Accidental Partners in Crime

Chapter 4: Poor Mel

Jackass and I were riding down the highway at night when I asked him, "Where in the seven hells are we going?"

He sighs, "We're going some place safe, okay? That all you need to know for now."

I blow a raspberry and the car fills with eery silence.

I smile as a thought comes to my head, "Are we there yet?"

He opens his mouth to respond but I cut him off asking, "Are we there yet?"

He again parts his lips but I repeat my question.

He grinds his teeth together and I ask one more time before he threatens, "I will tie your mouth up again firecracker."

I hold my hands up in surrender ( which doesn't work well since they are both still tied together ) and stare out the window.

"We're should be there in a day or so." I heard him say but I didn't turn my head.

I had to hold in my groan thinking about more time with the phycopath.

I close my eyes and start to drift off. I use an old tactic for calming my fears.

It'll all be okay tomorrow. It'll all be okay tomorrow. It'll all be okay tomorow. It'll all be o-

There's a loud rumble and Mel's walls vibrate. My eyes snap open and I see that Jackass is looking at RPMs with his eye brows narrowed.

I sit up straight and look over at him, "Are we out of gas? What is it?"

He shakes his head, "I don't know what's wrong."

Our fears of failure are confirmed as Mel slows to a stop. I groan loudly and Jackass gets out of the car.

I follow him and walk around as he pops the hood. Right in time for a cloud of smoke to hit me directly in the face.

I cough the smog out of my lungs and move next to Jackass so my lungs wouldn't jump out of my chest and brutally murder me.

Jackass fans away the unwanted smoke with a wave of his hand and looks over the engine.

I lean over and examine the wreck. I don't know too much about cars but I know that if it's not moving and smoking that means something's most likely not right.

I'm a fucking genius I know.

Jackass narrows his eyebrows in either concentration or frustration.

I smile sweetly and say, "I'd help but, I'm tied up with other things."

Like the amazing person I am I laugh at my own joke while Jackass gives me a look that was concocted by Lucifer himself.

I drop my smile and reminded him, "Well, on the positive side I've already been kidnapped and tied up and had my car broken down so it really can't get worse."

No sooner than I had finished my last word did a drop of water land dead center on my forehead.

I tilted my head back and saw that solemn clouds had formed inevitably carrying water.

In just mere seconds it was down pouring.

"You just had to say it, didn't you?"

"I was trying to lighten the mood, asshole."

Jackass's face twisted into a new side of him I'd never seen.

"I'm getting real fucking tired of your nicknames for me, firecracker."

I rolled my eyes and asked, "So, what the hell's wrong with Mel?"

Jackass slamms the hood and looks over at me with one eyebrow raised. "Mel?" He asks.

I sigh, "My car. What's wrong with my car?"

He shrugs. Perfect. P-E-R-F-E-C-T.

I stuck in the rain, soaked to the bone with the person who has out my entire life on hold due to his mistake.

I stare at him annoyed and baffled, "Why in the seven hells did it have to be me who gets stuck with you?"

He bunches his shoulders together and parts his lips to respond before he's cut off by honking.

We both turn to see a bright orange truck driving up to us. It stops around 15 feet from my car and out steps a older looking woman.

She walks closer to us before yelling, "Oh, you poor dears, storm caughtcha."

Jackass's eyes widen and he turns so his body is covering mine.

He leans closer so his lips are almost brushing my ear and he whispers, "Don't you dare run."

He grabs my hands and unties the strip before turning around to answer the woman.

I take one step away from Jackass and he grabs my hand in a way that looks like it's more for comfort than for restraint.

"I'm afraid we did. We are on a road trip together and our car broke down."Jackass replied to the lady.

The woman actually looked upset. "Oh now that's just awful."

The woman is now within touching distance. The looks on her face gives away that she's thinking. She says, "Well, I can't just leave you two out in the rain now can I?"

I nod furiously and she laughs. "Then I have no other choice than to take you home with me."

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Another chapter, another day same story. Hey dudes/dudettes/whateveryouidentifyascuzitsafreecoutry. Thanks for reading! I really don't have anything to say.

Fun fact of the day: In Australia ( because that where all of the weird shit is ) there is a naturally pink lake called Lake Hillier.