Code and Conduct

Running from Death

    My heart hurt. It felt as if I were being torn into two. I couldn't even say goodbye. You don't want them to die, do you? I asked myself. Of course I didn't want them to die, but this was killing me as I grabbed everything possible. "We need to use your car. He knows my Porsche." Nikolai said softly, watching me flit about the room, this way and that. I was in a mode of panic, and my hands were shaking like leaves in strong wind. I finally had everything packed and grabbed my keys. We set of for my car and sped off, hopefully not drawing much attention while doing so.

We stopped quickly at Emmeline's. Thankfully, I had texted Demitri to grab his stuff and meet us there. We all piled into my car and just drove. When we had gotten to Em's house, Nikolai took over the driving. "Where are we going, Nikolai?" I asked in a low voice. "Florida." he said simply. I had never went to Florida before.. but I always wanted to visit Disney World. "Where in Florida?" Emmeline spoke up. "Orlando." As Nikolai said this, he looked at me and winked with a smirk on his face. He reached his hand over and intertwined his fingers with mine. "So this really is a thing with you two?" Demitri asked. Nikolai looked in the rearview mirror at Demitri and an intense grin broke across his face. "Definitely." he said, ever so confident. I blushed profusely. Nikolai chuckled, seeing my face flush with a hue of red. At that, I blushed even deeper. Unfortunately, Emmeline could see me because she was sitting on the left side of the back seat. "Awww! You're blushing!" she exclaimed. "Shut up Em." I laughed.

We were in the car for three hours when all of a sudden Demitri had to take the piss of his life...
"I gotta piss man, just stop at a gas station!" Demitri whined at Nikolai. "Hell no. We can't stop until we get to Orlando." Nikolai argued. "Ok how long is that gonna be?" Demitri said rather impatiently. "Uhh. 'Bout thirteen hours." Nikolai said, suppressing a laugh. Emmeline busted out laughing. Demitri looked like he was absolutely gonna piss himself. "Baby, pull into a gas station. We need to grab some sandwiches and drinks and stuff." I reasoned. "Okay, sweetie." he said, pulling into a Tom Thumb. "Okay, sweetie." Demitri mocked. I threw a bottle of water at his chest as he was laughing at his stupid mocking. "Alright. Demitri and I will go in. Girls, you stay here." Nikolai said, parking my car in front of the store. "Uh, hell no. I have to pee and Im sure Emmeline needs to as well." I said, popping open my door and stepping out. "Damn you're so stubborn." he grumbled as he walked in the store after Demitri. I giggled and Emmeline pulled me back for a second. "You're actually with Nikolai. Nikolai has never looked at a girl the way he looks at you." she said, looking at me curiously. "I guess this is just different.." I said, turning around and following Nikolai into the store, watching as he turned a corner down an aisle with chips. "Nik, I thought we were getting sandwiches. Not chips." I said with my hands on my hips. "Sandwiches and chips." he said, grabbing a bag of Sweet and Spicy Doritos. I walked closer to him, looking up at his beautiful eyes. His face looked tense, nervous. I put my hand on his cheek and his face softened a little bit. I stood on my tip toes and gave him a small kiss. He circled his arm around my waist, pulling me closer and kissing me sweetly. "Heh-hem." I heard Demitri clearing his throat. Nikolai stopped kissing me but didn't take his eyes off of mine as he spoke to him. "What do you want, Demitri?" he asked, his eyes searching my face. "The bathrooms are open, gimme those chips and me and Em will get some food and drinks and meet you guys in the car." he said, not taking any steps closer to us. Nikolai slowly unwrapped his arms from around my waist and gave Demitri the chips.

After leaving the gas station, we blared Twenty Øne Piløts as we kept traveling south. Eventually, I fell asleep against the window. Unfortunately, the road we were on ended up getting extremely bumpy and I hit my head hard on the window. "Fuck!" I hissed, awaking from my once peaceful sleep. I heard Demitri laugh from the back seat. "I can drive if you two want to take the back seat." Emmeline offered. "I need a nap, too." Nikolai agreed, pulling over. Demitri and Emmeline took the front seats and Nikolai and I climbed in the back. Nik took a pillow and shoved it against the window, leaning on the door. I laid my head down in his lap and put my legs on the rest of the seat. Nikolai began playing with my hair, twirling my curls with his finger. I quickly fell asleep, realizing how much I hadn't slept since the last time I saw Nikolai.