They had been on the road for almost ten hours straight.
Sidney slept through most of it, but when they reached exit 92, they hit a small speed bump and it woke her from her dreamless sleep.
At first she thought she was back in her dorm room, but the second she heard the soft music from the car radio and the movement around her...she knew she was on her way home.
Somehow the thought of leaving it all behind her, made Sidney calm down more. She told herself she was a fighter and had to face her fears...but after Randy died she felt as if she might be the next to die...and the truth was, she was scared.
Sure she was scared, still not knowing who was doing this, but another half of her felt worried and guilty from what happened with Derek and Hallie...but how could she help it? Was she doing the right thing?
Mickey had stayed awake half of the ride, when she woke she had slid further down in his arms and had stretched across the back seat with her head resting on him. When she woke she saw that he had just woken a few moments before her.
His eyes looked like glass and dark circles were under each eye, she knew he must have been dead tried after this long drive.
But sure enough he gave his sly grin and kissed her good morning. Right away Sidney felt better as she kissed him back and smiled as she snuggled up to him and sat up.
"How long have I been sleeping?"
Mickey shrugged
"About an hour after u drifted off I feel asleep to."
Sidney then looked out the windows and saw that they were on a state highway, few cars past with their head lights still on as the bluish gray sky of the dawn started to spread.
She knew they were almost there.
Ten minutes later Sidney asked if they could find a restroom since she needed to use the ladies room, she tried her best to hide the aching urge since she had been holding it for almost nine hours and she felt as if she was ready to burst.
She kept shifting around and crossing her legs, she knew Mickey must have felt the same way since he kept eyeing her and laughing.
The officers pulled off to another exit, some small town with a huge outlet mall in the middle of it and found a gas station with a 24 hour dinner.
The sky was starting to get lighter and lighter by the time they pulled in. The cops told them that they were gonna be in the dinner and they had a half an hour to grab something to eat and wash up.
Mickey walked Sidney to the restrooms which were in the back of the station near this huge field that over looked the highway.
The officers were filling the gas tank and leaned against the car watching the two of them walk off.
Sidney felt grateful that they had stopped the car, her legs felt cramped and walking the kinks out of them make her sigh with relief.
Sidney made it to the restroom and didn't burst, she washed her hands in the empty room and saw that the sun was just starting to show in the sky.
It looked beautiful.
She then looked up at her reflection and couldn't help but smile.
"Your gonna be okay." She told herself, and then walked out.
Mickey was waiting outside, he looked tried but still happy enough to see her. They put their arms around each other without saying anything and went inside the dinner.
The cops were sitting on the stools and talking among each other drinking coffee and eating their fresh hot breakfast.
They told them that they could sit at a table and order since it was on them.
Both chose a booth near the window and ordered pancakes.
"I'm starved." Sidney said as she sipped her coffee.
"What my fine breakfast yesterday didn't fill you up?" Mickey smiled
Sidney giggled and the two ate together and talked for the first time.
They talked about pretty much everything, and what was going on...how Sidney felt and what was she gonna do now?
Sidney felt more open with Mickey and he could really listen, but even when she talked about all the loss that had happened to her over the past five years, Mickey cheered her up and told her she was safe now.
They talked and laughed about how they first met and how funny it was since Sidney at first couldn't stand him.
They talked about their friends, where they grew up and pretty much their problems.
Sidney talked about Woodsboro as if it once was a normal place...Mickey had read the book and had all ready seen the movie, but Sidney told her everything about her mother's death and most of all about Billy.
She told him that Billy was her first time that night and how he used her, she told about Tatum, and about how Gail saving her and Randy's life.
She felt almost as if she couldn't stop, talking about how her and Randy just wanted to get away from it all...and when they came to the collage and felt like normal people again.
She smiled remembering about how she met Derek and the rest of them...how drama class really seemed like the next best thing...and most of all, moving on.
She couldn't believe that it was starting to fall apart all ready.
But Mickey was still there, the last people she thought that could make her feel hope again...maybe, just maybe this would be over soon and everything would be okay again.
She felt bad that she had spoken so much, Mickey really wasn't much of a talker for the first time ever, he pretty much answered the questions that were asked towards him.
He talked about his parents who died when he was young, about high school and his love of movies, and pretty much about their group.
But the conversation was perking up, he made her laugh and feel better and was really understanding.
He then smiled and said that he never thought or looked at her in this kind of way, because Derek had been going out with her most of the time she started going to school up there. But now he felt lucky and was glad he found her that night crying.
She smiled and said she felt lucky to.
Just then the officers said they had to get a move on, they paid the bill and went back inside the car.
By then it was full day light and the sun was blazing above them. Everything looked brighter and nicer in the day light.
Sidney sat beside Mickey and rested her head on his shoulder as he played with her free hand.
The officers seemed to be breaking down a little and asked a few friendly questions.
"How long have you two been going out?"
Sidney and Mickey looked at each other and cracked up.
"About forty-eight hours, but we've been friends for over two years now."
The officers looked at each other and smiled.
They asked what were their majors and asked Sidney what her father did for a living.
They seemed like nice enough guys and when Sidney knew they were at least twenty minuets away, the cop in the passenger seat turned around with a paper.
He told them that they had all ready called ahead to the Woodsboro police department and they knew what was going on.
Sid and Mickey would have guards twenty-four hours whenever they left Sid's house and a cop car parked outside during the night.
They had a list of numbers and told them that they could call any time there was a problem.
Mickey took the paper and thanked them.
They then pulled off the exit and Sidney saw the sign
"Welcome to Woodsboro, a nice place to live!"
Sidney smiled and held Mickey's hand tighter.
"Yeah right," she mumbled under her breath.