Alex and Jay lay together in the car, both seats were pushed back as far as they could go and she lay with her head on his chest and her arms tightly wrapped around him. He bit down his lip and wondered if he should try asking her again what he had that morning. "Baby?" She looked up at him in response. "It was Ben who gave you the pill, wasn't it?" She laughed a little and put her head back down on his chest.
"I think so but I wasn't lying when I said I wasn't totally sure." She closed her eyes and felt that he was eyeing her suspiciously even after she'd given him the total truth.
Jay started lifting his seat up and Alex quickly sat up straight in hers, looking baffled until she saw the time. "School's pretty much over so I should probably get you home." She also put her seat up, with a morose look on her face though. While he started the car she looked out the window, blatantly upset about having to go home.
By the time they pulled out the thought of going back to the hellhole was too much for her and she yelled at him to stop the car. "I can't go home, I hate home." Her voice was desperate and he could tell that something must be something seriously wrong in her household and he didn't want her to be a part of that. The two sat for a minute while she calmed down and he thought about what he could do.
"Okay. Move in with me. My mom is never home, my dad would be too drunk to disagree." Her first instinct was to tell him he was crazy and that it would never work but the more she let it sink in the more it seemed like a good idea. It almost made her laugh, how stupid the idea was and how badly she now wanted to do it. Living in sin with Jay was the farthest thing from her mind but all of a sudden it seemed to be such an amazing idea. She smiled and laughed which made him smile and let her chin and cheek fall into the palm of his hand as he kissed her.
When they got to her house she checked to make sure both cars were gone until she quickly went into the house to pack up her stuff. There wasn't much so she threw in a handful of shirts and a few pairs of pants and two of her favorite zip-up hoodies. Bras and all fragments of undergarments were also thrown in her bag along with a toothbrush and a couple pieces of food.
She walked quickly back out to the car after writing a small vague note to her parents. The two drove off, both knowing that they were heading. "You're not going to start anything with Ben, right?" Alex wanted to get that clear before they reached the ravine where he would probably be. Jay kept his eyes peeled to the road and didn't answer with more than a short fake laugh.
They were greeted by the sound of Akon's "Locked Up" and the smell of burning marijuana. Some kid offered Jay a hit of the bowl he was smoking and Jay amiably took it then offered it to Alex who hesitated but also took the hit. In a matter of ten minutes they were also offered a nice three quarter full bottle of Grey Goose vodka, which they, again, brightly took. Jay and Alex both heard a familiar voice and immediately looked at one another then back at where the voice came from.
There was Ben, with some girl, with eyes that were already bloodshot and red-rimmed. Alex put her hand on Jay's leg as a way of saying don't go over and attack him. But Ben's eyes met the couples and Jay's fears were confirmed when he pulled another evil pill out of his pocket to show the two, with a big smirk on his face. Jay breathed in deeply and decided his plan of action, still staring the scrawny kid down. Alex turned around making an effort to ignore the threat and have some liquor when Jay got up from next to her and walked over to a very plastered Ben.