Hi, so you all probably hate me since I haven't updated in like a month and I'm really sorry. I've just been very busy with school and other things, my summer exams are in two weeks so I'm not sure if I will really be able to update during that time, but when the 1st of June comes I'll be on summer holidays, I can't wait, so I should be able to update then. Anyway, on with chapter 5. By the way it will be in Clare's pov the whole of this chapter and probably most of the story.
"You can't run forever Clare"
Clare's pov
I have been driving for about an hour now, my eyelids feel heavy, I just want to fall asleep. Lily is sleeping peacefully, I really wish I had my phone so I could call Drew because I really miss him and he's probably really worried. I could faintly see red lights, as I drove on I realised it was a sign for a motel, maybe we could stay here, but I have no money so I'm not going to be able to pay for it, of course. Wait, I'll find out where we are and then ring Drew. I pulled in front of the motel, it looked dirty and very cheap. I searched around Fitz's car for any change to use the payphone, I was looking for ages when I found 50 bucks in the glove compartment. I got out and walked over to the man who was sitting at the reception area, which was only a few metres away, he looked like he was about to fall asleep, then again it is about half four in the morning.
"Hello" I said quietly, his eyes quickly opened and darted up in my direction, which kind of scared me but I didn't flinch. He smirked at me "what can I do for you?" he asked, he only looked about 25, he had freckles and he sort of had the face of a young boy, he was kind of attractive but nothing compared to Drew, he had a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other, he took a long drag of the cigarette and then stuck it down into the ash tray, the whole time he never took his eyes off me.
"Do you have any rooms available?" I asked. He nodded.
"50 bucks" he replied. To stay in this scummy place, that is ridiculous and I'll have no money left over to ring Drew. "So, do ya want the room or not?" he asked raising both his eyebrows. I nodded while saying "Yeah, yeah I do". He got down the key and stood up. "I'll walk you to your room" he said.
"I have to get my sister out of the car" I replied, just remembering I left Lily alone in the car. I had to say she was my sister, I couldn't have said she was my daughter because Lily's like 8, which would have made me 9 when I had her if I was her mother which I'm not and I doubt that he would have believed that anyway. I walked out the door and headed towards the car, I could hear his footsteps behind me. I opened the passenger door and went to lift Lily up.
"Here, let me" he said, he handed me the room key, then bent down and lifted Lily up into his arms, I closed the door and we headed in the direction of our room. I guess he was harmless enough. "I'm Eddie, what's your name?" he asked.
"Clare and that's Lily" I replied.
"You know, for sister's you two look nothing alike what's so ever" he said. I laughed awkwardly, how do I come up with a lie for that.
"We're only half sister's" I replied. We finally got to the room, I unlocked the door and we both walked in he put Lily down in the bed and then turned around to me.
"So, how did you end up at a motel in the middle of nowhere at four o'clock in the morning with your half sister and barely any money, running away are we?" He joked, but then became serious like he was waiting for an answer. Oh crap, I'm screwed, I can't just say I was kidnapped and then got away while kidnapping an 8 year old who I don't know, who was also kidnapped by the same insane person that I was kidnapped by. He will think I'm crazy and that I just kidnapped a random 8 year old myself. I must have been thinking a really long time and he must have got sick of waiting. "Fine if you don't want to tell me that's cool, just call me if you need anything" he said then walked out and I was basically alone. I ran out the door and called his name, he turned around.
"If a guy comes here, asking for me, his name is Fitz, he's my age, would you tell him I left or just give him any excuse, just don't let him near the room, ok?" I asked, he just nodded and walked off. I went back into the room and slipped off my shoes, walked over to the bed and crawled under the covers, Lily was still sleeping peacefully, with the covers tucked up to her chin. I soon enough fell asleep, god only knows how, I was so scared.
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I woke up to the sound of someone yelling, "I know she's here, WHICH FUCKING ROOM IS SHE IN" yelled Fitz, fuck. Lily still wasn't awake.
"I don't know who you're talking about, but you can't just come in here screaming at me, I have paying guests here, so you need to get the fuck out" yelled Eddie. That woke up Lily.
"Clare" she whispered sleepily, "What's going on, where are we?" She asked looking around, since she had no idea where we were.
"Lily, Fitz is here so I need you to be really quiet and we're going to sneak out and go home, ok?" I said, she just nodded and stood up out of bed, making as little noise as possible. I got out of the bed and tip toed over to the window, we were on the first floor, he purposely made me walk the really long way, I saw Fitz's car a bit away. I looked to see if I could open the window, I could. I started to open it and it made a loud creaking noise, oh crap. I got Lily out and then went to climb out.
"I stop if I were you Clare" it was Fitz. I started getting out, I was just out but he grabbed my ankle, so now I was hanging out the window. Suddenly, Fitz's head smashed off the window, he let go of my ankle and I fell to the ground a few shards of glass got stuck in my leg I got up grabbed Lily's hand and started running to the car. We made it and were both in, I started driving away, breathing heavily and crying, so was Lily. Suddenly a rock came flying threw the rear window and broke all the glass, Lily and I both screamed. I kept on driving. "YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FOREVER CLARE" yelled Fitz.
Ok, so that was chapter 5 and no the whole story won't be Clare running away from Fitz, just for a couple of chapters. I know that wasn't a great chapter, but I haven't wrote anything on fan-fiction in ages and I'm sorry about how short the chapter was, but I sort of wrote it in a rush. Anyway please review, follow, favourite and all that, anyway thanks for reading! Bye!
