The beam of the truck headlights was the only thing lighting the road at night. Chloe and Max drove along a road towards Portland, hoping soon they'd find some kind of motel to stay at.

"So Maxaronie, what's the first thing you want to do when we get to Portland?" Chloe asked then yawned.

"Get a decent room to stay in would be nice" Max said then let out a short laugh.

"Yea that's true, a better bed to cosy up to my bae" Chloe smiled and quickly looked over to the younger girl.

Max visibly grimaced "God please don't say that".

Chloe giggled "What, bae? What's wrong with calling my bae, bae?"

"Urg stop, it's such a stupid fucking word" Max folded her arms and took out her phone.

"Whatcha looking at?' the blue haired asked.

"According to google there's a motel not that much further, crash there for the night" the small woman said then began to play some music from phone.

The two sat in silence, the only sound being the music and the sounds of the car driving along.

"Good choice, I really like Artic Monkeys" Chloe smiled and focused again on the road.

"Yea right" Max laughed "You probably only know that one song of theirs".

"Fuck off bae, I'm not like that" Chloe smiled at using the known hated word of Max.

"Stop that" Max glared "And prove it, name at least three of their songs" Max held up three fingers to emphasize her point.

Chloe looked uncertain, but shrugged anyway "Ok, Do I Wanna Know, and uh" Chloe thought desperately, the longer she took the larger Max's smile grew.

"Fuck, ok, you got me" Chloe finally accepted defeat.

"Ha, I know you too well Chloe Marie Price" Max gave one of her smug grins and turned back to the headlight lit road ahead.

As they truck roared around a corner a large sigh lit up in their eyes. Chloe pulled into the gravel parking lot.

The motel looked small, with a separate building for the office and the motels making a large U shape around the area.

"Wait here, I'll go get us a room" Chloe said, turning off the truck and making her way to the office.

The blue haired girl walked in, a bell ringing as she opened the door. A few seconds later a middle aged women walked in behind the desk, she had short brown hair and wore a shirt and jeans.

"Welcome to the Tidal Motel, just you for the night?" she asked and grabbed out a book, most likely an entry log of the people staying there.

"Actually two, me and my girlfriend just for the night" Chloe smiled, she loved referring to Max as her girlfriend.

The women only looked mildly surprised before putting something into the register.

"Alright, $40 total" she said and Chloe handed her some notes.

"Alright, here's your key, you're in room 4" she said and handed the key then placed the money into the register drawer.


Max smiled as she saw her blue haired lover walk back over to the truck, thankful she hadn't taken too long.

Chloe swung the passenger door opened "Room 4 baby" she smiled.

"Woo woo" Max said dripping sarcasm.

Chloe giggled "Shut up and grab your bag" she said, grabbing her own and waiting for Max.

"So what do you think it'll be like?' Chloe asked as they walked across the gravel carpark.

"Pretty average is my guess, look at this place" they made it to the door and Max looked behind her, the only light coming from the one under the awning they went around all the buildings.

"What did you expect, it's on the side of the highway, don't expect the Hilton or whatever" Chloe laughed and unlocked the door and walked inside.

Max did the honour of turning the light on. It was a small two room place, the main room and a bathroom. One double bed with a CRT tv on a stand with a couple of lounge chairs near it, a small kitchen area and the door leading to the bathroom.

"It's small" Max commented "Just means we get to be closer to each other" Chloe gave a smile and stood in front of her "Real close" she brought her hands around Max and gave her a kiss.

"I don't mind that" the shorter girl said after regaining her breath from the contact.

Chloe let her go and locked the door "Time for some fun with my Maxie" she giggled and threw her beanie onto one of the chairs, then went her coat.

When she saw Max still fully covered she strutted over and removed her grey hoodie, it was Max's look that gave her concern "What's up?" she asked.

"Well, it's, don't laugh but, are we gonna, you know" Max blushed lightly.

Chloe suppressed her smile and gave her a serious answer "Only if you want to Max".

"It's, well it's my first time doing this and, I don't want to fuck it up" the younger woman whispered.

Chloe hugged her "Don't worry, you'll be fine" Chloe gently whispered to he and laid her down on the bed.


Max and Chloe slept naked close to each other. A few hours before they had just made love and were sleeping until the morning. Their breathing was the only sound in the room.

A loud knocking at the door roused them from their slumber.

"What was that?" Chloe asked, wiping sleep from her eyes.

"I don't know, I'll go see" Max said, before Chloe reminded.

"Max" she called and the shorter girl turned to her.

"Clothes" was all she said and Max blushed.

The brunette quickly put on some sweats and a shirt and unlocked the door to see who had knocked.

"Oh my god, CHLOE" she called.

The bluenette quickly dressed herself similar to Max and ran over "What is-".

On the ground before, lay a dead body, stabbed several times, and a large cut across their neck.