Owen Joyner ~ The Beat of My Heart

Chapter twenty six

Anna's POV

Wow! Look at you two working together! All credit to me but that's besides the point. Your next clue is where Owen nearly ran Anna over.

- mads

"You almost always run me over." I mumble as I look up at Owen.

He was towering over my shoulder in order for him to be able to see the note. I stared up at him as he smiled down at me causing my heart to beat quickly.

"I don't almost kill you a lot." Owen replies defensively as he snatches the note out of my hands.

"Have you seen yourself drive?" I ask him playfully.

He pretends to be offended as I try and think of a time Owen almost killed me.

"We were at target when you literally were inches away from running my foot over." I say in an excited tone as I laugh.

"I apologized for that like a million times." Owen says softly.

"I know and it's fine." I say as a laugh leaves my mouth.

Owen playfully wraps his arms around me as he pulls me in for a hug.

"What's the hug for?" I ask him playfully.

"For me apparently causing you to fear for your life twenty four seven." Owen replies softly.

"Not all the time...." I reply playfully as I pull away from his embrace.

"Just most of the time. But that's the fun part about being your friend." I mumble causing him to groan.

"The target is right around the corner." He says as he gestures to the road.

"Madi really be making us walk a thousand miles tonight." I complain as I start walking beside Owen.

Without even hesitating Owen picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"Why?" I ask him in disbelief as my body hung over his shoulder.

"You were complaining about walking.... therefore I am now carrying you." Owen replies playfully.

I sigh as I try and get out of his grip but his hands had a tight grip on my waist. I felt chills enter my body at the sight of his hands on my body.

"You can put me down!" I yell at him.

"Are you afraid I am going to drop you?" Owen says playfully.

He lets go of my waist as I start falling face first causing me to scream. He quickly catches me inches before my face hit the ground. My hair was touching the ground as I took a deep breath. He laughed nervously as he placed me back in his arms.

"This is why I constantly fear for my life when I am with you!" I yell as I sigh in frustration.

"I'm sorry.... I meant to catch you sooner." He mumbles nervously.

"You could just set me on the ground before you drop me again." I tell him sharply.

He pretends to ignore me causing me to sigh. I stare at his hair as it bounces on his head as he walks. I know a way I could make him put me down. I start to move my hand towards his hair but he quickly sets me down.

"Don't even try it." He says sharply causing me to laugh.

We walk in silence as I try not to laugh. While he wasn't paying attention I quickly run my fingers through his hair and immediately sprint away from him.

"Anna!" Owen yelled as he chased after me.

I wasn't looking where I was going as I continued sprinting away from Owen. I heard a loud car horn blaring in my ear causing my heart to stop. I noticed a car right in front of me coming straight for me. Before I had time to react I felt two strong hands on my waist as they tackled me to the grass clear of the road. My heart felt like it was exploding as I literally just watched my life flash before my eyes.

"I think that makes up for all the times I nearly killed you." Owen says breathlessly as he doesn't take his hands off of me.

I push my head up from the grass as I look over at him.

"Thank you." I whisper softly as our eyes lock.

I felt like I couldn't breathe due to what just happened and because Owens eyes hadn't left mine. His eyes flicker to my lips as he sits up so his body is now towering over mine. I quickly look away from him as I push my body up off of the grass. My body felt sore but I would get over it.

"I could have died." I mumble in disbelief as I run a hand through my hair.

I stared at the road as cars passed by and I replayed the moment in my mind. How could I have been so careless?

"That car could have easily killed me." I mumble mainly to myself.

"Pfff... I almost accidentally kill you all the time." Owen says playfully as he wraps one arm around my shoulder.

"Thank you.... for saving me... I know I already said thank you but I mean it." I say softly as I look up at him.

"No problem." He replies softly.

We stand there for what feels like a couple of minutes as I just stare blankly at the road.

"We made it to target." Owen mumbles with fake enthusiasm as he points at the store.

I laugh as I shake my head and look up at him.

"Let's go idiot." I mumble as I grab his hand.

He laces his fingers with mine as we walk up to the store. I notice a familiar looking envelope taped to one of the red balls outside of target. I laugh as I open the envelope and start reading it to Owen.

Yay you made it to yet another envelope! Go inside the store and buy an outfit that the other person is forced to wear for the rest of the night. Go all out and there are no rules. Whatever the other person picks you have to wear.
- mads

I look up at Owen who had a mischievous smile on his face.

"I'm going to make you look so dumb." He says playfully as he laughs.

I nudge his arm as I roll my eyes.

"Hey your arms bleeding." I mumble as I gesture to the blood on his arm.

"It's fine." He reassures me as he hides his elbow from me.

"Owen... let me see it." I mumble as I grab his arm.

He groans as he shows me his arm. I examine his elbow. It was just a scrape but it was bleeding badly.

"I'll ask them for a bandaid inside." I tell Owen softly.

"Okay mom." He mumbles sarcastically.

I glare at him as he quickly opens the door for me and gestures for me to walk inside.

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I wonder what outfits they are going to buy each other 😂 (also plz tell me if there are any errors in my writing cause my brain isn't working right now 💀)