Nathan and Beth got to the community centre at seven fifty in the morning. The only person already there was Simon, who was sitting by door with his head tucked between his knees. Nathan pulled out the keys he had for the place. Beth still didn't know why he had the keys. He unlocked the door and all three walked into the building. They tried to seem casual, but it was impossible.
Once inside, Beth sat on one of the uncomfortable chairs outside of Sally's office. Simon took guard by the door, and Nathan had began pacing. Beth brought her knees up to her chest, resting her cheek on one of her knees. She wanted Nathan to come over. It was barely five minutes of no one talking until a few knocks were heard by one of the doors. Beth looked up to see Curtis, Kelly, and Alisha waiting to be let in. Nathan jogged over and opened the door.
"Did any of yous get any sleep?"
"No," Curtis said, walking to the centre of the room. Everyone followed his lead.
"We would've been arrested by now if they'd found the bodies," Alisha said. Beth nodded in agreement.
"Maybe they're waiting until we're all together," Simon said, deflating the little bit of hope Alisha had managed to scrape up.
"Now why would you say something like that?" Nathan asked.
"Wha' time does she usually get 'ere?" Kelly asked, arms crossed. She was still wearing that awful wig covered with the pink hat.
"'Bout eight o'clock," Nathan said, checking the time on his phone. It was about that time now. Simon knew her usual parking spot, so they all filed out and ducked behind the dumpsters. Beth was between Kelly and Nathan. She was biting her lip and fiddling with her hands as she waited for Sally. Sally drove up normally. If she had her car that meant...
"She didn't look in th' boot," Kelly said.
"We're gunna be okay, we're not going to prison!" Nathan said excitedly, pulling Beth over to him in a tight hug.
"She's gunna get out of the car, she's gunna walk to the boot, and she's gunna find the bodies," Curtis said suddenly, shifting towards them. Beth looked at him confused.
"How do you know?" Alisha whispered.
Curtis looked panicked. "It's already happened once."
"So now you rewind time," Nathan said. Nathan kissed Beth's shoulder, as it was the closest thing to him before groaning and saying 'get the bodies.' He rushed out from behind the dumpsters. Beth shouted for him to get back, but Curtis put his hand over her mouth.
Nathan took a random brick that had been lying on the ground an used it to throw at Sally's car. It hit the windshield and smashed it. Sally turned around at the sound, and noticed what Nathan had done. She looked furious.
"What the hell are you doing!?" she shouted, walking over to inspect the damage.
"It's just pure mindless vandalism," Nathan said, shrugging his shoulders.
"What is the matter with you? Are you mentally deficient?"
"If I was mentally deficient I would've missed, check that out." Nathan nodded towards the car. "Bulls eye."
"My office, now." Nathan didn't move. "Now!" Sally shouting making Nathan jump. He walked to the office with his head down. They all owed him one. But they didn't have time to celebrate. They had to get the bodies. Kelly, Beth, Alisha, and Curtis all rushed to the car to get the bodies.
"I brought my dads car, I'll bring it over," Alisha said, rushing to where she parked her dads car.
"It's locked for fuck sake! How d'we get in?" Kelly asked, slamming the palm of her hand down on the boot.
"I've got her keys," Simon said, rushing from the entrance of the building. They hadn't even seen him leave. Simon tossed the keys to Kelly who unlocked the boot. The smell hit them like a tonne of bricks. It smelled like, well, like something had died under a couch and hadn't been found in over three years.
Alisha pulled her dads car around quickly. She didn't bother parking it well she just got the boot of it as close as she could to the bodies. Curtis and Simon moved the bodies from one car to the other while Alisha watched from the rear view mirror. Beth was told to stay put and try to wipe as much of Sally's car down as she could to get any fingerprints off by Curtis. Beth nodded and use some Kleenex that Alisha happened to have found the backseat of the car. They peeled off as fast as they could, hoping to get there before the workers did.
Beth wiped down the car as best she could until she heard the car door open. She turned and saw Nathan standing in the doorway waving her over. She slammed the door, grabbed the box of tissues and ran over to him. He pulled her into a one armed hug, before walking to the locker room. He kept his ar around her shoulders.
"Did they get them?" Nathan asked.
"As long as there's no hitch burying 'em, we're clear," Beth said, resting her head on his chest.
"C'mon, get changed. We'll wait for the others on the roof," Nathan said, pushing her towards her locker gently.
The others didn't show up for another half an hour, Kelly took twenty minutes more than that. She had gone to confront the girl who made her bald, apparently all was well between them. Nathan couldn't help it, so he asked if burying them went alright. They looked at him like he was dumb.
"Doesn't matter who's after os now, they'll never find the bodies," Kelly said. "See ya." Kelly said, smiling. Smiling didn;t feel right, as two families would never understand what happened. But Beth did feel relieved.
"They're gunna think the probation workers still alive," Simon said. "I stole his credit card, I used it to book a flight."
"That is smart," Curtis said, pointing at Simon. Beth smiled at him along with everyone else.
"You're dead good at stuff like that," Kelly said, taking a drag of her cigarette.
"Yeah, nice one weird kid."
"I cannot believe we got away with this shit," Alisha said, shaking her head.
"We should all go out for a drink, you know, to celebrate. It's like, an ironic fuck you to the probation worker. We're all out having a good time, you're buried under the foundations of an environmental monitoring station."
"See you all tomorrow yeah?" Alisha left, Curtis following behind after muttering, "later".
"Sorry Simon, I didn't sleep at all last night. I'm dead tired," Beth said, frowning as she passed.
Beth took a short nap when she got home. Her body was thankful for the two hour nap, but it wanted more. It was only six o'clock. If she went to bed now, she'd wake up super early. So she cleaned up the flat for an hour or two, dusting and putting thing away. There were a few articles of Nathan's clothes scattered around. She threw them all into the washing machine, starting it up. She loaded up her dish washer. When she had that started she worked on the pots and pans in the sink. Leaving them to dry on the dish rack, she looked around the apartment for other things she could do.
Beth decided to wash her sheets tonight. She plucked them off the bed, pillow cases included. She put them all in a pile by the bathroom. Beth vacuumed, wiped stuff down, and sorted random things. When the washer beeped signalling the small load of clothes was done, she put them in the dryer and threw the sheets in the washer. Beth went over to the guest room to see how it looked. Nathan had left the bed messy, but other than that is was clean. Cluttered with boxes, but clean. She'd lived her for a few months now. It was time to unpack the rest of her things.
Beth quickly did up the bed first, then pulled one box at a time onto the bed to unpack. The first box was movies, and a few Cd's. They obviously went by the television. She put the movies on the shelf beside the TV. It was originally a bookcase, but she got a lot more books. So she had to get a bigger book case. Now this old one was filled with movies and Cd's. She grabbed a piece of paper and a pen to organize herself better. She wrote, unpack boxes, and sort movies. She could throw some away. She hadn't watched a DVD since last Christmas when she wanted to watch the Muppet's Christmas Carol.
She made quick work of the boxes. Unpack them like rapid fire, every now and then she added something to her list. When she was done she crossed the first thing off her list. Unpack boxes. It was long overdue that she finished them. By the time the boxes were done so was the laundry. She folded the clothes and sorted them into piles. Her clothes, Nathan's clothes, and towels. She had a few shirts in there, and there was one towel. The rest was Nathan's stuff, She put the towel in the bathroom closet. And hung her shirts up in her closet. Not knowing what to do with Nathan's clothes she put them on the bed in the guest room.
Beth returned to the bathroom and flipped the sheets over to the dryer. After she started that, she broke down all the boxes and made a quick trip downstairs to put them in the recycling. She didn't bother to lock up her apartment.
When she got back upstairs she went into her apartment. She stood by the kitchen, and she could hear someone walking. It was the police come to arrest her, she thought panicking. But Nathan stepped out of the guest room holding up one of his clean shirts.
"You did my laundry?" Nathan asked at the same time Beth said, "You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry," Nathan said, walking up to her and throwing his arms around her dramatically.
"S'alright," she said, pulling away from his hug.
"You got rid of the boxes, I see. And folded my clothes. Admit it, you're in love with me," Nathan said.
"You're a dick," Beth said, laughing him and pushing him a little. "Have you had tea?"
"Ate at my mum's," he said, smiling. "Mind if I spend the night?"
"Not at all," Beth said. "I keep thinking though, we should've gone for a drink with Simon."
"He wanted to toast to us killing someone and hiding their bodies from their families forever," Nathan said. "I'm not the nicest guy but that's a bit fucked."
"He was just excited for some recognition, I bet."
"He did good," Nathan said, pulling Beth by the hand over to the couch. "Let's leave it at that."
Nathan sat down, an tugged Beth with him. She said, "did you really get done for eatin some pick n mix?" Nathan kept on holding her hand, his thumb hosting along her own.
"That and other things," Nathan said. He smiled at her. "I didn't pay for the snacks. So Beverly, or Bev as I call him, threatened to kick me. I made a huge scene, damaged a few things, and wound up here."
"Why didn't you just leave the place?"
"That didn't seem like much fun," Nathan said. "Besides I wouldn't have met my favourite girl," Nathan said, looking at Beth. "Kelly."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, I think she'd go for me too."
"Why don't you sleep at hers then?"
"Ah, because you're way cuter." Nathan pulled Beth closer. "You know you're my favourite. Otherwise I wouldn't be here all the time."
Beth almost asked him out right then. She almost gave going for drinks a second chance, but with her head against his shoulder, and his head against hers with their hands interlocked was enough. She was so content in the moment she didn't want to say anything. She just wanted to stay like this forever. She was so comfortable tat she fell asleep.
When she woke up Nathan wasn't beside her. He was in her kitchen attempting to cook some eggs on toast. But all he'd done is burn the eggs. Beth walked into the room with a yawn as Nathan looked for plates. Beth grabbed the plates and held one out for him. He filled it with the food and then swapped her for the empty one. Then they walked to the small table she had and sat down. The eggs were pretty gross, they both knew it as they were eating. But they both ate it all. Beth was just grateful that he tried. He was so thoughtful when he wanted to be.
And Beth got that side of him all to herself.
