I'm with you
By Amber Anne
Chapter 6
Baby to Catholic School Girl
As the hours went by Rory was tired. Jess and her talked for hours about books. At the end Rory got suckered into reading Hemmingway again.
"Jess, let's stop at a motel for the night"
"Fine let's stop here." Jess pointed out to a sign saying 'Highway Hotel'.
"Looks kinda eww!" Rory crutched up her face.
"It's that or we sleep in the car."
"Okay fine, only if I don't have to read Hemmingway"
"Deal"
Jess walked out of the main building to tell Rory the room number. He looked as if death was awaiting him.
"What's wrong?" Rory asked him in concern.
"We have to share a room."
"That's fine, it's two twin beds right?"
"One full bed"
"That's fine we can share."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, what do you have small pox or something?"
"No, do you?"
They walked two the room. Just as Rory expected, the room was disgusting. The walls were tinted yellow from cigarette smoke, and the rug was a barf colored orange.
"As I told you eww!"
"Get comfortable, every apartment in the city is like this." Jess told her as he sat on the bed.
Rory stood silent. She finally realized there was no looking back. This was now her life. No more Chilton, Harvard, not even finishing high school. It was just herself, maybe Jess, she didn't know. She didn't care; she just lied down and stared to space.
"Jess"
"Mmm" he muttered as if he was already asleep.
"Do you think they love me?"
"What?"
"Everyone back home."
"They love you to death."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"You'll understand...go back to sleep." He muttered exactly.
"Whatever you say." She rolled over and fell into a deep sleep.
That night Rory had the worst nightmare. She guessed she woke up screaming, Jess was holding her against his chest rocking her when she woke up that morning.
"What happened?" She asked him sounding muffled.
"You where screaming"
"So" her face reddened up. Rory was so embarrassed. She screamed out, in the bed of a hotel room, with a boy sleeping next to her.
He jumped up, Rory wished he hadn't. She wanted to stay in that position forever, maybe longer.
"You first?"
"What?" She shook her head, to try to get out of the weird fantasy she was in.
"Do you want to go first?"
"For what?"
"Showering"
"I don't need one."
"You'll need one later. Last shower for probably a week."
"Why?"
"Let's say we will be living in a car for a week."
"Why?"
"How long does it take to find an apartment and steady job?"
"A day?"
"No, more then a week. So wash up."
"My clothes are in the car"
"I'll get them"
Rory when into the unsanitary bathroom, don't they clean these rooms anymore? She thought to her self.
Jess was having the time of his life outside. While he was getting her clothes a photo album fell out of the bag. He decided to gaze through it. The album showed Rory from bare bottom baby pictures, to her first day of school, to her in a Chilton uniform. He didn't know about Chilton though, he notioned she was a Catholic school-girl.
He was laughing so hard he forgot to give Rory her clothes. She had to walk out of the bathroom in a towel. He whistled at her, she went red. After Jess had his shower, they packed up. When Jess was starting the engine and Rory got in he couldn't hold it anymore, he had to say it. "Hello, Mary!!"