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The two spent the remainder of the ride in a relative silence, neither really knew what to say and when Marissa turned her head to the side, she saw that the blonde seemed to have fallen asleep. She smiled at the sight, the girl who'd seemed so lost at first now seemed so peaceful in her sleep.

Her attention was quickly pulled back to the road when flashing lights caught her eye. She slowed the car down and came to a halt when they reached the parked police cars. An officer made his way over to Marissa who quickly got out of the car not wanting to wake the slumbering blonde.

The officer looked her over and then suspiciously checked in the car flashing his light through the driver's window. Marissa was quick to react though, her hand flew out and she pushed the man's arm down not even thinking about the fact that she was technically assaulting a law enforcer. "She's sleeping," the brunette hissed out once the cop's unimpressed eyes met hers.

He then flashed his light in her face and she only shielded her eyes as he looked her over. Decided the woman before him meant no harm he lowered his light and introduced himself, "hi my name's officer Briggs," he stuck his hand out and Marissa reached forward to shake it.

"Marissa..." she wrapped her arms around herself as she continued, "is there a problem officer?"

"The water's flooded the road, you can't pass through." She groaned out and he quickly added, "there's a motel not too far back, I'm sure they've got a room."

Marissa nodded and turned around to get back in her car after having thanked the man. She closed the door and then started up the car once again before quickly throwing it in reverse so she could turn back around. She didn't see the blonde slowly come to.

Ale slowly lifted her head off the window once she heard the door and the engine; she looked over and saw a now, once again, soaked Marissa. "You're wet," she stated quietly, slowly pulling the brunette out of her grumbling thoughts.

Marissa looked down and realized that she was in fact wet, "yea, guess I am..." she replied absentmindedly.

"O...okay... why?"

The driver turned back around and gave her a look before focussing her attention back on the road, "because I went out for a swim," she sarcastically replied.

Alex rolled her eyes, "you know, for someone who thought I was rude, you surely could teach a class on the matter."

The brunette sighed and brought one of her hands up to her forehead, "I'm sorry," she flashed Alex an apologetic smile, "long day and the officer back there," she waved her hand towards the back, "told me there was a road block."

"Oh."

"Yea, so now we get to spend the night in a motel... woo hoo!" she finished off with fake joy.

Alex nodded, but then confusion spread across her features once more, "that still doesn't explain why you're wet..."

Marissa shrugged, "I got out of the car to talk to the cop."

The blonde's brow furrowed, "since when do they need you to get out for road blocks?"

"You were sleeping, I didn't want the talking to wake you up, looked like you needed the rest."

Alex was once again shocked into silence; this stranger, who'd stopped on the side of the road, picked her up... twice, gotten soaked, had now gone back out after giving her, her only dry hoodie thus ensuring she was wet once more, all so she could sleep. There was no way she was that lucky, this girl was too good to be true. "I'm gonna wake up at home to the sound of yells and this will have only been a dream."

Not hearing anything from her passenger, Marissa looked back at Alex, "you okay?"

She nodded dumbly, "yea..." she looked back up, it was going to sound stupid, but she felt she had to ask, "am I dreaming?"

Marissa just gave the girl a confused look, "no, if you were dreaming, we wouldn't be stuck at," she leaned forward to look out the window, "The Sea Side Road Motel for the night."

"Huh?" Alex asked still looking at Marissa, her thoughts were running so fast, she hadn't even realized they'd come to a stop.

Marissa looked at the girl once again before leaning over and pinching her. "OW! What the hell?" Alex yelled out.

Marissa stifled a laugh, "well, it's not St-Patties Day so... no, you're not dreaming." She rolled her eyes at the confused look she got, "you asked if you were dreaming, you didn't get my wit, so I pinched you. I hear that's what you're supposed to do to test the 'am-I-dreaming' theory. I guess we could try slapping? Or punching maybe?" She offered as she pulled her arm back with a smirk.

Alex just kept her wide eyes trained on the girl beside her, "you really are a psycho!"

Marissa laughed, "no, but we are at the motel, so! If you're done thinking you're dreaming, maybe we could go in and you can get some real dreams in there."

The blonde finally looked out to see a giant motel sign; she glanced back at the brunette, "you're lucky I'm playing nice."

Marissa scoffed, "please, last time you played nice, you ended back on the road, I suggest you start playing kiss-your-ass," she playfully threw back.

Alex smiled lightly, she didn't want to admit it, but it was nice being able to act like this. Marissa brought out a side of her she thought she'd lost long ago. Getting an idea, she quickly jumped out of the car and ran around opening Marissa's door, quickly throwing her own hoodie up over their heads to protect them from the rain.

As they made a light run for the door, Marissa quickly quipped, "I said play kiss-my-ass, not play the chivalry's not dead card."

Alex opened the door and didn't miss a beat, "in case you didn't know, chivalry's what they called kissing ass... it was just a way to sound better while trying to score."

Marissa stopped and looked at the girl beside her, she tried to hold it but she couldn't and before long, she burst out laughing, "okay... okay you're good..." she waited a few seconds before adding with a wink, "but I'm not that easy," and with that, she turned to the receptionist who'd watched on amused as the two bantered.

"Hi! We were told to come here cause of the road block, do you have two rooms?"

The woman threw her an apologetic look, "sorry honey..."

Marissa sighed, "but the sign..."

"We only have one room left."

Marissa beamed, "great! That'll do!" The elder woman gave her, her key and watched as Marissa spun on her heels taking Alex's arm along the way. The brunette tried to ignore the shock she felt when their skin met as she spoke, "come on Casanova, I swear I won't hurt you."

Alex tried to ignore the light tingling she felt through her arm, "that's exactly what you'd say if you WERE thinking about it!" She replied in mock fear.

The woman behind the desk could still hear Marissa's laugh coming from the outside, as her son came round the corner with an old rag in his hands; he looked at her as he spoke, "I thought we still had three rooms?"

"We do."

Her son just kept looked at her as he stopped drying his hands, "oh Arletta! I told you to stop meddling!"

"They needed it," the older woman defended with a shrug.

"How do you know?"

She just raised an eyebrow at him, daring him to contradict, he quickly sighed as he walked away, "better know what you're doing."

She rolled her eyes, "oh laugh it up kid!"

Marissa and Alex quickly made it into the room they'd been assigned, they'd just gotten in when they turned on the light switch and both sets of eyes focussed on the one spot in the room.

Marissa groaned but then her voice stopped quickly when she felt Alex's warm breath on her ear as the blonde lean in close, "maybe I am dreaming." The brunette just gave her a lost look before she continued speaking, "I get to share a bed with a beautiful girl."