Chapter Three!
"Okay, we're out. Now, where do you want to go?" Adam asked.
Charlie shrugged. "Wherever you want."
"Well, how long do you want to stay out?"
"You decide."
Adam laughed. "You are hopeless, you know that?"
"I know. Can you put the top down? I want to feel what it's like." Charlie asked.
Adam pushed a button on his side, and the top disappeared. Charlie turned the radio on.
"Ugh. Commercials." He said, and flipped the channel. He did this for a long while. The whole time, Adam had been watching the road, resting his head in one hand, but now, he shifted his eyes to look at Charlie and smiled at the typical reaction to the radio from his boyfriend. Charlie really never could settle on one radio station. Banks had learned that the hard way. He chuckled.
"Don't you have a CD player in this car?" Charlie asked, giving the radio a rest.
Adam shook his head. "Didn't have enough money. Why don't you leave that thing alone for a while? Just enjoy the scenery with me." Adam said once he saw that Charlie had gone back to switching from channel to channel. He took him by the hand one more. Charlie grinned and switched the radio off.
Adam yawned. It was getting late and he'd been driving for hours.
"I gotta find a hotel." He thought. Charlie had long since fell asleep. Adam glanced at him.
"You're so beautiful when you sleep, Charlie. I just can't get enough of you." He said.
He caressed the side of Charlie's face gingerly as so not to wake him.
"I love you, Charlie."
"Yes!" Adam whispered quietly as a hotel finally came into view. He drove in to the lot and parked near the door. He decided to let Charlie sleep, so he put the top back up, and went in to get their room.
When he got back, he first took their bags up, then came back for Charlie. He gingerly unbuckled him, and took him in his arms. He wasn't exactly heavy, but he wasn't light as a feather, either. He shut the door with his foot.
"Thank God these doors are automated" He thought as he entered once again. As he passed the info desk the lady he'd gotten their room gave him a weird look. He smiled and continued walking. Once he was out of earshot, he held back a laugh.
He made a mental note to thank that lady for giving them a room on the first floor. Adam doesn't now how he did it, but somehow he managed to hold up Charlie and put the card in the slot and get in.
When he did get in, he saw that there was only one bed. He really thought little of it. He and Charlie had shared their beds in the dorm more than once. Nothing serious happened, though. Charlie just wasn't ready. That was okay with Adam. He'd wait forever for him.
He carefully laid Charlie on one side of the bed, covering him with the cotton sheets.
"Why do they make these hotels so damn cold?!" He thought to himself.
He changed and got in to bed, also. He was too tired to stay up right now. He pushed himself over on his side to face Charlie, took his hand, and pulled himself up to where he was mere inches away from his face and could feel the warm breath on his face.
He just stared at Charlie for the longest time, not moving, his heart pounding in his chest. He always got like that around Charlie, despite whether he was awake or not. When he finally felt he couldn't hold on much longer, he kissed Charlie lightly on the lips, and whispered: "I love you."
His eyelids dropped, and he fell asleep, with the thoughts of Charlie filling his head.