I don't own any of the following characters yadda yadda yadda...
Todd sighed as they had finally ,after long hours of driving through the dark desert, reached their destination.
Their destination was a run-down motel which stood at the side of the highway.
The only sign near it was a decayed wooden signboard with the word motel written on it with black spray-paint. It was actually a marvel that Damien had seen it because it was so small and plain.
As Todd drove on the parking lot and turned off the old engine he slumped down in his seat in relief and sighed.
Kenny woke up, yawning "Are we home yet?" he asked his companion scratching his head as he released Damien from his iron grip and stretched out his hands hitting the vans low ceiling.
"No we aren't."he got hit lightly on the head by Damien who was visibly annoyed by the others clinging behaviour.
"So what are we going to do now?" Kenny asked in a moment of confusion looking around to see the motel with the only light coming from a dimly lid room.
Dib opened the car door and jumped out the car taking his belongings, a backpack, with him "We should get a room before the reception closes down. None of you guys want to sleep in this car, do you?"
Kenny yawned again as as he opened the door and left with his backpack, following Dib towards the old motel.
"I hope it will be cheap." Kenny shouted at Dib who was running at the only room with the lights still on assuming it was the reception.
Damien made a disapproving sound and also jumped out of the old van leaving Todd alone in the dark of the night on the empty parking lot while wolfs howled in the distance at the glowing moon who stood far above the scene on the dark horizon.
The night was dark and not a single star brightened the dark gloomy heavens above poor Todd left alone and afraid.
After a while Todd ,who was uncertain if he should follow his 'friends' or drive away and go home, decided on the first option and ran after them in a hurry after making sure to have locked the van and taking all valuable things with him.
Stumbling into the room nearly falling over the narrow step in front of the entrance Todd let himself fall on the brown beaten down couch in the receptionist room.
The receptionist room was dimly lit. The only light came from a single bulb being mounted at the ceiling and swinging from one side to another with every new blow of wind that came from the wide open window.
Todd noticed Kenny and Damien discussing with a fat man in a dirty wife-beater, blue trackies and flip flops.
He leaned to his paranoid friend ,who had found some new interest in the aquarium obtaining some goldfishes with various diseases, "Do we have a room?"
Dib sighed and turned to Todd "Our new friends" he pointed to the teenagers Todd had picked up "are just about to discuss a" he hesitated a moment " Student discount."
"You don't sound certain about that." Todd gave a worried glance at Dib.
"Well... they've argued since Kenny sat foot in here."
Todd glanced over to the discussion.
While arguing the fat man tilted his head to the side stemming his hands in his hips causing the light to reflect on his sparely haired head.
His little over-lip beard moved as he talked with Damien and Kenny who were obviously both in rage.
The sign on the table said 'Carl'.
"Come on man. Let us stay here. We can pay tomorrow!"Kenny begged the overweight man.
He reached in his pockets and returned an empty hand looking sad. It sucked to be poor.
"How about 5 dollar?" Damien showed Carl a five dollar bill.
Carl looked annoyed "You little runts pay a full 25 dollar or you can sleep on the streets."
Kenny put on a seductive smile "Well. How about a little discount for err.. five minutes?"
Carl raised his eyebrow. "I don't swing that way."
"It's not like anyone would see in the dark..." Kenny grumbled more to himself than the other.
"It's not like we cant pay."Damien retorted towards the middle-aged man.
"The get the money or get out." Carl growled returning behind the reception switching on the television to watch some cheap hispanic soap opera which was shown with crappy translated subtitles.
Kenny and Damien returned to the couch both showing visible signs of anger.
Kenny let himself fall down on the couch next to Todd. "Sorry guys" he let himself sink into the mattress of the couch "but no money no room."
"How much would a room cost?" Todd asked trying to keep a casual voice not wanting to show how uncomfortable he was with Kenny who left him little to no private space.
"So around 25 dollars." Kenny answered and seemed at least to Todd to even take up more place. It actually was a miracle to him how someone as thin or better anorexic as Kenny was able to take up so much space.
"I happen to have the money... "
Todd brought out 25 dollar out of his purse holding the money in his hand.
"...but..."
Kenny snatched the money out of Todd's hand standing up quickly. Even with the additional space Todd wasn't reliefed.
"Thanks man." Kenny ran to the reception.
"it's for gasoline..." Todd added mumbling more to himself than Kenny, as he saw his money gone in under five seconds giving him a very bad feeling in his guts that he would probably keep until he was back home.
Kenny swiftly returned with a big satisfying grin on his face with a key labeled 'Room 25'.
As Kenny opened the room he quickly ran towards the king-sized bed and let himself fall on it all four limps stretched out.
Todd slowly made his way inside the room followed by Damien who let his backpack drop next to the surprisingly new couch and sat down on the comfortable piece of furniture. Dib meanwhile made his way towards the bathroom feeling a little dirty from all the dirt he had collected and the fact that he haven't had a shower since at least three days.
"The rooms have a shower!" Dib happily declared testing the said showers for running, clean hot water.
"Hmm..." Damien looked at the bed.
"I'm taking the bed" Kenny pumped his fists in the air enthusiastically.
"I'm not sure if this room was made for four people." Todd inspected the room. It was good for the night but was also very small leaving little room for a table or nightstands.
The room also had no television and no fridge. Actually the only thing he had seen that was even in the slightest comparable to something called service was the vending machine outside the room on the veranda stuffed with junk food probably older than his mother and father together.
The pool he saw outside the window was empty and filled with sand and things he couldn't name since they were unidentifiable.
Kenny made some space on the mattress. "Well this bed seems to be made to hold at least two people. Maybe if we make some space it can hold a third party member?" he smirked at Todd who was inwardly shuddering at sharing a bed with someone else.
Kenny grinned "See it positive." he peeled his parka off"Ever slept over by someone?"
The parka was carelessly thrown in a corner as Todd shook his head.
"It's just like that just with people you don't know."
Todd gave a worried look. "You don't seem too worried about sleeping in a bed with strangers."
"I'm used to it." Kenny waved off flicking on the lamp mounted on the wall directly above his head.
Damien laughed dryly "i bet your used to it." he grinned giving Kenny a dirty look.
Kenny grabbed a pillow and threw it angrily at Damien which the other dodged.
"Besides we're not really strangers. I mean we drove in your car that makes us acquaintances. " Kenny looked at Todd trying to smile at him.
Damien grabbing the pillow kenny had previously thrown at him and stuffed it under his head laying down on the couch. "I'm sleeping here."
"Isn't it uncomfortable sleeping in your clothes?" Todd asked him changing into his pajama.
Damien sighed gesturing to Kenny who was now only in his briefs "At least I don't sleep besides him."
Todd who was now in his pajamas looked to Kenny concerned "Your sleeping in your underwear?"
"Well at home I would sleep naked." Kenny grinned as he flopped down drawing the bedsheets over him.
Todd cringed as he sat on the bed and decided to not turn around for the night.
Meanwhile Dib was done showering and came into the chamber in his boxers and a t-shirt.
"They even laid out towels." he stepped in the room and frowned "Where am I sleeping?"
"Um..." Todd looked around "Besides me?"
Thats it folks. And BTW Todds father is death by now.