Water Tower

Chapter 9

"Michael, I really need to piss." I say, wiggling around in the seat. We've been in this car for about a good, 6 hours without stopping.

"I may have a water bottle in the back somewhere." He says, digging in the back, without taking his eyes off of the road.

"Michael, I'm not pissing in a water bottle." I say. "Just pull off somewhere, please." I beg.

"Fine, fine." He says. We drive a few more minutes until a McDonald's appear. We pull off and head inside. "Want anything to eat?"

"Just get me some chicken nuggets and a water." I say, walking over towards the bathrooms. I go into one of the stalls and do my business. A few minutes later, I wash my hands and head back out to Michael. As I get to him, he is just now getting our food.

"Want to stay here or eat on the road?" He asked.

"Doesn't matter to me." I say.

"We'll just eat on the way." He says, grabbing the bags and we head to the doors. As we're walking towards the car, I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and see a young man, a little younger than me, standing there.

"Hi, I'm Johnathan and I just want to say that you're gorgeous." He says.

"Well, thank you. You're a very handsome young man." I say, smiling.

"I'm only 15, but I do like older women." He says, winking. He leans in closer to me, "My friends actually dared me to come talk to you." He says, causing me to smile.

"Let me help you out." I whisper. "Well, I do like my men a little younger. Reach me your phone." His eyes widen and he hands me his phone. I lean over and take a picture with him. Once we take the picture, I kiss him on the cheek.

"Thank you so much." He says, he leans over and hugs me and walks back over to his friends, showing off the picture.

"Who was that?" Michael asked, scaring me.

"God Michael! You scared the shit out of me." I say, placing my hand over my heart.

"Who was that?" He asked again.

"Some kid." I say, walking towards the car.

"What did he want?" He asked, opening the door and getting in, not starting the car just yet.

"His friends dared him to come talk to me." I say, reaching over and getting my food, but Michael pulls it away.

"What the fuck?" He says, his hand go over to the door handle, but I put my hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"What do you think you're doing Michael?" I ask.

"Going to go kick his ass. You're not just a little dare Mandy. They need to know that." He says, putting his hand back on the door handle.

"Don't Michael. He is only 15. Let him be." I say. He turns around and looks me in the eye. He takes his hand off of the door handle and starts the car.

"He is probably gay anyways." He says, backing up and pulling out of the parking lot.

"Thank you." I say, leaning back and grabbing my food.

"I did that only because I love you." He says. I lean over the center console and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"I love you." He smiles and we head back out on the road.

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"Michael, we need sleep." I say.

"We're almost there." He says.

"Where are we heading? I know we're in Kentucky, that's all I know." I say, looking out the window. It's dark outside and I can tell Michael is getting tired.

"We're going to Nashville." He says. "It was going to be a surprise, but I couldn't help it." He says.

"Really?!?!" I ask excitedly. Ever since I was little, I've always wanted to go there, but never got the chance.

"Yes, but we're only staying for a couple days and then we're meeting Lauren, Ashton, Kaitlyn, Luke, Ally and Calum in a little town back home." He says.

"Oh my gosh Michael! I love you so fucking much!" I say, leaning over and kissing his cheek.

"You're right though. I can hardly keep my eyes open." He says. We search for a motel for a few minutes, until finally we find one. We walk into the office and talked to the front desk worker.

"Can we have one room?" Michael asked.

"Do you want one bed or two?" The front desk worker asked.

"One bed." Michael says, looking over at me and winking. The woman looks up and smiles at Michael and I.

"Alrighty then." She says, typing on the computer. "You'll be staying in room 120." She hands us our keys. "Enjoy your stay."

"We will." Michael says, grabbing my hand and pulling me away from the front desk. He drags me all the way to out room. He opens the door and as soon as he closes to, his lips attach to mine in an instant.

"Michael." I say in between the kiss.

"Amanda." He says, lips still attached to mine.

"We can't." I say.

"Come on." His hands sliding down to the hem of my shirt.

"I'm serious Michael. Not right now anyways." I say, pulling away. He looks me in the eyes. A smile appears on his lips.

"I understand and I'll wait." He says.

"Good." I say. I don't bother taking my make-up off or changing clothes. I lay down on the bed and fall fast asleep.

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"Amanda." I hear Michael's voice.

"Mhmm." I mumble.

"We're hear." He says. I open my eyes and look around. Tall buildings everywhere.

"I can't believe we've made it." I say sitting up, sleep still laced in my voice.

"You're finally here." He says.

"How did you know how to get here?" I asked.

"The boys and I have driven down here a lot." He says.

"So you've been here before?"

"Yeah." He answers.

"I was hoping it was your first time." I say.

"I can pretend." He says. "Oh, look at that building. So tall and big." He says, making me laugh.

"Stop it!" I say. "Anyways, where are we staying?"

"Calum actually has a house down here and he is going to let us stay in it." He says. We drive a couple more miles and until we pull off onto a dirt road. We are met by a big house.

"Wow." Michael and I say at the same time. "You've never been here?"

"No. Didn't know Calum was this loaded." Michael says, parking the car. We get out and get our stuff from the trunk. We walk up to the door and Michael opens it up. It's just as beautiful as the outside. We walk up the stairs and find a room that had a note that side. For Michael.

"Aww. Calum is a sweetheart. He left me a note." He says. He opens the door and the room is beautiful. It has a king size bed in the room, next to the window that over looks a pond. I sit my stuff down and jump onto the bed.

"WE'RE HERE!" I say, laying down. Soon, Michael jumps on the bed and lays next to me.

"YES WE ARE!" Michael says.

"I love you."

"I love you."