She should have known he’d take her words out of context. She hadn’t meant them in a bad way, it had actually been a complement. But, he obviously hadn’t caught that and she could tell simply by the way he’d tensed that he’d take it as more of an insult.
“Wait. What. What the hell do you mean a guy like me? What am I like?” she rolled his eyes at how defensive he’d gotten and she opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off quickly with another question. “And why does your mom care so much about you finding him? He’s never been around so who the hell cares?”
She honestly didn’t know why her mother was all for her meeting her father. In the past, when Violet had brought him up, she’d ignored her questions or simply changed the subject. Now she was all for her meeting him and pushing her against her will. Vi figured it was because her mother was tired of her. Her mother had never wanted kids, she’d never told Violet that, but it was obvious. So a part of Violet knew her mother was hopping she’d call home at the end of the summer and say she was staying with her father.
“I didn’t mean it as a bad thing.” She finally said. “It was a complement. I just meant your popular, people know you and I’m the “Hippie Lady’s” daughter, I’m not exactly everyone’s first choice to go on a road trip with” she explained with a shrug. “And, I honestly have no idea, why my mother wants me to meet him.” She sighed. “I assume it’s so she can finally get rid of me.” Violet said like it wasn’t a big deal.
She finished her drawing and flipped her sketch book closed, she’d come back to it later. She turned her gaze out the window hoping that Benji wouldn’t ask her anymore questions. She just wasn’t in the mood to be interrogated and he seemed like the type to ask a million questions, because despite the fact that they’d grown up less than fifty feet away from each other, they knew nothing about one another.
“So you think we could stop and get something to eat or do you plan on driving the entire way without stopping.” She said truing her gaze to him.