I'm a bored writer again...here's a new chapter. Enjoy. :)
-Day 1-
Jade growled at the alarm jas it made angry noises, waking her. Her eyes adjust to the blue neon light shining 5:55, and a hand slowly punched the top of the clock. Even though Jade was still tired, she pushed herself up from bed and took a hot shower. The goth listened to the drizzling water and her hands putting soap in long, chestnut hair. Okay, I'm going to get the hell out of here today for however long it takes. Right, got that. And I'm going to bring, oh God, I'm going to bring Tori Vega.
Her ears perked at the slight echo of her name bouncing around in the bathroom, barely noticeable over the streaming water down her long back. Jade glared at nothing; she had said Tori's name out loud without realizing it. With a huff, she turned off the water and fled to her room, keeping the tradition of slamming the bedroom door while she was at it.
After a while of deciding what to wear, Jade chose black combat boots, jeans, shirt and her favorite red flannel. She had a couple of flannels, but this one was her favorite since the soft warmth on her skin comforted her. Looking around the room, the goth then snatched her backpack that was leaning against her bed. Before walking out the front door, however, she stopped by a closet and took a extra blanket and some pillows, that way she could actually sleep comfortably during the nights in the car.
A groan escaped her lips once she looked up and saw the dark, threatening clouds above. As she slipped in the car, Jade jammed her keys and turned the car on. The dashboard's clock read 6:39. Quick coffee stop then off to Vega's house. As she pulled out of the drive way, she hummed along to Johnny Cash, whose voice sang through the radio.
~Road to the Unknown~
A hiss came after a phone rang loudly next to an occupied pillow. Tori lifted her head up and looked at the phone, 6:00. Once switching the alarm off, Tori managed to get herself out of bed before falling back to sleep, worried that Jade might leave her if she wasn't ready in time. So, with a towel at hand, Tori opened the door and gave a quiet shriek as a thud sounded by her feet.
Curiousity quickly switched to irritation as Tori saw a boy from last night sleeping soundly by the door. Careful, she stepped over him and shuffled to her bathroom. The irritation doubled, no, tripled once she saw two semi-naked girls in her bathtub. Both had no shirts on and still slept, unaffected by the door opening. For a minute, Tori stared at them, a small warmth that she quickly ignored buzzing down below her gut.
The youngest Vega stormed back to her room, not able to shower, and quickly shoved on some jeans and a sweatshirt over her tank-top, only bothering to put the pj pants nicely away. With her phone in a pocket and the backpack slung on her shoulder, Tori made her way downstairs and stepped over trash and other sleeping graduates, Trina being one of them.
Right as Tori locked the front door, a familiar car pulled itself by the curb and Jade sat there, coffee at hand. Tori strode over to the car, opened the door and climbed inside, grunting a 'morning' as she did so. "Vega? Have you eaten yet?" Jade asked.
Tori shook her head,"Just tired."
"When did you go to sleep?"
"I don't know, like four hours ago?"
"Jeez Vega. Forget about this trip?" Jade snickered.
"I'll explain later, just drive to a restaurant and let me sleep." With that, Tori immediately closed her eyes and slipped into a deep sleep. Jade's gazed lingered longer than it should have until she snapped at herselfin whisper,"What the fuck are you doing? Just drive!"
And so Jade drove onto a highway and just kept going for about an hour. After some time, the goth went behind a semi towing another semi, giving the illusion that a huge vehicle was going against traffic. This gave Jade a bright idea, and suddenly shrieked,"VEGA! WAKE UP, A SEMI!"
Tori jolted awake, the first thing she saw was the towed semi, and she screamed, bumping her head against the chair in the process. The Latina realized the trick as Jade burst out laguhing at her misfortune. "Jade! Ow my head,"she mumbled as her hand rubbed the back of her head,"That's not funny, it's just mean."
"Oh lighten up Vega, it is very funny. That, and you need to wake up anyway."
Tori yawned, stretching as much as she could, and muttered under her breath. "What was that Vega?"
"Nothing, just wondering where this restaurant is that you woke me up for."
"Oh it's thirty minutes away," Jade said calmly, only smirking when an impressive glare was shot at her. "Why are you all grouchy anyway?"
"Barely got any sleep,"Tori started, contining once Jade snorted,"Well yeah! And it only made it worse that Trina threw a huge party and I had to spill Pepsi on a guy who tried to hook up on my bed. He still cried behind my door all night though, and then there were lesbians having sex in my bathroom."
Jade chuckled, finding this all very funny. After a while, Tori joined in too, since the situation, once said out loud, was indeed. The car was the parked outside of a diner. "I found this place once, and it actually has stuff I don't hate, so might as well."
Tori nodded, and followed Jade inside. The place was actually rather nice, not like expensive nice, but nice all the same. Cozy, Tori thought calmly. Once the two were seated toward the back of the place, both didn't talk much and just ate their meals. Tori had a small stack of pancakes while Jade had French toast. "These pancakes are good,"Tori hummed.
"I hate pancakes."
"How?"
"They get soggy way too quickly." Trio looked at Jade with an eyebrow raised,"And you say that while eating french toast?"
Jade shrugged,"The French toast here doesn't really get soggy all to quickly."
"What else makes you uncomfortable?" Tori asked, trying to make conversation.
"Like fears?"
"Kind of."
Jade sat there, thinking. She didn't want to really talk to the Latina, but that was essentially her point, to make conversations that didn't make the goth irritated all that much. "I don't like seeing dead fish, I think it's because of their eyes. Erm, I have a little bit of trypophobia-"
"Trypo-what now?"
"Fear of holes."
"Holes?" Tori asked, unimpressed. After a few moments, Jade shuddered and showed a picture of a seed pod with a bunch of irregular holes. "Yeah, I guess I could understand that."
"It makes my skin crawl,"Jade admitted, quickly exiting out of the picture. The Latina smiled slightly, both of them had a conversation that didn't involve yelling, which was a good start of the trip...aside from what Jade pulled earlier.
This actually might go well, both of the girls unconsciously thought in unison.
~Road to the Unknown~
"Red car."
"Blue."
"...Red."
"Blue and another blue." Both of the girls named their color of car once one of that color had passed them on the highway. Since the breakfast, both girls had made attempts on conversations, all not long. So now they were headed north, to a small town a ways from Los Angeles. There a festival was hosted and Jade and Tori decided collectively to go.
"How long will we be there Jade?" Tori asked,"Blue," she added once a blue pickup truck drove past.
"Around seven I think, at lunch I a can look for a motel or something for us to stay in," Jade answered, searching for a red car. "What's the score again?"she added.
Tori counted in her Ephesus for a moment,"You 27 and me 23 I think." Jade grinned gleefully at the sound of her winning. Who ever saw the least amount of cars had to pay for lunch. Some time later, lunch was being consumed at a fastfood restaurant, the Latina's wallet a bit lighter,"Its not fair that the blue car that would have tied us up ran into a pole."
"Yeah, well, you were the one that said the car had to actually pass us, not just a tire," Jade said pointedly.
"At least the burger is okay," Tori mumbled. Jade nodded a bit, since the burgers really weren't half bad. Since Jade finished first, she pulled out her phone and started to search for a cheap motel. Not a lot of hotels were open because of the festival. Eventually, as Tori was in the bathroom, she picked one close by the fairgrounds named 'WinkyChick.'
"You ready to go Jade?"
"Yeah, I found a place to sleep too."
"Good wha-" Tori started to ask before a waitress dropped plates in front of them. Immediately, the Latina bent down to help the waitress pick up pieces of the plate while Jade was pushed away by a body builder who had been eyeing Tori from afar. Jade had been uninterested in this until the he pushed her away to try and help Tori, even though she was going to. A surge of anger went through the goth as she tapped him on the shoulder,"You mind not pushing me away?"
"Heh, let's see waphat you can do about it." Tori looked up, hearing those words pop out of his mouth, Not a good idea. Tori just dodged the falling man when he's was punched in the chest. "Jade!" Tori hissed,"Are you trying to get us arrested on the first day?"
Her stare switched to the girl standing in front of here from her reddening hand,"Uh...I might need an ice pack."
"That's what you get for punching someone who works out for those muscles!" Tori quickly looked around, nobody else saw since they were in the back and the waitress had left. "How about we go to the gas station across the street and ask for ice, I don't think we will be allowed to just walk off if they see us standing next to him... Did you knock him out?!"
Jade stared, shocked, at the unconciuous man who had hit his head. Both looked at each other briefly before scurrying through the door behind them. Once in the gas station, Tori asked for a bag of ice politely while Jade scavenged for some snacks, drinks and other things to keep in her glove box. Once Tori and Jade bought the needed supplies, they were on the road again, this time, the a Latina driving.
A couple of times, Jade would check on her hand, glad that the swelling had gone down. The car never made a stop unless you count the restroom breaks or when Tori got excited over a store they passed. After buying a new book, Tori set it down with her bag in the back and sat in the passenger seat (the goth's hand was near to normal).
The sun began to set on the tiring day, and all the girls wanted to go was get in their waiting beds and sleep. "Oh," Tori remembered.
"What Vega?" snapped Jade.
"Where are we staying at?"
"I forget the name, I think it's WinkyDuck."
"Do you mean WinkyChick?" Tori asked.
"Yeah, wait. Have you gone there before?"
"Jade!" Tori whined.
"What?"
"You-you," stammering came from the passenger seat,"Did you look at the description?"
"Well it is near where the festival is and it's cheap. Why?"
"Jade," the Latina face palmed herself,"You booked us at a damn love motel." The car swerved suddenly, causing Tori to catch on the sides quickly to keep her from hitting her head again. The car pulled into a complete stop and Jade bellowed,"WHAT?"
"Yeah! It's the same place my parents go to almost every... oh God!"
Jade stared at Tori,"What is it now?"
"I think my parents are going to be there." The goth took a deep breath, How can this get any better? she sarcastically thought.
"Vega?"
"Hmm?" a Latina answered tiredly.
"Can you let go of my arm? I can't feel my fingers."
"Oh, sorry," Tori apologized, in the sudden movement of the car, Tori grabbed the handle and Jade's arm, neither of them realizing it at first.
~Road to the Unknown~
The black car eventually strolled nervously up to the motel, next to other cars of very happy guests. "Is your parents' car here?" Jade asked, gripping the wheel tightly.
"Jade, watch your hand, it's still a bit red." The goth obeyed, pulling her hand off the steering wheel, "No I do- shit. They just got here."
Sure enough, the Vega's got out of their car, not expecting one of their daughters was right in front of their car. "Great, that I'll help us get out in the morning," Jade commented. Tori nodded in agreement. The plan of action to avoid the two was simply just follow and keep an eye on them, though Jade joked about not looking too much.
"Ow! Vega I was joking!" Jade hissed, rubbing the side of her arm,"Jeez you punch hard." The motel was actually pretty nice in the outside, three floors overlooking a nice garden attacptched to a family friendly hotel next to it, How ironic Jade had thought. Once inside, the two found the Vega's leaving. "Honey, we're in 331."
"Ooo, that's a fun one," Mrs. Vega had sang excitedly. Both Jade and Tori looked at each other, the one of them a lot redder that the other. Once the girls stopped blushing, they strode to the counter. "How may I help you, ah, lovely ladies?"
"West," Jade explained quickly. The counter amped nodded, then said,"You'll enjoy room 333." Both had a key in their hands and Jade asked quietly,"What does he mean by that?"
"We'll find out soon," Tori answered, unsure herself. Room 333 was on the third floor next to,"Fuck!"
"Jade! Not so loud," Tori said.
Jade raised an eyebrow,"First of all, really? Not so loud when your parents are in the room next to ours?" Tori looked at the door that shrared the indent theirs did, and groaned. The plaque attached to the oak door read '331'. Jade opened the heavy door and her jaw dropped at the room.
Inside, there was a twin sized bed facing a mural of a bunch of naked women being very close to one another. There was also a tv above the mural and a small hot tub in the corner of the room, in between an indent for a coffee maker, "Perfect," Jade mumbled, and a small room for a toilet and a sink.
Tori dropped her bag down lightly and sat on the bed, only to stand spur straight again immedialty,"This is a room for lesbians."
Jade nodded in agreement,"So this is what he meant." They both just stood there, awkwardly. Just imagine two people who supposedly hate each other in a room like this...because that is Tori and Jade's situation right now. "We go blast the tv on high so we don't hear everybody else?"
Tori shuddered, remembering all of the noises they passed on the way up here. Thus they began their search for the tv remote since the actual tv had no controls at all. About thirty minutes into it, Jade's neck prickled once she heard Tori's parents and looked over to see the Latina, standing completely still.
They hastened to find it until,"Jade...I found it."
"Okay! Could you turn on the tv?"
"Yeah...No."
"What? Why not?" The youngest Vega pointed to the drawer where the tv remote lay,"I'm not touching it." Jade looks in the drawer agrees with Tori's decision; the drawer was full of...toys. After many suggestions were made, the two decided to get into the hot tub to drown out the noise beside he their room (on both sides).
"Jade? You'll have to turn around do we can change," Tori said. Jade did just that as the two changed into their bikinis, Tori's green and Jade's black. Once they were done, the sat in the hot tub, which had helped with the noise. Although, before they could get too pruny, the tired girls changed into their pj's and went to sleep.
"'Night Jade."
Jade grumbled, wanting to clog her ears.