Engaged Chapter 10 Sunsets and Deserts
They were driving down a dusty road, putting distance between Las Vegas and them. Putting distance between her and landon. They had left quickly as they could, not wanting to delay their 'trip' any longer. She had quickly packed some chlothes, her most personal pocessions that she never travels without, and left with Michael. It was getting hotter by the second, the sun beating down on them. She gathered up her thick red locks and tied it in a high ponytail.
She looked over at Michael, studying his face. He was hunched over the wheel, staring intently infront of them. She smiled softly, even when they were on their way to the panama, to their future, he still looked stressed and way too concentrated. She assumed it was due to worrying about Lincoln and LJ. Linc had called the night before, afraid they had been found. She wasn't surprised when Michael had quickly come up with a fool proof plan at the top if his head. They hadn't called back, so she assumed they were okay. No news was good news, right?
Turning back to Michael, she slipped her hand into his, her smile widening as she saw him instantly relax. He turned to her and smiled sweetly, before turning back to the road. She turned back to look out the window, the sun blinding her. It was going to be a long ride.
**LATER**
They had stopped for a break, getting something to eat and drink. Sara was absently looking through some magazines. Michael was zooming through the aisles of the mini mart attached to the gas station, throwing anything useful they might need.
Putting the magazine back on the rack, she glanced up, looking through the glass window. The desert looked even more breathtaking with the sun setting behind the mountains. It made her yearn for a camera. But she wasn't on vacation. She was running away, away from her fiancé, away from her father, away from her life, not that she'd miss it. She was starting over now. Starting a new life with Michael with Linc and LJ, in panama.
'You ready?' Michael asked, slipping an arm around her waist. Nodding, she let him steer her towards the door.
Once she was back in the car she took one last look at the setting sun. This was where her old life would end and her new life would begin. With that thought lingering in her head, she glanced over to michael. Catching him staring at her. With an encouraging smile she said,'Let's go.'
Michael hesitated, as if he was waiting for her to demand to be taken back home, that she changed her mind. She stared down the road determinedly, and he put the car in drive, down the long dusty road, to Panama.