Julie and I were on our way to Chicago for our next show and for some unknown reason Google had us going the back way, apparently she thought we needed the 'short' way. We had the windows down and music going. I had my foot somewhat sticking out of the window and comfortable well as comfortable you can get in the vehicle. I heard J groan so I looked over.
"Yes?"
"We need to stop off and get gas" she said just as the sing went off signaling that gas was low.
I looked around and then looked back at Julie
"Julie" i said in my what the hell tone
"Dont even say it, i know"
"J, come on we arent even around anywhere that has gas...Google hates us and took us this God forsaken route" I said "theres nothing in sight"
"Well I know my vehicle and we should still have at least 20 minutes if not a little longer" julie muttered
I glared at her and messed with my Google a little bit to get the nearest gas station pulled up "the nearest gas station is a half hour away"
"Well maybe she will get us there" julie said patting the dash like it had feelings
I rolled my eyes "well let's hope so because its getting dark and we are in the middle of no where"
Sure enough we pulled into the gas station just as the vehicle decided to die
"See and you thought we wouldnt make it" julie said with a small grin
"You're lucky we did because if we didnt there would have been some issues" I muttered
This time it was her turn to roll her eyes and she opened her car door and popped open the gas cap. I hopped out and walked into the small store
"Excuse me sir wheres your bathrooms?" I asked
"Around back" he said not looking up from his phone
I walked back outside "great it's one of those"
I walked back towards Julie who just finished pumping gas "the bathrooms are out back"
"Like horror movie outback?" She asked with her worried voice
"Just like the horror movies" I muttered
"Well let's go pay for this grab some snacks and debate if we can hold it until the next store" Julie said shutting the car door and then locked it
We walked into the store grabbed some stuff paid for the gas and then decided to venture around back. We sighed, looked at one another, and popped open the door to the bathroom. I slowly walked in and looked around as Julie held opened the door.
"Sure hasn't been taken care of in seems like months" I muttered popping open the stall doors
"So what do we do squat and go or go down the road til we cant hold it anymore" julie asked quietly "because it looks like we can catch an STD in here"
"Down the road we go" I said walking out
Julie shut the door and we headed back around to the front of the store to only get stopped by some guy that looked homeless
"did you see it??" He asked all creepy like
Julie and I looked at one another backed up and went around the guy. We hopped in the vehicle and locked the doors
"That was creepy as hell" J muttered
It was just then that I heard a knock on my window and by the look of Julie's face I wasnt going to want to look, but by pure curiosity that always seems to get into trouble mind you, I looked. I let out a small shreek because the guy had his face in my window. We locked eyes. I tapped Julie on what i was assuming her arm and pointed towards the road
"Go J go" I said quickly "go go go"
She put her foot on the gas and the vehicle went forward. We were silent for a moment gathering our thoughts I was assuming. Finally I looked over at Julie
"What did he mean by did you see it?" J asked pulling out a cigarette and rolling down her window
I shook my head "I have no idea and right now I dont want to find out"
"Oh I'm not saying we are going back but I cant say I'm not curious"
"Oh I'm sort of curious but not that curious"
About an hour later and our bladders were about to explode we decided it was time to pull over.
"J it's dark and you know I'm scared of the dark" I said looking out my window
It was about 1 if not a little after in the morning. It was pitch dark no one in sight and no light other than our headlights.
"Would you like me to hold your hand?" Julie asked sarcastically
I looked over at her "actually yes I would it's dark as hell and after what happened back there…"
"Candice Elizabeth that was over an hour ago theres no way he would be here right now" Julienl said with a sigh
I glared at her and she huffed "fine let's go"
We both got out and walked a little way from then road. We did what we had to do and got back in the vehicle and used hand sanitizer. It was quiet. Julie and I looked at one another
"J didnt you leave the vehicle running?" I asked getting a chill something was off
"Yeah" julie said and we quickly looked behind us to make sure no one was there.
Julie touched for the keys
"Can guess what?" I heard Julie say with a sigh
"The keys arent there?" I asked with a groan
"What the hell is going on?"
"I told you he would show up" I said looking over and glaring at her
That was when she punched me "bitch"
"Slut" she said turning on her flashlight on her phone
We looked around for the keys and didnt see them
"Where can they be?" Julie asked irritated
I looked outside and then smacked her
"Ok i get it fuck sorry for hitting you" she said rubbing her arm
"Damn it hoe they are on the ground" i said pointing outside her car door
"But how?..." but i cut her off
"Do not make me hit you again" I said
We both sighed
"Now what?" she asked
"J if our keys are outside and we want to leave what should we do?" I asked slowly shaking my head
"No need for attitude"
"I'm sorry but I told you something was off but you didnt believe me" I said taking a deep breath in and letting it out slowly
"I'm sorry ok but seriously, how the fuck did he know we would be going this way? How could he get here at the same time as us what are the chances of that?" She asked
"Ok enough I'll watch your back you grab the keys" I said nodding in her direction eyeing the keys out her window
"Why do I have to?" She whined
"Because you are closer to them?" I asked like duh
"You're a bitch"
"We have already come to terms with this"
"Fine but if I die two things: 1, i will come back to haunt you and two, let my death be on your hands and you live with regret"
"Ok I'll be ok with that just make sure you throw me the keys first"
"I hate you"
"No you dont J you love me you just hate that I'm being an angry bitch right now"
She sighed and opened up her car door and slowly got out. My heart was beating fast, probably not as fast as Julie's but fast. I was panicking and looking around. Julie quickly hopped into the car and started it up.
"Call someone anyone" she said "we are out in the middle of no where and need back up"
I called the first person I could think of as our vehicle finally went forward. Come on Randy answer your damn phone. No answer, so what did I doni grabbed Julie's phone and dialed the same number
"What?" He asked
I wanted to throw him a damn attitude but didnt "hey thanks for answering my damn phone call"
"Can I help you with something?"
"Yeah julie and I are out in the middle of fucken no where with a psycho person after us"
"Come on if you want to talk to me you could at least have a better excuse"
"Randal this has nothing with me wanting to talk to you this is me coming to you for help"
"Uhuh"
"Randy I'm serious someone is after us" I said annoyed that he didnt believe me
"This coming from the person that didnt tell me she was pregnant yes because I should believe you"
"Ran…" but he hung up
I looked at Julie and put her phone down in disbelief
"What?" She asked
"The fucker hung up on me"
We got about about a half hour away when the vehicle gas light came on again and the vehicle stalled.
"Are you fucken kidding me?" We asked at the same time