A little road trip can change everything

Nicole POV

"For gods sake, shut your mouth, you don't know a goddamn thing about what you're talking about." Josh yelled, bursting through the door of our room. "What the hell is this? There's only one king? Fuck!" He turned and pointed at me"You get the floor, I'll let you have some pillows and the nasty comforter if I decide to be nice."

I clench my jaw, shaking my head at his nerve. "Oh what a fucking gentlemen you are!" I yell, throwing a pillow at his face

"Nicole! You called me a spoiled snob at the dinner table even though you fucking KNOW that your family makes in a year what mine does in ten! You think I'm going to be a gentlemen after that debate?" He spat throwing the pillow at me, but with much more force...knocking me onto the bed.

I groaned,a little bit shocked I fell. "I didnt choose my family you ass!"

"Yea? Well you didn't have to lie about mine! You have it so nice in your perfect fucking castle of a home...maids tending to your every goddamn whim!" he exclaims, throwing his hands in the air and storming the into bathroom. 

I sigh, looking down at my hands feeling a bit ashamed of my family. "Look" I say more calmly, "I dont want that, do you realise how much I envy YOU? Your parents are home, you actually have dinner around the table. You get talked to and listened to. Do you know how hard it is, to spend everyday having your parents see you for 5 minutes, then ignore you for phone calls?""

"I would rather have that." Josh says, solemnly. "My parents act like they hate me. Nothing is ever good enough, grades are never high enough...all they talk about it you and how fucking perfect you are." he sits against the wall, opposite me "Sure, we have dinners and family time around the television, but it isn't about the family, anymore. It's just a mirage and it's stupid. I'd rather have solitude and quiet, like you, than what I have"

I lift my face to look at him "Solitude isnt as fantastic as it sounds" I say looking down, "In my whole life, my mother has hugged me twice. She didnt even breastfeed me or take care of me because she was so busy. She doesnt even say she loves me" I say, tears threatning to fall.

 "Get up." He proclaims suddenly. He lets me saunter away, hiding his blushing face as he takes two pillows and the comforter. He pushes me onto the bed, but not aggressively, as he turns away and set up a makeshift mattress on the floor. "Goodnight." He says, lying down on the blanket, covering hiself with half at the end of the bed.

I smile slightly, realising what he had done. "Thankyou" I whisper, shifting and falling asleep