We had finally arrived. It wasn't that bad of a flight so I can't complain and I'm here in California, the land of dreams. Lilly's been quizzing me on my American knowledge for the last hour and is still laughing at how little I know about where we are going; my geography has never ceased to amaze her. Luckily she has sorted out the majority of our trip, including our money, which I would have probably forgotten to get changed into dollars. Everything had gone smoothly including getting a car from a rental dealership right outside the airport, even though the young tanned man had given us the most shitest car in the lot. He looked over I walked around to the front of the car, my family's infatuation with cars meant I knew more about cars than the majority of men I came across and could fix near enough any problem given the right garage and equipment. With the paperwork signed and everything in check we hit the road. First stop Sacramento.
"SHIT FAITH!" I had never seen her with so many shopping bags. We had been working in a local bar for the past 2weeks and hadn't even saved enough money to pay the rent on our motel room, let alone whatever she had in them bags. "Take them back, please" I couldn't even raise my voice at her, I was used to her spending all her money the second she had it, but this time we needed all we were getting. We both knew what was in them bags, junk. And lots of it. "Crap. I'm sorry"
She knows we don't have time for this. I know she doesn't like working in the bar but it's the only job that would take both of us and heaven forbid if we were separated. We were going to be late for sure now, especially as faith still needed to get in her uniform.
"Lilly, I swear he's going to fire me" whispered faith as she walked past her friend to get a glass from under the bar. Looking over at her boss who stood at the edge waiting for his drink "do you want me to give him his drink?" Faith sighed knowing that she would have to listen to his bullshit with his breath smelling of the whisky he's been downing all night. There are four types of drunk and he is a prime example of numbers 3 and 4 aggressive and touchy. "No, I'll do it. He'll only kick off if I don't." Faith answered pouring just under the amount of the triple shot Colin had asked for. The bar had lovely wooden interior and smelled of old leather with dimmed lights. The kind that reminded Faith of what it would be like in a pirate ship. She'd love this bar if she wasn't working behind it. She and Lilly had enjoyed nothing more than kicking of their shoes in bars and relaxing with a good drink during their time at University. But this was the real world and in the real world people were waiting to be served.
Hearing the crashing from the kitchen where Lilly was awaiting an order, she knew instantly somehow this involved Faith. Her guess was right. She entered the bar to see Faith with a cracked bottle in her hand and Colin holding his hand with a towel. "I guess we're fired then?" she said smiling at Colin who just looked up in her general direction. Well maybe he's so drunk he won't remember any of this tomorrow she thought hopefully, but then again the cut will probably remind him. "I'll get our coats" said Faith pushing past the other members of staff who had gathered to pull her away from him.
"Well shit Faith, you couldn't wait one more week"
"clearly not."
"What are we going to do now, landlords gonna chuck us out if we don't pay"
"we'll think of something, we always do."
"We're gonna have to run before Paul sees us. " Lilly whispered slowly winding her squeaking window up before she slid out of their old Ford Mondeo.
"We should probably pack; I'm guessing we'll leave tomorrow?" Faith retuned shutting her door as quietly as possible. Tomorrow they'd be travelling to Charming, a little town between Lodi and Stockton. This hadn't been on their original route however Steve made sure they at least passed through to check in with Chibbs. They would stay there no more than a week then move on.
"Cars packed, get up." Faith was already up and ready to go when Lilly had opened her eyes. Their sleeping pattern was really fucked up, she would go to bed late and wake up late whereas Faith would go to sleep early but be up half the night and wake up early. "Pepsi" Was all she could manage holding her hand in the air ready to receive the drink. It was the last one, they'd have to stop somewhere in charming before they found somewhere to stay, there was no way they'd make it through the day without the sugar.