45 Marble Road Incident 4 (1/2)
When Samantha heard Mia's response, her eyes grew wide. ”Wait, what? You're joking, right? You're not actually considering this Mia, are you?”
Nancy shrugged her shoulder, ”Mia accepts the dare so she has to do it.”
As soon as Nancy spoke, she and Mia got up and went outside the bedroom. Samantha scrambled out of the bed as she tried to catch up with her friends. ”Nancy, Mia... wait up!”
”Shhh... be quiet or they'll wake up.”, Nancy said as she helped Mia search for the keys.
After a minute of searching, Mia and Nancy didn't find the car keys. Samantha was standing by the counter fidgeting her hands anxiously.
The three of them froze when they heard footsteps coming towards them. ”Oh shoot.”
”What are you guys doing?”, Mia's 10-year-old brother, Maison, came into the living room in his pajamas. He was scratching his eyes as he walked towards Mia.
”You scared me!! Why are you up?”
”I was thirsty and I heard some noise so I checked.”
”Maison, do you know where your dad keeps the car keys?”, Nancy asked the little boy.
Mia clenched Nancy's shirt, ”Nancy!”
”What? He won't tell... right, Maison?”
”What are you going to do?”, Maison asked his sister.
Mia bit her lip before she lowered herself to talk to her brother, ”Maison, do you know where dad keeps his car keys?”
”Yes.”
”Where?”
”Why?”
”I'm going to borrow it.”
Maison reasoned with his sister, ”But you're not allowed to drive by yourself.”
”Found it!”, Nancy declared as she shook the keys with her hand. ”Let's go!”
Mia bent down and kissed Maison on the forehead, ”Be good. Don't tell mom and dad. I'll be right back.”, she said with a smile.
Without hesitation, Nancy and Mia went outside the house and walked towards the car that was parked on the street while Maison and Samantha followed behind though they stopped by the front door.
”Nancy, Mia... just forget about it. Don't do this.”, Samantha said to her friends.
”It'll be fine and we'll be quick!”, Mia replied with a smile on her face.
”You're not coming, Sam? Are you scared?”, Nancy bravely taunted Samantha before she turned to leave.
Maison prodded Samantha's arm, ”Sis Sam...”, the little boy spoke in a very worried voice.
Samantha looked down and thought for a second before she replied to Maison, ”Don't worry, I'll go with them. If we don't come back in 10 minutes, tell your parents.”
Maison didn't say anything. He watched Samantha's back as she caught up with her friends. He was very reluctant to let them leave, he was afraid that something might happen to them.
Mia sat on the driver's seat while Nancy on the passenger's. The door from the backseat opened and Samantha got in, ”Wait for me.”, she said as she quickly sat down and put on her seatbelt.
Mia turned on the ignition and the car roared to life. ”All right, buckle up ladies!”, she said.
Samantha swallowed as she clenched her seatbelt tightly. It wasn't even 20 meters since they moved when she spoke, ”Mia, I think this is enough... We should go back.”
Nancy scoffed, ”What are you so nervous about, Samantha? There's no car in sight. Mia's driving so well, see?”
”But Nancy, this isn't right. You didn't ask permission and this is dangerous.”
”You are such a sissy! Just be quiet, we'll do a quick turn at the end of Marble Road.”
”It's okay, Sammy... We'll be fine.”, Mia smiled at Samantha through the rearview mirror.
Samantha didn't talk anymore. She just sat quietly at the back while looking at the front.