Road Trip

( set sometime after 2x19 Spring cleaning )

These are not my characters I just like to get them out and play with them sometimes

Okay , okay , quiet Glenn said standing at the front of the break room with a very annoyed looking Dina.

I need a volunteer , several people raised their hands ..

Wait I got to give the requirements .

Needs to be a guy

All the women's hands went down

That can legally drive

Half the men's hands went down

That can travel across several states

One hand remained ..

Jonah .. looks like you are the winner . Glenn smiled

Glenn I told you just to ask him to begin with .. we could have saved all this Amy said looking annoyed .

Okay so what did I just volunteer for Jonah asked

I need a male and a female employee to drive down to our New Orleans store and pick up some signs and a few other things .. it has been sent to the wrong store 3 times so corporate said just to send 2 employees to get it . so you guys will leave today at noon and you will stay clocked in until your return ..

Oh okay Jonah said .. do I need to run home and pack a bag ?

Well Jonah that sounds like an awesome idea since I do expect you to shower and change clothes daily Amy responded sarcastically

Well I have you know I always change clothes and shower daily . Jonas said

Yes and this is the reason among others I suggested you come with me .

What's the other reasons .. he asked

Because I refuse to be stuck in a box for 10 hrs with 80% of the men we work with .. you , Glenn, Mateo, and Garrett are the only ones I would ride with .. and well Glenn can't go Mateo would be useless to me , and Garrett wouldn't be that helpful with the loading of the stuff .

Glad to see I was your first choice

Don't flatter yourself you were the least likely to get me killed ..she laughed at the look on his face. Go get your bag packed

12:00 pm on the road …

I brought my ipod incase you wanted to listen to anything on it , ive already synced it to the radio

Amy shook her head . of course you did .. but im not listening to any lectures , or podcasts ..

No its got music on it and it has Pandora on it so pick whatever you want to listen to , create your own station .

Oh okay .. thanks . Amy said as she picked up the ipod and started looking for music .

Amy found a station she was happy with it was newer pop music playing softly In the background as she picked up a book and started reading .. within 30 minutes she was asleep .

jonah had stolen several glances at amys sleeping form

Jonah smiled she is so beautiful he thought to himself , how can her husband not see it , how can he let her go , jonah shook his head ,

What? Amy asked

I didn't say anything he said keeping his eyes on the road

I know .. you were not talking very loudly

He laughed look at you you're already board with your book and now you wanna try to pick a fight with me …

No that's not what I was doing , you were watching me sleep , its creepy Amy said doing her best to sound annoyed but sounding more amused instead .. so what was the head shake about ..

He laughed again, nothing, nothing, at all .

Jooonahhh she whined its cold in here

Ames reach behind your seat get my pillow and blanket I'm ok driving .. You can sleep a little longer Amy reached behind the seat and pulled jonahs pillow and blanket , I cant believe you brought a pillow and blanket .

Yeah I brought it just incase one of us wanted to sleep in the truck while the other was driving . he smiled . we went on lots of road trips as kids and I only forgot my blanket and pillow once .. froze the whole time .. never forgot it again

She chuckled . and arranged the pillow against the window and the blanket over her lap . Amy squirmed and wiggled trying to find a comfortable position .

Ames come to the middle put the middle seatbelt on and lay down in the seat .

But I'm too long to lay in the seat .. she says contemplating laying down

You can put your feet in my lap if you need to .. as long as they aren't stinky he smile

My feet do not stink .. she said arraigning her herself in the middle to lay down .then slowly stretching her feet closer to Jonah .. he reached and grabbed one foot then the other placing them on his lap and pulling the blanked over them .there .. comfy ?

Yes I'm about as comfy as one can get laying in the seat of a truck .

Ames , you're crabby , sleep . Jonah said with one hand resting on her feet .

She signed .. yeah sorry . it's not been the best week for me .

Do you want to talk about it ? he asked you know I'm here if you ever need to talk , he massaged her foot with his thumb . oh my god woman your feet are tiny .

Hush she said lightly bumping his leg with the other foot ..

Ok oo I like this song Jonah said and turned the volume up .. sleep crabby we can argue later .

She laughed but closed her eyes . Amy lay there with her eyes closed warmth and smell of the blankets it smelled like him , she was surrounded by him and his thumb rubbing her foot is small circles . she had not felt this wrapped up and comfortable with anyone in a long time , and then he started singing with the music , …

My shadow's dancing
Without you for the first time
My heart is hoping
You'll walk right in tonight
Tell me there are things that you regret
'Cause if I'm being honest I ain't over you yet
That's all I'm asking
Is it too much to ask?
Is it too much to ask?

Someone's moving outside
The lights come on down the drive
I forget you're not here when I close my eyes
Do you still think of me sometimes?

And oh, love, watch the sun coming up
Don't it feel fucked up we're not in love

As Jonah sang she couldn't hold back the tears ,and then he sang that one line "Don't it feel fucked up we're not in love" a sob escaped her lips .she covered her mouth hoping he hadn't heard it .

Ames ? you okay ?

Amy didn't speak at first she tried to get herself under control

Ames?

My divorce was final last Friday. She said quietly .

Jonah turned the truck into a rest area and parked .

What are you doing Amy asked sitting up looking around and where they were then looking at Jonah . forgetting her face was covered in tears .

He looked at her concern was the only thing on his face . Amy are you okay , you could have told me sooner , I could have , I don't know been there for you , or something . he said rubbing up her leg and down trying to comfort her .

Jonahs heart was breaking for her , she looked so small wrapped in his blanket no makeup and tears streaming down her face .

She looked down at his hand rubbing her leg then back up at him . I. I think I . shit. She said I don't know what I am .. I wanted the divorce .. I wasn't happy .. he wasn't happy . it's just ..

It's because you have been with him since you were a teenager you don't know anything else but him . Jonah said still rubbing her leg .

Yeah . and it's weird at home when Emma's gone to his house . I've not been alone over night or a week ever in my life and I'm not sleeping .. she said shaking off more tears that threatened to come .

Hey come here he said .

What ?

He pushed her feet to the floor and grabbed her arm and pulled her to a sitting position and hugged her to his chest .pushing her hair from around her face . it's okay to cry , to morn , to be sad , that was your life and your child's father , it's okay to be sad that it's over and still want it to be over . you should have called me I could have come over and bored you with podcasts or stories . I would have brought ice-cream he said . making her chuckle .

Jonah we need to be on the road .

Yeah I know .. lay down stop thinking and sleep for a little bit and we will stop for the night and grab something to eat .

Okay Amy said as she grabbed the pillow and laid it down next to his leg .

Here wait a sec . Jonah readjusted his seat and put the pillow on his leg. there now you can stretch your legs out a little more . sleep Amy I have you .

She looked at him for just a second, her eyes searching his face .the warmth coming from him was almost over powering , then she laid her head on the pillow . facing his side, she moved around until she was comfortable and then let out a sigh .

Ok are you comfy now he asked moving a stray hair off her face

Mmhmm she mumbled as she burred her nose into his side and took a deep breath.

She took his hand and rested it on her shoulder .so he began rubbing he shoulder with his thumb .

You smell nice she mumbled . making him chuckled .

You are tired, you said something nice to me .. he laughed again

Mmm , Jonah ?

Yeah Ames,

Thank you .she mumbled as she drifted off to sleep .

Once she was asleep he let the tears fall . her pain was heartbreaking . he let the tears fall silently for a few miles . then dried his face . Adam Is a fool he thought , he had this beautiful woman at his side and he couldn't bring it upon himself to make her feel like she meant something to him . Jonah watched the road with one hand on the wheel the other burred in her hair twirling the dark curls around his fingers . singing along with the music .

Around 5pm he decided he need to find them a hotel for the night , some dinner ,and he had to use the bathroom like crazy . Jonah took the next exit and found a Hilton Inn . and parked the truck .

Hey Amy , he called running his fingers around her hairline . and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear then traced a finger back up around her temple .

You gotta wake up Ames

No, I'm sleeping she half whined half mumbled .

Come on wake up I will buy you some coffee an some dinner and we can get us some rooms an you can sleep more . but I really gotta pee he added for desperation

She nuzzled jonahs side stretching her legs as much as she could in the confined space then blinked a few times .. and started pulling herself into a sitting position

She straightened her shirt and pushed her hair out of her face . where are we .. what time is it

We are somewhere in Mississippi and it's a little after 5 pm .

I found a hotel I'm gonna go get us some rooms and then we can decide on food . Jonah said

Here ? Amy said looking up at the massive hotel

Yeah , Jonah said confused . I will be right back he said then turned and walked into the lobby of the hotel. About 10 minutes later Jonah returned with a weird look on his face .

What's wrong Amy asked

Well , don't kill me he said watching her like he was about to become prey

What ? Jonah Amy demanded

They only had one room open .

And…..? Amy questioned

The room only has one king-size bed. he said watching her reaction , it wasn't at all what he thought it was going to be .

Okay .. they usually have couch that turns into a bed too .. let's go I gotta have a shower she said

They grabbed their bags and Jonah locked up the truck

We are in room 315 top floor .

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