Hey guys. Just updating so you have something to read before Alias tonight. :) I'm so excited! Have a great night and enjoy the chap!
Chapter 11.
Syd's POVThe loud pattering of the rain hitting the window awakened me from my nap. I had my seat slightly tilted back with my head resting against my hand on the armrest. The windshield wipers were moving rapidly back and forth on the windshield as the rain continued to pour. I looked at Vaughn andhe was slightly struggling to see what was ahead of us.
"Where are we?" I asked as I sat up and brought the seat to a normal position.
"We're right around Fresno. The rain started pouring about 25 minutes ago. It's gotten worse ever since." Vaughn gripped the steering wheel with both hands and took a short glance at me.
"How long was I sleeping for?"
"I'd say a good two hours."
I let out a small laugh. When we were passing through Gilroy I made Vaughn put the Norah Jones CD on. He warned me I was going to fall asleep and he needed someone to talk to while driving. I ignored him and said I would be fine.
"I'm sorry Vaughn. I didn't think I was tired." I reached over my armrest and patted him on the leg.
"It's ok. But you didn't even get through the second song," He said laughing. "But you looked so comfortable right there that I didn't have the heart to wake you up."
"Thanks, but you could've." I patted his leg one last time and then brought my hand back over to the armrest.
"Look Syd, I was listening to the radio and it looks like this rain is not only going to get worse, but it's not supposed to clear up until tomorrow morning. I was thinking that we should probably get off of the road. We're about 3 and a half hours away from LA and 1 hour from Santa Barbara. I don't think we can make it home and even if we went to Santa Barbara, the weather is horrible."
"You think we should find a motel or something?" I said as I looked at him.
"If that's ok with you that is. I think it's for the best."
"Yeah, sure. It's fine."
I was a little disappointed we couldn't make it to Santa Barbara and the weather was halting us from our plans. But, the rain was unrelenting and it wasn't safe for us to be driving in those conditions.
Vaughn pulled over on the next exit and we found a Comfort Inn next to a couple other motels and a small variety of restaurants and fast food joints. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot, Vaughn went to hop out of the car.
"Stay here. I'm going to go get us a room and then park closer to wherever our room is."
Shutting the door, he then ran to the entrance throwing the hoodof his sweatshirt over his head. I watched him run across the parking lot wishing he didn't have a hood. Vaughn looks so incredibly sexy when his hair waswet.
I sat there pulling at the split ends in my hair and listened to the Norah Jones CD. After about 10 minutes, Vaughn came running back in the car and hopped in his seat.
"We have room 11. It's around the corner on the first floor." He said while starting the engine.
After parking, Vaughn gave me the key to our room and told me to go inside while he got the bags. I jumped out of the car and made my way in the room.
Turning on the light, I stood in the doorway surveying the room. It was your typical hotel room. The room was covered in ivory colored wallpaper with small flowers. There was a large table in the corner with a lamp sitting on the top of it. Hanging over the bed was a replica of a cheap painting. A king size bed sat in front of a large TV with the remote control and a piece of paper with the movie selection on top of it. To the left of the doorway was a small closet, sink, and door to the bathroom.
Vaughn walked in behind me with our bags in his hand. He put our luggage down next to the TV and sat down on the bed. After taking off his shoes, he took off his sweatshirt accidentally bringing his t-shirt half way up his body. A smile crept on my face as I got a glimpse of his well-defined stomach and chest.
"You sure you're ok with this Syd? Us staying at motel for the night?" Vaughn walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder as I stood in the same spot since I first entered.
"Yeah… it'll be fine." I gave him a quick kiss on the lips and then went into the bathroom.
Vaughn's POVAs Syd entered the bathroom I went over to the desk and took a seat on the hard woodened chair. I felt really bad for having to pull over to a motel for the night. But, we were at a risk for a car accident if we continued to drive in that weather. While driving, I could hardly see 20 ft. ahead of me. I didn't want to worry Syd too much so I asked her if it was cool if we could pull over here.
This definitely wasn't the way I wanted our spring break to start. We couldn't even make it to Santa Barbara. I was hoping to make it to Santa Barbara tonight and stay there overnight, then drive to LA in the morning. Tomorrow morning when we leave from here, we won't even have time to stop in Santa Barbara. My mom and Jack are expecting us and I don't want to keep them waiting.
I picked up the room service menu sitting next to the lamp and began to look through it. I was getting quite hungry. Taking a look at my watch it read 5:18. It was a little early for dinner, but Syd and I hadn't eaten lunch.
After rummaging through the room service menu, Syd emerged from the bathroom and walked towards me. She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and the sat herself on my lap. Her arms looped around my neck as mine wrapped around her waist.
"Are you disappointed we have to stay in Fresno tonight? I feel real bad we had to stop." I asked.
"Seriously Vaughn, it's fine. I'm fine. We wouldn't be able to do anything anyways if we were in Santa Barbara because of the rain."
She took her arms away from my neck and turned towards the table. While she flipped through the room service menu, I continued to stare at her.
"I'm hungry. You want to order room service? I don't really feel like going out in the rain." She said while still glancing down at the menu.
"Yeah, that sounds good. What do you want?" I pushed her up off my lap so I could walk over to the telephone and order.
"Ummm, I'll take a burger and fries. Can you tell them to put the mayo on the side for me?"
"Sure. Let me call."
Walking over and sitting on the bed, I dialed for room service. After ordering 2 burgers and fries, I flipped on the TV as Syd continued to sit by the desk. After scanning through some channels, I found that Black Sheep was on. It was just at the part where David Spade comes back to the cabin covered in white stuff and Chris Farley asks, "What? Did you fall into some mud or something?"
Eventually, Syd made her way over to the bed and we watched the movie until our food came. Our food finally arrived 20 minutes later. I tipped the guy and then brought the food over to the bed.
"C'mon Syd, let's eat on the bed." I said as I put the tray of food down on the bed.
"Vaughn, you're gonna get ketchup all over the bed spread. I know you." She sat up cross-legged on the bed as I sat across from her.
"If I do, I'll let you hit me." Stuffing a fry in my mouth, I up looked at her.
"It's a deal."
We sat in silence eating our meal and glancing back at the movie. I was on my last two French fries when I accidentally dropped a spot of ketchup on the bed spread. Hoping that Syd didn't see, I quickly wiped it with my napkin and acted like nothing happened.
Unfortunately, Syd saw everything and a big smile grew on her face. She knew me too well. I couldn't go one meal without keeping the ketchup on my plate. I thought she was going to say something, but continued to finish off her burger.
After we were both through with our meal, I took the tray of empty plates out to the hall and placed it in front of our door. I made my way back to the bed were Syd was sitting up against the headboard with her hand on her stomach. Thinking that I got away with the ketchup incident, I went to sit next to her when she jumped up and pounced on me.
I was so surprised by her attack that I actually yelled and lost my balance. My back hit the floor hard as Syd landed on top of me giggling. I could feel her body laughing against mine as I cupped her face in my hands.
"What was that for?"
"You lost the bet so this is your punishment." She placed both of her hands on the floor on either side of my head. Her forearms slightly touched my ears as they were tickling me.
"I said you could hit me. Not tackle me like a linebacker!" I moved to get up but she had me trapped on the floor.
"Yeah, well, I thought you would like this better."
She moved her head down and kissed me hard on the lips. My hands moved down to her back and felt the patch of bare skin where her sweater was slightly pulled up. Just as I was about to move my hands further under her sweater, she got up and off of me quickly, leaving me lying there on the floor.
"Ok, I'm going to go take a bath. I need to go warm myself up from the cold weather." And just like that she grabbed her bag and disappeared into the bathroom again.
I continued to lie there thinking what in the world just happened. First she tackles me and then gives me a mind-blowing kiss. After only giving me a taste, she gets up quickly and says she has to take a bath? That girl was playing tricks on me.
I got up and sat myself on the bed again. If Syd wanted to play, then I was game.
Syd's POVI walked to the bathroom and took out a pair of pajama bottoms and an old gray Roxy t-shirt. After placing them next to the bathtub, I plugged the bottom of the tub and started to fill it with steaming hot water. After the tub was full, I discarded my clothes and stepped in.
It felt so good and relaxing to lie there in the tub. I put my head back to rest on the edge of the tub and closed my eyes. I knew I left Vaughn there stunned after kissing him and then getting up like I didn't want anymore. Sometimes it is just so much fun to mess with him. But, that's what he gets for being so stubborn. He insisted on eating on the bed when I knew he would spill. It was Vaughn after all. Having ketchup fall off his plate was inevitable.
I must have dozed off while lying in the tub because when I opened my eyes, the water was getting slightly cold and my fingertips were beginning to shrivel up.
I got out of the tub and wrapped a big towel around my body. After drying myself off, I slipped on my pajamas and headed out of the bathroom. Vaughn was now lying on the bed with two pillows under his head, staring straight at the TV.
Climbing on the bed, I propped myself up on one elbow, lying fairly close to him.
"What are you watching?" I asked as I took my hand and placed it on his chest.
"Just Sports Center." He responded without looking at me.
"Oh… Do you want to order a movie or something? There's nothing really on."
"Yeah sure, if you want."
He still wasn't looking up at me so I leaned down and started placing wet kisses on his jaw. I knew he liked that and for sure it would elicit a reaction from him. Instead of him responding by wrapping his arms around me or kissing me back, he moved his head away from my lips.
"Syd, can you move a little to your right? I'm trying to watch some baseball highlights." He said as I gazed at him with my mouth open.
I was shocked at first. I didn't know how to react. That was until I caught on to his little game. He was giving me a little payback for what I did to him before going into the bathroom. If he didn't want to kiss and cuddle with me, then I wasn't going to be the one to give in.
I pushed myself off the bed and went over to my backpack. I pulled out the newest issue of Cosmo and made my way over to the desk. After turning on the desk lamp I started to flip through the pages slowly. I wasn't really interested in the content of the magazine, I was just using it for show. Out of the corner of my eye I was waiting for Vaughn to look at me.
After 25 minutes, Vaughn still hadn't gotten off the bed or even took one glance at me. I was becoming inpatient. He was better at this game than I thought. I closed my magazine and stood up, walking directly in front of the TV. I stretched, lifting up my arms, knowing that my t-shirt would rise up and show off my stomach. I let out a deep yawn.
"Vaughn. Maybe you should change into something more comfortable." I said, hoping to get his attention.
"Nah, I'm cool for now." He then put his hand up and motioned for me to get out of the way.
Stomping away from the TV, I went over by the sink area. Vaughn didn't look like he was going to give in any time soon and I was tired. I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and then made it back to the bed. By the time I got back Vaughn had changed into a t-shirt and shorts.
"All done with the bathroom?" He said and got off the bed.
"Yep."
It was only 10:45, but I really was tired. I slipped under the covers and turned the TV to the news. I wanted to stay up for Jay Leno since Ross the intern was on, but I didn't think my body would let me. Ross the intern is hilarious.
As Vaughn exited the bathroom he flipped off all the lights but left the TV. I turned on my side facing away from him while he slipped under the blankets. I pulled the blankets up to my chin, suddenly feeling cold that Vaughn didn't have his arms wrapped around me like last night.
I still wasn't ready to give in yet. I knew what he was doing and I was doing the same. We were ignoring each other seeing who would be the first one to crack. We both continued to lie in bed, silent, watching the news. My eyelids began to get heavy and soon I could feel them closing.
Suddenly, the TV turned off and I felt the bed move. Vaughn scooted closer to me as his legs entangled in mine. His right arm draped around my stomach and he brought his lips to my ear.
"You win." He said then kissed my neck and snuggled closer to me.
Vaughn's POVAs soon as Syd exited the bathroom from her bath, I put my game face on and tried my best to ignore her. It was a little hard to do after she came over to me and started to trace her fingers across my chest. I almost lost it when she was kissing my jaw. But, I never like to lose so I told her she was blocking the TV.
Boy, did she love that. The look on her face was priceless. I tried not to let out a laugh or even crack a smile. It was much easier to ignore her while she was sitting at the desk reading her magazine. I was actually paying close attention to the TV and didn't look at her once. I knew she was waiting for me to look at her and I didn't want to get caught. It wasn't the hardest task, but my eyes seem to always want to watch her.
When she went to stand in front of the TV and her shirt lifted up, my heart started to pound and I felt my palms getting sweaty. Just the sight of her bare stomach got my heart to flutter. But, I continued to act like I didn't care and motioned her to move.
I really thought she was going to break at that moment. She knew exactly what she was doing when she stretched in front of me, but I wasn't going to give in that early. While she was in the bathroom, I slipped on my shorts and sleeping shirt.
After we were all snuggled up in bed with the lights off and the TV still on, I saw her lying on her side away from me. She was curled up and looked so comfortable. Her smooth, shiny hair was spread out on the pillow and I wanted nothing more to cuddle with her.
I suddenly couldn't take it anymore. I flipped off the TV and scooted over to her side of the bed. Putting my arm around her waist, I drew her body closer to mine.
"You win." I whispered into her ear, kissed her, and then laid my head down on the same pillow.