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“You know what, if you're so worried why don’t you stay Mikey.” I blurt out and both he and Donna looked at me like maybe I lost my mind. “I mean just until Gerard shows up, or Bob…or umm both.” I say and Mikey kinda nodded like he knew what I meant… I think he was worried that Bob and Gerard were gonna get into it too…

“Oh Elle.” Donna kinda said like maybe it wasnt a good idea so I gave her the most the pathetic look I could muster. She kinda just looked at me for a second like she wasn’t convinced. I mean what the hell! This look works almost one hundred percent of the time on guys…

“Please. I’d feel so much better if Mikey stayed.” I tell her and she kinda looked over at him.

“Well I’d feel better if you came back to the house.” She says and I pout my lip out.

“I can’t. I made a whole big deal about how I was gonna stay by myself. I can’t go back. I wont.” I tell her and she frowns.

“But you're not going to be by yourself Elle.” She says and I shrug.

“Yeah but I’ll just tell him that you made Mikey stay.” I tell her and she kinda smiled.

“You’d lie to him?” She says teasing me slightly.

“Well you did.” I reply and she laughs. “Please Mrs. Way, let Mikey stay.” I whine a little.

“Do you want to?” She asks him and he shrugs. What an ass. I mean it was obvious he wanted to. I guess he just didn’t want to seem too eager, cause then maybe his mom would think something was up… “All right fine, but you better not be late for school in the morning.” She tells him and he nods. “You too.” She says and I nodded also. Then she started saying something else to him but I wasn’t really listening... I was checking the inside of my truck to see if anything was missing. I mean I don’t think you need to have a key to change the tires. But it wouldn’t have mattered anyway cause it looked like I left it unlocked…

Actually no I didn’t… wait maybe I did… I wasn’t sure… But it was definitely unlocked when we got here now and nothing seemed to be missing. I mean the radio was still there. I had a few cds tossed about, and there was even a five-dollar bill in the cup holder thingy…

Mikey said goodbye to his mom and we ended up driving over to the next lot where the hotel/motel was… He kinda waited by the lobby doors with my bags as I checked in. I don’t know why though… I kinda got the feel he was doing some kinda surveillance on the place… Fucking Mikey…I swear he takes this ‘detective’ thing way way way too seriously…

“So are we all clear.” I tease him coming up behind him and he jumps a little startled.

“Fuck Elle. You scared me!” He cries out and I laugh. “What the fuck you sneaking up on me for?” He tells me and I smile.

“I didn’t sneak up on you!” I laugh picking up my bags from the floor. I had my book bag and my purse and another larger sized purse bag with the crap that I salvaged that morning when Frankie and I went back in… It wasn’t much in it, just the jeans I ran out of the house in, that were still kinda dirty, and the useless crap I found in the dryer. I mean the last thing I washed was a load of assorted crap that needed to be bleached…which consisted of 3 pairs of tube socks, four pairs of cotton underwear, one bra, two pillowcases, one sheet and a over sized bath towel…

I mean by no stretch of the imagination was I gonna be able to make an outfit out of that! Looked like I was gonna be wearing this dress again tomorrow. Just until I can get to the store and buy a shirt or something…

“Come on Elle.” Mikey says snapping me from my thoughts once again… I just nodded and handed him the room key card and followed him down the hall silently, getting lost in my thoughts once again…

I mean the whole thing was just so fucking depressing… Maybe I should go back to the house like the guy said. I mean there's gotta be other crap that survived… But I didn’t have the energy to do it right now… I just wanted to sleep… Actually I wanted to take a bath… That always makes me feel better…

Mikey found the door and slid the key card in and it opened. “Wait here a second.” He says and he went in first and kinda took a look around and I rolled my eyes a little from the doorway. He was defiantly on ‘high alert’… I mean he's gotta fucking chill or I'm gonna end up killing him…

“Is it safe?” I ask him and he makes a face as he pulls me into the room and locks the door and then unlocks it and then relocks it once again.

“Elle really, you need to be more conscious of your surroundings” He says and I laugh.

“And you need to be a little less conscious Mikey.” I tease him and he frowned as I tossed my bags on to the bed. It was a fairly nice sized room. The guy said something about it being corporate…

It had a pretty big bed, a fold out couch, and a desk in the corner. The usual crap you’d expect. I peeked in the bathroom. Hallelujah! It had a tub! Some hotels just have showers...

“So what do you wanna do?” Mikey says fussing with his glasses a little. I kinda grinned and looked over at him, then at the bed, then at him and he turned like five shades of red again. “Elle!” He gasps and I laughed. I mean fuck! I was just teasing him. It was just way too easy.

“Aw Mikey come on, I'm just kidding around.” I tell him as I jump up on the bed. “Come. Come sit.” I tell him and he kinda shook his head a little.

“Naw you might try to rape me.” He says and now I blush.

“So Gerard told you?” I ask and he shook his head no.

“No I kinda pieced together the little bits I heard.” He says and I nod. “Gerard don’t tell me shit you know.” He sighs a little and I nodded. I mean I could totally relate. I hated being left out…

“Well sit. I’ll tell you the rest.” I tell him and he kinda looked at me skeptically at first, but once I started blabbing he sat next to me on the bed… I told him pretty much everything about the guy, the box, bow-bow…

He really didn’t even say anything back. I mean every so often he'd say- yeah I figured, but besides that, nothing… I think he was just relieved to put the rest of the pieces together and I was glad that I helped. And I promised him that I’d keep him ‘informed’. I mean Gerard treats him like a little kid sometimes and he's not…

Fuck Gerard treats me like a little kid too! I mean I guess its just his nature… I mean in a weird kinda way he's a bully, not a mean bully, just a bossy bully. I guess I'm just a sucker for that…

“So you wanna order a movie or something?” Mikey says picking up the remote and flicking the TV on now that I was done talking…

“Um no actually, what time did we eat?” I ask him trying to remember back.

“I don’t know. Why?” He replies.

“Cause I wanted to take a bath.” I tell him and he shrugs as he flips through the channels quickly. “I mean you think it’s been an hour?” I ask and he stops flipping channels and looks over at me.

“What the hell are you talking about?” He says I roll my eyes a little.

“You know. I wanna take a bath.” I tell him and he nodded a little.

“Yeah I heard that part.” He says snidely.

“So you know how you gotta wait an hour before going in the water.” I tell him and he just stared at me for a second not saying anything.

“Are you joking?” He finally says and I make a face at him.

“About what?” I ask confused.

“Elle that’s just for swimming.” He says and I have no clue what he's talking about. I guess he could tell by the blank look on my face too… “Don’t go in the water, like swimming water, not bath water.” He says and I wrinkle my face a little.

“Isn’t it the same thing?” I ask and he shakes his head no.

“No its not.” He tells me and I look at him in disbelief… He had to be teasing me…

“Come on Mikey water is water.” I tell him and he shook his head no. “I'm not that stupid Mikey!” I tell him grabbing my towel from the bag. I mean I'm sure they had towels in the bathroom but I wanted to use mine…

“I didn’t say you were stupid Elle!” Mikey laughs. “I'm just saying-“ He says and I hold my hand up at him.

“No you're saying there's different kinds of water.” I tell him and he laughed. “And I'm telling you there's not. Its all the same h- 2- o am I right?” I tell him and he nods.

“Yeah you're right.” He says and I nod in satisfaction. Mikey kinda laughed again all though I'm not sure why. I mean I was right and he was wrong…I guess he's just a good sport… “So, uh can I order a movie or what?” He says as I stepped toward the bathroom.

“Yeah whatever Mikey. I really don’t give a fuck since I'm not paying for it.” I tell him and he nods. “Order a movie, raid the mini fridge, call for room service. I really don’t care.”

“All right cool.” He says squinting at the remote, I guess trying to figure out which button makes the order screen come up…

“I'm just gonna go take a bath okay.” I tell him and he nods with out looking up. “Its probably gonna be like an hour.” I tell him and he shrugs like he could care less…“I mean is that okay?” I ask and he glanced up at me.

“Whatever Elle, stay in there all fucking night, I don’t care.” He says jumping off the bed and opening up the fridge. “Aw they got fucking peanuts!” He cries out and I can’t help but smile at his enthusiasm… I guess he's never really stayed in a hotel before… I was tempted to tell him how much those peanuts cost, but I didn’t want to ruin his fun…”You want some?” He says glancing over at me as he started pulling crap from the fridge…

”Naw, you go crazy Mikey. I really wanna just go soak in the tub.” I tell him and he nods…”Just uh knock on the door and let me know when my Bobby gets here, cause I need to talk to him, okay?” I say to him and he kinda smirks.

“Uh yeah…I’ll be sure to do that Elle…”