Hello again! I may slow down on chapters this week and next week due to semester final exams coming up, but that doesn't mean I won't be uploading anything. I can either upload shorter chapters, or 1-2 long chapters in these next two weeks excluding this chapter. Tell me what you would like in the reviews. Anyways without any further news, here's the second chapter!
Red Rocket Truck Stop, Commonwealth:
"Hey Piper," It had been hours before they eventually reached Red Rocket Truck Stop, and decided to take a break there for the afternoon before heading out again. "We should stay here for a bit, then make an expedition to Goodneighbor by dusk. For now, we rest here." He says pulling out a seat from a table inside the gas station.
"Blue, why dusk exactly? You know wackos crawl out during the night, and that's something that we wouldn't want to be dealing with, like at all." Piper says as she pulls up seat across from him. Piper is surprised at Nathan's way of planning, as he either doesn't know that ghouls and super mutants are wide awake during the night, looking for their next victim to eat, or that he does know but has some sort of death wish planned for the both of them.
"Nightfall is best to explore around, due to the extreme secrecy you are doing to keep yourself from being the next wall decoration of a raider," Nathan says "and in the dark, I'm sure everyone apart from creatures may be having a hard time seeing in the dark, due to low visibility. It's either that or they're sleeping. Gives us stealth benefits and we wouldn't likely encounter another raider attack like earlier, on the way here."
"Well, okay...but why are you going to Goodneighbor exactly? Unless you want to freely overdose drugs or alcohol there isn't really a reason to go there." Piper says to Nathan, very inquisitive in what his motives were to end up making him want to go there.
"Valentine told me that there's a person there who could help me decipher memories of Kellog's brain… or a fragment of it…" Nathan pauses in deep thought before continuing. "Which could lead to finding the location of my son." Nathan stands up from the chair, and goes to the fridge to find some grub before their next bon voyage.
"Well, sounds pretty interesting for a city that is known for its ghouls, drugs and alcohol. And the fact that someone in that town can actually decode and relive memories for someone… Hopefully Nicky's right about this person then." Piper says in awe from just hearing something else come out of Goodneighbor other than just ghouls hitting the sack and or overdosed drugs and alcohol. I wonder… Will anything interesting enough for a story pop up there? Hopefully... Piper stands up from the chair and goes to Nathan. "Hmm… You don't have anything in your fridge huh?"
"No. It was full yesterday, but I was pretty hungry so I, you know, grabbed a quick snack." Nathan says before staring at the fridge with a blank face, as if he were trying to imagine another full fridge.
"Aww, well that's too bad. Lucky for you I always bring two for the trip. Want one?" Piper says offering him some radioactive gumdrops. Nathan smiles at her and kindly takes the offer… By quickly swiping it from her hand, ravaging the box open, and pouring all the gumdrops into his mouth."
"Thanks." Nathan says, talking in a weird fashion from all the radioactive candy in his mouth. Piper just stares at him, her hand still out.
"Would do anything for some food at the drop of a hat right now huh?" Piper says before he looks at her confused with a puffed face, probably not understanding what she meant by that at all, making her giggle in the process. "Well I'm gonna hit the hay Blue, mind if I use your bed? Yeah? Wow thanks Blue, that's sweet of you. Wake me up when it hits dusk." Piper says not allowing Nathan to answer at all. Nathan continues chewing on the gum drops in his mouth then goes back to sit on his chair.
"Can't you sleep on another bed Piper?" Nathan says to her from the other room. "I want to take a nap too, so… Unless you want me to join." He says jokingly, hopefully getting her out of his bed… Though he wants her off he can't deny the fact that he is totally fine with her sleeping on it any day… Insert wink face here.
"Sure Blue… Go ahead!" Piper says in a boring manner but with a slight blush on her cheeks. A few moments she sees him enter the room, catching the blush on her face. "Whoa Blue, I was just joking!" She says. "...Either way though I'm not giving up a very comfortable spot to take a nap on." She says before smirking and crossing her arms on the bed.
"Get off... please?" Nathan says, sounding as polite as possible. Piper just looks at him the same way.
"Aha, my my what a gentleman we have here… Sorry sir, but this room is taken!" She says, mocking his polite tone. Nathan only makes the whyyoudothistome face, then walks away. 'Victory for dear ole Piper again!' She thinks to herself before closing her eyes. A few seconds later she hears footsteps coming from the doorway. "Blue I already told you…" She says before seeing no one at the door. "Okay, not funny." She stands up from the bed slowly, then as quiet as possible, checks outside the doorway. "...Blue...?" Piper says softly. After a few moments of looking out the doorway, she returns back to bed slowly, only to be alarmed when hearing a stealth boy deactivate, then feeling something jump on her back. She falls face first on the bed, and turned around only to feel a tingling sensation on her stomach. "B-blue! Sto- AHAHAHH!" Piper suddenly stops as she is being tickled by Nathan's condescending hands endlessly tickled her. "BLUE! HAHAHA STOP, AHAH STOP RIGHT NO- HAHAHAHAH!" Piper attempted to say but unable due to the many moving fingers on her.
"You forgot to say pleASE!" Nathan says before being pummeled to the ground by Piper as she lands on top of him.
'Revenge..' She thought. "Oh what's that? Did I hear the word please? Or the word plead?" She says, catching her breath.
"W-wha?" Nathan says embarrassed of how she is still on top of her and confused of what she meant.
"Did you mean plead?" She says before tickling him back. "As in plead for your life?" She says as Nathan laughs uncontrollably.
"NONO waIT HaHAHAH! S-STOP!" Nathan says laughing with a flushed face. Is this even real right now?! He thinks to himself, joy filling him deep inside.
"I'll stop. If you say please." Piper says, moving her fingers at a faster rate.
"HAAHAHHAH P-PLEASE?!" He manages to say before she stops.
"Good boy." She says, breathing heavily as Nathan has a coughing fit. After he stops coughing, Nathan realizes something.
"Hey Piper…" He says, his face flushed deeply.
"Yeah?" She replies, but in a more calm and soft way.
"...Why are you still on me?" Nathan could be like this with her forever, but looking at it time wise, he had still needed to find his son before it was too late.
"I, uh… Um oh! S-Sorry I kind of you know, forgot I was on you…?" Piper says, blushing madly at what she had done.
"Well looking at the sky, I think we were at this for a long time." Nathan says looking to the sky, the sun already going down.
"What! How long were we here? It only felt like 5 minutes! Jesus…" Piper says before standing up and offering a hand for Nathan, which he no doubt would accept any day. "Well, Off to Goodneighbor now, shall we?" Piper says as she breathes in and exhales.
"Well, yeah? Let's get packed up and head forth, to Goodneighbor." Nathan says to her, before turning around to get packed up. We gotta do this again… He said in his mind with a smirk before going into the garage to get armed for the journey.
That's a wrap! Sorry there wasn't really much progression (Quest-wise) in this chapter... Next Chapter will include some more action. Don't worry though, the romance won't go away though. *wink* Don't forget to tell me how I did in the reviews section! It would be much appreciated if you tell me what you would like for the story. See you next chapter.