On the Run

10- Pretty Lady

I awoke to Vinnie nudging me, "Get up knucklehead."
I yawned, "What time is it?"
"It's eight."
"God, why did you let me sleep this long?"
I rubbed my eyes and realized we were outside of our homes.
"There's a candle lighting for my dad tonight. In and out. Quickly, 5 minutes. Get what you need, get out."
I nodded.
**
We both ran into our houses, Vinnie returned the shovels and the saws. He burned his clothes in the fire place in his living room.
I grabbed just about every item of clothing I had. My heart ached, my mom will be so worried about me. I grabbed my college fund that had around twenty grand in it. I stuffed my passport and wallet in my suitcase. I decided to leave a note on the table,
'Hi mama, I'm okay. So is Vin, but you cannot tell anyone I wrote this note. I will send you post cards monthly so you know I'm okay. Maybe i'll call you off a burner phone once in a while. I will explain everything later. But for now, know that I'm okay.'
I wiped away a tear and grabbed my suitcase. I glanced at the clock on the stove, thirty seconds to spare.
**
It's been eight minutes, I started to get worried. I walked into Vinnie's house.
"RORY?" Annie cocked her head at me.
"God Ror why did you come in?"
I scoffed, "I don't know, I thought maybe you were in trouble."
I glanced at Annie who had her jaw hanging open, "Annie you can't tell anyone you saw us. Okay?"
She looked upset, "Well where are you guys going?..." she twiddled her fingers, "Can I come?"
Vinnie looked at me then back at her, "No sweetheart you gotta stay with mom. Make her happy."
Why was Annie home anyways? "Hey why aren't you at the candle lighting?"
She sighed, "I hated my dad. But I told my mom I couldn't do it because I was sad." She glanced at Vinnie "I missed you, I waited up all night for you for weeks."
He gave her a smile, "Annie I'm sorry. I'll be back soon. Focus on school, I know sixth grade gets hard. But your smart."
She smirked, "It's almost over, three weeks left."
Vin ruffled up her hair, "Annie, I love you, but I gotta go, okay?"
She nodded shyly, "I love you."
**
I put my feet on the dash, "Why are we running anyways? No one knows it was us."
He shook his head, "I looked suspicious ever since I ran. Then I dragged you in. All it takes is one slip up for us to get grilled and confess. They play with your head. We'd never make it out alive."
"Where are we going?"
He rubbed his temple, "I gotta friend named Marcos, he can help us get into Mexico. You won't be needing your own passport."
I reclined my seat, "Do you think we'll get caught?"
He laughed, "I don't think they're going to put a lot of effort into one murder."
Right. Murder. How did I go from deciding how I was going to tell Vinnie that I liked him to running away for hiding a body.
Vinnie grabbed my hand, "We're fine. Mexico is beautiful. Scary in parts, but beautiful. We'll stay in some resort. We can get jobs there. Marcos knows how to make us citizens. That reminds me. Your new name is Josefina Lopez, mine is Alejandro Lopez. We're "married" by the way."
I widened my eyes, "New identities? Married?"
He rubbed my palm with his thumb, "Not really married. Just for the IDs and such."
"Okay. IDs and such."
He glanced at me, "Since I got you trapped in this car, I wanted to talk to you."
I kept my eyes on the road to avoid eye contact, "Yeah?"
He nodded, "Yeah. I just think the thick layer of grease forming on your hair is pretty."
I slapped his chest, "I hate you. You got to shower. I didn't. I thought you were gonna confess your love or something."
He laughed nervously, "Nahhh."
Ah another pang to the heart.
"I think at around three thirty I'm gonna park and take a nap until sixish, then you can drive?"
"Yeah, what time do you think we'll get there?"
Vinnie looked at the gps, "Well if we drive straight through, we'd get to Mexico City at nine pm tomorrow. But with the naps and breaks we probably won't get there until three am."
"Well wake me up if you take a pee break."
He nodded.
**
I woke up to a burner phone on top of the glove box. Fucker took a pee break without me. The time read 4:56 am in dim numbers. I rubbed my eyes and found Vin laying in the trunk of the pick up truck, blankets, snacks and all. I got out of the car and scanned my surroundings. Well, we were in a random mall parking lot. Didn't know where though.
"Aurora?" he said groggily and rubbed his eyes.
"Hey buddy." I climbed onto the truck bed, "Nice set up."
He laughed, "Comere." He patted the spot next to him and opened up the blanket he was under.
My heart fluttered. I tried to give him as much space as possible though.
He yanked my arm, "No, here." Vinnie draped his arm around me and pulled me in. He nuzzled his chin into the crook of my neck.
Vinnie pushed my hair out of his face, "This okay?"
I blushed, "Yeah."
**
"Shit Rory, you gotta get up, it's 8. Marcos called me 10 times. We were supposed to meet him at 7.
He scrambled into the drivers side.
I cocked my head, "I thought I was driving?"
He didn't respond and typed some random location into the GPS. I assumed that was where Marcos was. I wondered if I should mention this morning or just leave it. Maybe he was just tired and needed someone to hold?
**
Marcos flicked his cigarette as he saw our truck pull up. He was a strongly built, had tattoos, and a buzz cut. If I wasn't interested in Vin, I would've took the first opportunity I had to straddle Marcos.
Vinnie swallowed, "Don't speak unless spoken too."
He lifted up the glove compartment and tucked a gun in his waistband. I almost shit myself.
Marcos walked up to the truck, "You're late."
Vinnie got out, "I know man I'm sorry. I'll give you extra for the inconvenience."
Marcos didn't take his gaze off of me, "Get out the car mama, I don't bite. Unless you want me to."
I blushed and Vinnie clenched his jaw watching Marcos grab my hand to help me out of the truck.
"So you're the girl who's gonna be Josefina?"
"That's me."
Marcos spun me, "Pretty little thing."
He pulled me in closer, "You ever get done with gringo, gimme a call." He slipped a piece of paper down my shirt with his number on it.
We both looked at Vinnie who was leaning against Marcos' trailer, he was flaring his nostrils like an angry dog.
Marcos gave a deep laugh, "Don't be mad at me Vin, she's yours." He sent me a wink.
Vinnie pushed himself off the trailer, "Do you want your money or not?"

a/n- I feel like i've never described the characters so, Aurora- she's mixed but like 75% black so you know the skintone, shes got like mid arm length 3c hair with undertones of red and blonde from dying her hair and such. her eyes a like a hazel ish color shes more on the "thiccer side" dont worry ladies, shes got the stretch marks and not a completely flat tummy. her mom is mixed 50/50 & her dad is 100% black but just imagine a fine black man but an ass hole
Vincenzo - hes white but he got a lil color cuz his whole family is itailian u feel me. hes got dark brown hair thats like vinnie hackers . he has a leg tat and one full sleeve, a little neck tat, and one that is near his collar bone that is annie and his moms birthday. he wears rings and man he got a good body. hes 6 foot and hes got a nice body, not super chiseled but a good set of abs. & he has deep blue eyes. literally just imagine vinnie hacker but with brown hair bye and less pale PLS I JUST REMEMBERED THE CHARACTERS NAME IS VINNIE THIS WAS UNINTENTIONAL
lmk if you want kendras description & such