Runaway

Chapter 4 - Blur

4am. The loud ignorance came from Andy's phone. Andy kept his eyes shut, he was too tired to be bothered. Shaun groaned, stirring his head before kicking Andy in the leg.

"Turn it off" he whined

Andy groaned "You wanted to wake up at this time, you turn it off"

"I will literally fart on your face if you don't turn it off" Shaun threatened

Andy opened his eyes and rubbed them quickly before turning off the alarm. He instantly sighed and rolled over to sleep some more. Shaun turned on his lamp, causing Andy to cover his face.

"Fuck off" Andy muttered

"Get up!" he said, suddenly full of energy as he leaped onto his best friend, sitting so his ass was directed at his face

"I will if you get off me!" he whined, slapping Shaun's ass away.

Shaun smirked, getting off "I'm in the shower first!" he called out, running to the bathroom. Andy was considering going in there whilst he's in the shower to take a massive dump to mess with him, but he didn't even have the energy for that. It took him so long to fall asleep last night, he overthought everything while Shaun snored like an 86 year old deaf man. He had no idea how this was going to work, whenever it's the two of them without Bradie for longer than three days they become little kids unable to take responsibility for anything they do in life.

Actually, that could be a good thing this time.

They had breakfast and were both dressed and ready by 5:30am. It was going to be a long but worthwhile trip to Melbourne now.

The hours were slow and boring. Every second town they stopped in they'd stop for a pee break and switch drivers. When Andy drove, Shaun slept. When Shaun drove, Andy slept. It was repetitive, but it felt good somehow, they were in dead silent areas with nothing but one of the albums they bought the day before softly playing in the background. It gave them equal time to think and convince themselves further that this was a great idea, and it was. They felt useless at this point, no one wanted them around. So what was the point? The stress levels were high and no matter how hard they tried they just couldn't fight. Usually, they'd fight head on, but they couldn't this time, because they had already lost. And Bradie told them he didn't want them involved. That was his loss.

By 9:30am both of them couldn't sleep anymore and were just enjoying the cruise as they passed the border into Victoria. Andy was driving as Shaun stared out the window.

"Where are we now?" Shaun wondered

"Where have we been for the past 4 hours?" Andy replied

Shaun stared at Andy with a sarcastic look

"Middle of Nowhere" Andy told him with a smirk, Shaun shook his head.

"You're a fucking dickhead. What should we do when we get to Melbourne?"

Andy shrugged "Honestly really keen on getting drunk"

The two laughed, Shaun scruffed up the bed hair he didn't even bother to brush

"Alcohol sounds nice" Shaun admitted "But we should actually do something there"

"What? Be Tourists?" Andy chuckled

"Fuck no, I mean, it's Melbourne. There's always something better than just getting drunk in a hotel room"

"I guess you're right"

Shaun grabbed his phone out of the glovebox then groaned "I can't use the internet"

"Yeah, and there's no connection out here, Dickhead" Andy smiled