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Golden

Chapter 11

Ashley's POV:

"I need to pee! I need to pee! I swear I'm going to burst at any moment!" Aiden complained loudly.

Zach gritted his teeth. "Aiden, can you hold it for like two minutes?! We're almost at the motel!"

"But I can't! I—"

"Then pee in this bucket," I yelled, throwing a plastic bucket at him.

"Hey! That hurt!" Aiden whined, rubbing the back of his head.

"Pansy." I muttered under my breath, making Spencer giggle.

Kyla sighed and shook her head, trying in vain to read her book.

"Ok, Aiden, we're here," Zach said pointing at the motel.

"Finally!" Aiden quickly disappeared inside while we followed a very tired looking Zach.

"Hi, we're here to check in," he politely told the guy at the counter.

The man gestured at his name tag and gave us a look of contempt. "My name is Jacques."

Zach rolled his eyes secretly and said, "Um… Jacques—"

"That's Mr. Jacques to you."

Zach sighed and spoke through his teeth. "Look, Mr. Jacques, can we just have a room?"

He shook his head. "I'm terribly sorry but we are all booked." He smiled smugly.

I wanted to wipe the smirk off his face with a baseball bat.

I pushed Zach and walked to him. "Listen, buddy, we drove fifteen hours with Aiden, to come here. There's no way this dump is all booked. Give us a room or we'll go somewhere else."

"Oh well since you put it that way… SECURITY!"

Two huge men, who looked like they should be behind bars came out, one of them dragging a squealing Aiden by the collar of his shirt.

"I believe that belongs to you," the first man grunted.

I sighed. "Yes, unfortunately it does."

"And don't even bother checking for other hotels, they're all booked." Jacques smirked as the security guards dragged us out.

"Now what are going to do?" My heart panged as I saw a worried and exhausted Spencer. I walked over to her and protectively wrapped my arms around her.

"Don't worry, Spence, we'll find somewhere to crash."

Aiden's eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh! I saw a campground when we were driving here!"

Kyla immediately shook her head. "No, Aiden. I am not sleeping in a tent."

"Oh come on, Ky, I'll protect you from the bears," he grinned suggestively. She smiled a little.

"Ok, fine."

As we made it to the campground, I looked around.

"Ok, so it's not that bad, just a little deserted… I've got to say, Aiden, this actually was a good idea," Zach said, clapping Aiden's back.

I shuffle around, checking the campground and still a little suspicious of why it was deserted. I suddenly heard Spencer gasp. Turning around, my eyes land on a bright neon sign.

Beware of Hunters.

"Good idea my ass!" I look accusingly at Aiden, who shrugged. Suddenly, a far away gunshot rang in the distance. Spencer jumped a mile.

"That's it!" I pulled quickly her with me. "We're sleeping in the car!"

A loud and sudden snore woke me up. My eyes snapped open to meet with Spencer's.

"Hey Spence," I slowly tried to blink my sleepiness away. "What are you doing up so early?"

"I couldn't sleep." She blushed and murmured, "So I was watching you sleep."

"Aww, Spencer Carlin, you are too cute." I leaned in and pecked her nose.

"Yeah, well you're hot when you sleep." She whispered before gently grazing my lips with her own. A fire inside me ignited and I pulled her back, loving the feeling of her lips on mine. Her tongue gently slipped in my mouth, and that only made me kiss her harder. Her warm hands slowly slipped inside my shirt and I suddenly pulled away.

Stupid old me.

Spencer looked worried. "Did I do something wrong?" she said, eyebrows furrowed cutely.

"Oh, Spence, of course not." I said, quickly giving her a small kiss. "It's just if I didn't stop I wouldn't be able to control myself and take you right here, with Aiden sleeping inches away." I shudder, thinking of the horrible thought. She blushed again and I laughed at her cuteness and kissed her palm.

"Ash, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure, Spence, anything."

She smiled and gestured to outside. I followed her as we climbed onto the hood of the car.

"So… want to tell me why we're on the car?"

"Call me corny, but… I've always wanted to watch the sunrise with someone important to me." She smiled and pressed herself closer to me. "I figured anyone who I'd watch the sunrise with would be pretty important, considering I'd have to get up at such an ungodly hour."

I smiled back and whispered, "Thanks, Spence."

Wrapping my arms around her, I gave her a light kiss on her lips as she leaned her head on my shoulder. When the sun finally starts to peak over the horizon, golden streaks of sunlight danced across the sky. The colors mix wildly, but her eyes could still overpower them all. I kissed her gently on her forehead and we stayed like that, on the hood of the car that was filled with sleeping, oblivious people. And the sunrise was beautiful, almost as beautiful as she was. Maybe this trip would be worth all the trouble.

And I'd stay awake all night for you.

A/N: Yes, I know that I said I was probably not updating until Christmas but that seems a little cruel right? So I just wanted to throw this one out there, to get them started on their trip. Am I too mean to Aiden? Ha, I don't really hate him but someone has to be the dumb one, right? And don't worry, I still have that special Spashley Christmas chapter in my head, and I will try to post it up on Christmas Day, if not, sometime real soon after. I hope you guys aren't too cold right now, Happy Holidays!