Running After You

Sighing, I lean my head against the car door. I'm an idioti totally forgot to get gas, and now I'm out of it. I'm just sitting on the road.

"Hey," I her a feminine voice say. I open my eyes, and see a girl crouching down to my level, right in front of me. "What're you doing out in the road?"

"Ran out of gas," I said. "I'm stuck here."

"Need a ride?" I nodded, and she got up, holding out he hand for me to take. She pulls me up, opening her Volkswagen door, and getting in.

"What're you doing," she calls when I round my car to the trunk, opening it.

"I have stuff back here I need," I say. She pops her trunk, and I transfer the boxes into her car. Shutting my trunk and locking the car, and retrieving my keys along the process, I get into her car, and we drive away from my old beat up hunk of junky

Not that hers was any better.

"I'm Niall," I say, trying to fill the empty space between us. "Thanks a lot for picking me up there."

"No problem," the stranger said. "Where're you headed, anyway?"

"Well, Northern Ireland, then off to Britain. Then, if I need to, Italy, and then the US."

"Really?" I nodded. "Why's that?"

"I'm looking for someone important to me," I say after hesitating a little. "That's where I suspect they've been gone to."

The girl hums.

"So.." I say, "your name is?"

"Oh! I forgot!" She reddens a little, gripping the steering wheel a bit tighter. "I tell people it's Rosa." I think of Naomi. Her favorite flower was the rose.

"Tell people?"

"Eh, yeah, I don't go by my real name. It's weird, I hate it," she says, crinkling her nose.

"So, off to Northern Ireland, then?"

I nod.

Notes

So, Niall's met a new friend, Rosa. This'll make sense in a bit!