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inquisition?"
    "Can't I have questions?" I said. "A lot of things have been happening, and I just want to know what's going on."
    Asher sat down on his bike and gave a sigh. He shrugged his shoulders and threw his hands up in defeat.
    "Okay, fine. Fire away."
    At first, I didn't want to. But once we got on the bike, we wouldn't be able to hear each other. So this is my only chance. While we were alone.
    "How's Mav?" I asked.
    "He's getting there," Asher said. "The Doc had him try out his crazy looking prosthetic leg. It's like something straight out of a sci-fi movie."
    "And how was it?"
    Asher looked at me with a smile. "Who knows?" He said. "It looks like he just might be riding with us again."
    I laughed and pumped my fists in the air. "Awesome!"
    I was happy for Mav, but I had one more question.
    "And what about the Tarantulas? What is up with them ?"
    Saying the name made me come down with chills. I didn't exactly have the fondest memories of my time with the club.
    "Most of them got locked up. That was a serious amount of cocaine they had. I can't even imagine how they got their hands on it," Asher said. "But just a few of them went free. Young kids who had no idea what was going on.
    "I invited some of them to join us."
    My heart started to race. "Are you sure ? How can you trust them? After everything they did!"
    Asher got off the bike and came close to me. He ran his fingers through my hair and curled his hand around my neck. His lips pressed against my forehead as he held me tight.
    "Don't worry about it," he said. "I know what I'm doing. Trust me. Okay?"
    "Okay…"
    "Actually, I think you'll be really happy to meet them."
    I turned away from him.
    "I guess…" I paused and then started again. "But what about-"
    Asher picked me up again. He swung me around, spinning me like I weighed nothing.
    "Hey!" I yelled. "I'm not done!"
    "Nope!" He said. "Question time is officially over. It's time to get on the road."
    Asher plopped me down on the seat of his bike, and then climbed on himself. Before I had time to protest, he revved the engine and took off. All I could do was hold on.
    As my dorm faded in the distance, I felt more and more at ease. These were my favorite times. Me and Asher. Just us and the road.
    I didn't have to think about my exams, or my roommate, or even that one professor who refuses to give anyone anything above a C+. Instead, I just took in the sights as they came to me.
    Evening was coming and the sun had just started to set. It was heavy on the horizon, looking like a giant molten ball of gold. The edges of the sky darkened as night tried to approach. It wouldn't be long before the whole sky was inky black, dotted with brilliant stars shining in the night.
    All of this I got to share with Asher. We both shivered as the cool air rushed over our skin. We both smelled the sweet scent of magnolia and jasmine lingering on the breeze.
    It was nice, but it was also wrong.
    Maybe he thought I wouldn't notice, but I did. This wasn't the way home. A few miles back, Asher turned in a direction that we had never gone. I thought that he had just made a mistake, and that we were going back, and he never did.
    So just where was he taking me?
    The thought lingered in my mind as we rode. The farther we got away from our regular path, the more I couldn't ignore it.
    We passed a large field as the sun finally started to set. It dipped below the horizon and set the sky on fire. We were surrounded in bright pinks, deep reds, and marigold-yellows.
    Asher pulled into the field and parked his bike. He pulled two juice packs out of his jacket pocket.
    "I know how much you like these, so…"
    My cheeks burned red. I wanted to throw the stupid box at him, but I was actually too thirsty to refuse. I angrily jabbed the straw into the tiny hole.
    "You can't fool me, you know," I said. "This isn't the way home."
    "Yep, you are correct ," He said.  
    Asher shoved his hands in his pockets and leaned back. As if it was the most