AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 22
We didn't get much farther before we needed sleep. Josh spotted a sing for a motel, which got us giggling. We weren't that eager (yet) and all we wanted was some sleep.
After a good night (well, it was actually the morning) of sleep, we figured that we should get some new clothes. Our fancy attire wasn't exactly casual dress, so we found a store having a clearance and we bought some shirts, undergarments, jeans and normal shoes.
"Are you hungry, Josh?"
"Yes. I feel bad that you're having to spend all of your money on me…"
"Actually, it's my family's account. My family is loaded and if they check the activity of the card, they can know I'm okay." It was actually a good thing I had this card…in a weird way…
"Okay then…but I still feel bad…so how about we just go to McDonald's then?"
"Sounds good."
We drove to the nearest McDonald's and we sat down to a lovely meal of chicken nuggets, McFlurries and French fries. After we ate, I felt a vibration in my pocket. I had totally forgotten I put my cell phone in my pocket! I pulled it out and picked it up without looking at the ID, though I knew who it probably was.
"Hello father."
"Actually, Elizabeth, this is your mother." It was my mother!
"Mom! I…I'm sorry…I-"
"Elizabeth, no. Don't apologize. Your father knows he was wrong to have done that…and I respect your descision on leaving. Everyone needs a vacation once in a while."
"I don't know…when I'll be ready to come back…"
"That's fine, honey. Take your time. Just as long as you're safe and he's taking good care of you."
"Thanks, Mom…I'll talk to you later…"
"I love you, Elizabeth." Then she hung up. It was nice to know that my mother cared so much, she wasn't even angry I ran away. She understood me, and it felt nice to relate with someone who's immortal. I mean, I love my family…but I still feel like there's this part of my mom who stayed human.
"How's your mom, Liz?"
"She's fine…she's glad I'm…she's glad we're alright and she said that as much time as I need, I can have as long as I'm safe and that you take care of me."
"I like your mom…she seems really nice and understanding." There was a hint of sadness in his voice.
"You miss your mom a lot more than you let on, don't you?"
"Yeah…I suppose I don't think about her often but when I do I get really sad and stuff."
"Can you tell me about her?" I reached my hands across the table and took his hands in mine.
"Yes…but do you mind if we go somewhere else besides McDonalds?"
"Of course." We disposed of all our McTrash and then we McLeft and drove to a forest. How appropriate, eh? We walked through the forest until we came to a nice little area that had flat rocks circled around a small pond. The rocks were surrounded by grass and trees. It was nowhere near to how special our meadow was to us, but we leaned against some trees in the grass.
"So…Claire, my mother, was my father's imprintee. They hooked up, got married, et cetera et cetera, I was born, we moved to Montana."
"Claire…that's a pretty name." I had always dreamed that when I had children, I would name the girl Claire.
"Our life was good for quite a while. We were a happy family, the four of-"
"Wait…four?
"Oh yeah…I had a baby sister. She was about seven when, well…yeah. Her name was Lily. Anyway…my mother was taking Lily to her friend's party and I went with her so I could help her pick out my dad's birthday present…when the crash happened…" I noticed that his eyes were tearing up.
"Oh…"
"My father and I were devastated for such a long time. After a while, we found it very hard to stay in Montana…so we moved back to Forks with my grandpa…and then I met you, Liz. I bottled it all up that first day I met you…but I don't have to keep secrets from you. We're both humans and...we all have our down times." I giggled a little bit.
"I don't know if we qualify as humans, but…" This got him to laugh too. I started laughing so hard that I fell down in the grass. Josh fell back and lay down next to me. I leaned over and placed one hand on his chest and the other around his neck. Josh pulled his arms around over my waist. We just kissed and gazed into each other's eyes for the longest time.
"Josh…I don't want to leave this place, this moment."
"Me neither. Let's just stay here until we tire of it."
"Okay." And there we lay, in each other's arms.
Until we decided to try something else.
(Hmmm…well…I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I didn't know how to end this chapter…it kinda sets it up for the next one though! bwahaha. :D)
