"He who is too well off is always longing for something new."

No going back now, she had made it without Nick till now, just gotta get back in the groove. First stop, inquiring some supplies; Philadelphia wasn't just around the corner, and snack for the road would help.

Josh was obviously nervous to be walking around, can't blame a guy, people tracked him to his house, no doubt they could find him here. Just put two and two together, Nick is known by more then just the town Wesen, no reason someone couldn't put together where Josh would run… Damn, Josh sure knew how to look like he was up to something, eyes darting round. Sweat on the brow. Walking target.

"Hey, relax would you? I can handle any problems out here"

Josh's eyes shot back to look directly into Trubel's, gulping he nodded.

"It's not like anyone here is gonna recognize you-"

"Theresa?" A voice called from behind Trubel, a fearful expression frozen on Josh's face.

Trubel spun around, ready for anything, after all who knew her name. It wasn't Nick, could be one of Chavez's guys. A pair of gentle brown eyes broke her stone cold glare.

"Clay? What are you doing here?"

"Well, I was going to pick up some groceries…I haven't really seen you after, ya'know" Clay looked off to the side, a little awkward.

"Yeah, sorry about that... your arm's looking better" She retorted, not really the perfect time to play catch up.

Clay brushed away the comment, keeping that shy guy demeanor he had when they met.

"I kinda wanted to run into you again anyhow, I mean, you just disappeared on me, got kind lonely"

There was this loneliness about him, not there before, sure when they first met he looked pretty lonely, but now it wasn't so much the posture more like the air about him. Trubel's attention shot back to Josh, that little nugget needed to make his way home after all, speaking of lonely people.

"We can catch up some other time, I gotta take this guy back home," She gestured behind her.

Clay felt his heart sink a little, lonely was an understatement, losing everyone in your life kinda sucks, ya' know? At least Ther- Trubel was a familiar face. She had just turned to leave when before he knew it, Clay had reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Wait! Let me come with you."

Trubel slowly turned, eyebrows arched, a curious smile forming at the corner of her mouth.

"You know we're going to Philadelphia, right?"

"That's not too far"

"What about your friends?"

"Don't have em', training left no time"

"Family"

"In jail, that or dead"

"Oh."

Having Clay on board couldn't hurt, when you think about it, if something happens and she needs back up Josh's noodle arms aren't gonna cut it. He was one helluva fighter from what she gathered.

"You ready to drop what you have right now to go on a possibly- scratch that- positively dangerous road trip for god knows how long, with a stranger and a Grimm?"

Caught a little off guard, it sounded a lot worse when she put it like that, Abe woulda' told him to hold his ground, and that's what he was gonna do.

"Did'ja see me flinch?"

Josh was completely and utterly confused: Who was this guy? Why did Trubel invite him to come along? Why did he ask?! What the hell was wrong with these people?! Now they were whispering? If Trubel was gonna invite some guy on the trip it would be nice to at least know him. They both spun to look at Josh.

"Okay, let's go" Trubel announced

Josh leaned in to whisper, "Do you know this guy very well?"

"No" She said nonchalant.

Worry flashed through the very confused man's eyes.

"Don't worry, he's not gonna kill you, and I can handle it if he tries"

"That someone is not very reassuring"

They reached the car, Josh moving to open the passenger side door, but was beat to it by a very anxious Clay. At least this guy looked just as nervous about this as he did, who knows, he may not be some psycho…. of course, the alternative could be that he was one.

The first twenty-minutes was probably the third most awkward situation Josh had been in, after all his first meeting with Nick wasn't really a spring picnic.

"Wow- I mean, shit, I haven't ever left Portland!" Clay whispered, glazed eyes fixed on the window to his right, a mish-mash or uncertainty and… excitement. After all, most adventures are kind of spur of the moment things. Josh wasn't really sure if he was up for an adventure at this point

No going back now though…