"Jake, please slow down!" I asked him, gripping my boyfriend even harder than I already was. "You are going way to fast! We're going to crash, and I will never let you live that down if we do!" I couldn't even focus on the trees that we were passing. Everything around us were blurs.

He wanted to take me on a ride on his newly required motorcycle. Jake was so enthusiastic about it, and his happiness had rubbed off on me and eventually I caved, letting him take me. But now I wish I never even came with him. His speedometer was passing a hundred, and we weren't even close to slowing down. We just keep going.

I am so scared. I didn't know if it was me, or the motorcycle, but my vision was blurred from shaking. I am pretty sure I'm the one that's shaking though. He doesn't know how afraid I am for the both of us. If we crash, I don't want him to get hurt. Please don't let us crash.

"Why, Ness? This is fun. Don't you feel the freedom, the wind blowing through your hair?" Jake's smile grew bigger as he spoke.

This wasn't freedom. I wouldn't mind the wind blowing through my hair if we weren't passing the speed limit. "No Jake, slow down! We're going too fast and you know it!"

Seconds tick by. I could feel the wind raking against my body, and my shaking kept getting worse. I couldn't calm down. I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen if we didn't. Jake sighed, long and deep.

"If you really want me to slow down, can you give me the biggest hug you can muster?" Something was off in his voice. I couldn't pin point it, but the usual cheeriness wasn't there. It's probably because he was starting to see my words of slowing down. If a hug was all it took to get us to slow down, I would hug him his whole life.

I pulled my arms, traveling up his body so I didn't have to let go, and put one around his shoulder. My left arm went around his waist, and I pulled myself as close to him as I could. Even in our situation, the closeness of our bodies gave me sparks. I could feel the electricity running through him into me, giving me a warm feeling inside. "Can you slow down now?"