We had defeated the Edison Group, free of Lyle House at last. Kit and Aunt Lauren had crammed me, Tori, Simon, and Derek into a van and we had been driving for hours, trying to put as much distance between us and the Edison Group as possible. I wasn't quite sure where we were going, or what we would do when we got there, but I had overheard a conversation between Kit and Aunt Lauren and Kit said we would try to find a small town far away and live there under fake names. He even said we'd go to school there and try to settle down as much as we could given the fact that we were still been hunted by the Cabal. This would be nothing new for Simon and Derek, this is how they had lived their whole lives. Of course it wasn't the ideal situation, but compared to how we've been living the last few months it seemed like paradise.
We pulled up to a small motel that appeared to be in the middle of nowhere. "We'll stay here for the night and get some much needed rest, in the morning we can decide on a town to try and settle in for the moment" Kit told us. Aunt Lauren had gone to check us in and come back with two room keys. "One room for the boys, and one for the girls" she said and gave me a tight smile.
We seperated and settled into our motel rooms. They each had two beds and a small bathroom but I wasn't complaining, I went to take a much needed shower, using the soap and shampoo that was layed out on a neatly folded towel sitting next to the sink. It felt so good to finally wash my hair, I don't even remember the last time I got the chance to take a shower, the last few days were a blur. Everything had happened so fast and I still couldn't believe we were free of the Edision Group, even if it was just for the moment. I shut the water off, not wanting to take too long because I was sure Tori and Aunt Lauren would want the chance to shower before we finally got some sleep.
When I came out of the tiny bathroom we were sharing Tori was sitting up on her bed. "I don't know about you, but im starving, want to come with me to the lobby and we can buy some snacks?" she asked, I glanced at the clock, much to my suprise it was only 8:00. I agreed, realizing how hungry I actually was, I hadn't eaten in hours.
As me and Tori walked to the lobby I noticed that she was a little off, "I'm always here if you need to talk, I know your mom wasn't the most loving mother, but losing a parent always hurts", I knew she was upset about her mothers death, even if she didn't want to show it. " I know, I'm sorry for being such a bitch to you, I was really hoping we could start fresh, I'm sure we'll both need a friend since we won't be staying in the same place for long". I smiled at her, she wasn't so bad when she wasnt trying to rip my head off, and she was right we'd both need a friend these next few months while we were on the run. "It's okay, we can just forget about all that and start over" I replied as we turned into the lobby.
Derek was already buying snacks, no suprise there. We walked up to him "hey wolfboy, did you get something for us too?" Tori asked with a hint of sarcasm, she winked at me. Derek didn't even bother responding, he handed me an energy bar and a chocolate chip cookie, "I'll be in my room if you need anything Chloe" he smiled and left. "I'm guessing forgiveness isn't going to come so easy with him" Tori said grabbing a apple and granola bar. "I'm sure he'll warm up eventually" I replied as we walked toward the counter so Tori could pay.
We went back to the room and ate in silence. "I'm going to go take a shower" Tori said as she was getting up from the bed we had to share for the night. I fell asleep before she even returned, exhausted from the long day we had.