rest of the day, stoping only for "bathroom breaks". Which was all of us one at a time going into the woods with a roll of toilet paper, and just going.
After driving in the dark for about an hour, Jon parks, stating the solar panels have shut down for the night. Apparently some only work during the day. Another reason we need to go to Ambers, some one there is able to fix the panels.
Jon gets out of the car mumbling, barely loud enough for anyone to hear, something about going to the bathroom.
As he leaves, we begin excitedly getting ready for bed.
Steph pulls a small lever on the back of her seat, this lets her and Erin to push the back all the way down into a bed.
Sebastian and I do this as well, grabbing all of the blankets and pillows we brought and throwing them out.
Erin and Steph are already laying down and holding each other. Grabbing a large gray knit blanket I knew Steph brought, I lied it over their cuddling forms.
"Wanna be tucked in?" I asked, mostly kidding.
"Sure, but if it isn't good I get to do something." Erin said with a smile.
When we were kids, if we couldn't think of anything to do to get back at some one in the moment, we would say this. Creating some kind of debt that we would pay off later.
I smiled wide, glad that they remembered as much about our time as I did.
I began tucking around Erin and Steph, to happy and caught up in memories of the past to care if it was all that good.
"How is it?" I asked once I was done.
"Perfect." Erin smiled.
That's the exact moment Jon decided to return to the car. He takes the front row of seats, though he doesn't put the seats down.
It's then that I notice I will be sleeping with Sebastian.
I turn to look at him, he's fiddling with a small lantern.
"What's that for?" I ask.
"When Jon turns the car off, we usually stay up so I brought this. But I think it's broken." He answers not taking his eyes off of the lantern.
"Can I see it?" I ask.
With out a word he hands it to me. Looking at to warning label on the bottom I suddenly zone out.
I can feel wires, heat, and metal mending it's self. My vision is blurry, and I can faintly hear what's going on around me. But I can't focus on it.
I don't know how long this goes on for, but suddenly my blurry vision is blasted with a bright light.
Once I am once again aware of my surroundings, I notice the four pairs of eyes on me.
That's when the whispers begin, I can't tell if they are real or not. If it's because of what I've done.
I'm sweating, the world around me is shifting.
"I'm gonna be sick." I make out. Pushing my way out of the car.
~~~~
I was laying down with Sebastian with freshly cleaned teeth. Everyone else was asleep or at least pretending.
The lamp that caused the incident only a few feet away by the girls. I couldn't help but stare, wondering what happened.
"Are you feeling okay?" Sebastian asks, making sure to only bring up getting ill.
This makes me smile, I don't think I can talk about anything else.
I nod, "Yes. Thank you."
Sebastian lays on his side facing away from me. I lay on my back, staring at the ceiling. My eyelids heavy, I fall asleep thinking about what happened today.
What's happened this past week.
I've never been able to do all of these things, I don't know what caused the change. Or what could change next.

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