The Night's Young

Chapter 12

They make it back to the Cave.

"Holy shit, that was a close call," Delilah laughs.

"Yeah, and you ran from her too," Marko chuckles.

"I do that a lot; running from authority," Delilah replies laughing.

"Geez, sis," Marko shakes his head, chuckling.

"Yeah, geez, babe," Paul says.

"Oh shut it, boys," She laughs.

"You love us, though," Paul replies.

"I can't ever deny that."

They're chilling in the Cave. Paul, Delilah, and Marko are chilling on the couch. David's in his usual wheelchair, which almost looks like an electric chair more than anything. Dwayne is standing by the fountain. Star, Micheal, and Laddie are on Star's bed.

"You know, when I got that picture of Marko when I was 13, I never believed you were my brother. Let alone even come to Santa Carla," Delilah says.

"Yeah, when Paul saw you, he couldn't believe how much you looked like me," Marko laughs.

"I know, like it was hard to believe that I had a brother."

"I bet, why did you come here in the first place?"

"Well, when I finally decided to leave my adopted family, they didn't care what I did. I worked at a gas station, the owner, he was more of a father to me than anyone in my life. He knew my troubles more than my so-called parents. I hated them, a lot, honestly. I left all my fake friends, I left my fake family, I left everyone. I asked around if anyone knew you, they told me you went to Cali, that you came here with our parents," She tears up.

"I mean, I also ran away from our parents. They would yell at each other, our dad would abuse our mom. I always got in the way of it, and he would beat me up instead. Mom would lay there crying. I left when I got the chance to," Marko shrugs.

"Yeah, I don't blame you, sounds horrible," Delilah says.

"It was, but it is what it is, sometimes."

"Yeah, it is."

"Well, what else happened to you?" Marko asks.

"They never cared about me, honestly. I mean, I would always be alone, and I substituted that with drinking and doing drugs. I eventually wanted to get clean, so I did. I wanted to find you and people said you came here. I got a one-way bus ticket and came here. First night here, I bumped into Paul, and thought, 'Holy shit, he's pretty cute,' and continued on my way. Of course, he asked me who I was, but I was on an adventure. Then Paul brought you to me, and it was something I never thought would have happened so fast."

"Well, I'm glad you bumped into Paul. It saved you a lot of time," Marko laughs.

"Now I only have occasional drinks, here and there, especially when trying to lure someone to kill them," She laughs.

"Yeah, but that's good though, that you decided to get clean," Paul says.

"Yup, I knew it was for the best because I was just throwing my life away, so I said 'Fuck this shit," and got clean."

"David?" Dwayne gets his attention.

"What?" He answers

"What would happen if we travelled around the states?" He asks.

"I don't know, nothing, I doubt anything would happen to us. Why?"

"Oh, just curious, I just want to see the world, I guess." Even though that was not the case. He had a plan.