Today was not going how Nina had planned it would.

It was almost midnight and she was just sitting on a bench outside a gas station while waiting for Coco to finish up in the ladies room. There was one light on over by the bench, but it was still very dark to see anything. The cool breeze did feel nice, but the howling sound it made really started to freak her out. The only reason why she was doing this was because of what Coco said half an hour ago before they came to the second Wumpa Island.

'I'm taking you to where Crash goes to numb his pain.'

Nina had to admit that she was curious about what Coco meant by that, but she was still uneasy about the whole thing. She had no idea where they were and was afraid of what lay ahead of them. Most of all, she was afraid of seeing what Crash did to 'numb his pain.' Nina didn't want to think about what that meant right now and was relieved that Coco finally came out of the gas station.

They continued their trip through the dark chilly forest, the small headlights on the scooter barely lighting up the dirt road for them. Nina shivered from the cool wind and hugged Coco tighter for warmth.

Soon they pulled up to a small blue motel that looked a little run-down with only three or four street lamps working. Coco parked behind the registration office and made sure the scooter was well hidden so no one would snatch it. The two then sneaked over to the farthest room from where the scooter was stashed, hiding behind a big tree so no one could see them.

"Umm, Coco? Why are we-?"

"Over there." Nina turned to where Coco was pointing and saw Crash riding on his red motorcycle on the same path they had taken to get here. Nina could also see a girl riding with Crash as they pulled up by the registration office but couldn't see her face because she was wearing Crash's only helmet. Coco and Nina both stayed quiet while Crash went inside to get a room for him and his date. Not even a minute passed and Crash had already moved his ride in front of the same room the girls were hiding next to. Before they went in, Crash's date took the helmet off, causing Nina's jaw to drop.

It was Amy from the fast-food joint they went to hours ago wearing a tight black n' red striped shirt, short black skirt, purple slip-on shoes and checkered arm warmers. Nina couldn't believe how different she looked without the uniform on.

Crash had dressed up to. He had black fingerless leather gloves on with little metal spikes over the knuckles, a dark brown leather jacket and a pair of sunglasses on. Nina's cheeks turned bright red from seeing how handsome Crash looked, but her face turned a darker shade of red when he and Amy started to make out. Coco just sat there like she had seen this before a million times, not moving in the slightest bit while Nina used all her will power to sit still as she watched the two swap spit.

Five minutes felt like five hours for Nina as the couple finally broke apart for air. Once Crash and Amy went inside, Coco got up and leaned her back against the wall while Nina looked like she was gonna break the tree in two. She needed answers, now.

"Is that why you brought me here?" Nina asked, her face still red from the display earlier. Coco just sighed.

"That was nothing."

"Nothing? That sure as hell looked like something!" Nina yelled, her voice rising dangerously.

Coco just stood there against the wall while Nina tried to calm down. The blonde bandicoot would occasionally pull out her pink cell phone and check the time on it. This went on for a while in total silence between the two until Coco started to walk behind the room Crash and Amy were currently occupying. Nina followed her, wondering what she was up to. When the back sliding door was almost in perfect view Coco spun around and put both hands on Nina's shoulders so she couldn't move.

"Whatever you do, don't make any loud noises." Coco warned before letting Nina go. She then returned to her original position against the wall while Nina took a peek inside the room. It took all of ten seconds for Nina to stumble back to where Coco was waiting for her.

"H-h-h-how c-can he……he d-d-do….." Nina stuttered with tears streaming down her pale cheeks as she fell over. Coco caught her and did her best to comfort Nina as the poor Goth girl sobbed on her shoulder.

After a while Nina finally stopped crying and was able to stand up. She had no idea Crash did that sort of thing, but since she didn't really know anything about his personal life it made sense that she didn't expect to see that. Her heart felt like it was split in two now and it hurt so much that she was about to cry again. Coco could only hug her as they walked back around the registration office to get her scooter back.

The trip back home was dead quiet. Neither of the girls made the slightest sound as they traveled back to N. Sanity Island. Nina just wanted to lie down and forget this day. She wanted to forget her feelings for Crash and forget ever knowing him. 'But I can't….' Nina knew she couldn't forget her feelings for him. Not even after what she saw him do.

Her heart now felt like a pile of dust being blown in the wind…….

A/N: sorry for the long wait, I've had an idea overload during my trip and it was hard to type while riding in my camper. Its gonna be a while before I update again because I need to work on some real stories.