You pulled your car up a couple yards, at most. You didn't have enough to stay in the motel for more than a night, so you figured you may as well save up and just sleep in your car off the side of the road.
You see Laurel walking up. The other lady behind the counter, the one who originally offered to help you, has no reaction.
What a strange place.
Tord sighs, rolling down his window halfway (it wouldn't go down more than that).
"What do you need? Did I not pay you enough?"
"Nah, nah, you're fine on that. Why're you out here? There's a motel, like, 3 miles down that way." She points the direction you're facing, following the road.
"Not enough money. Plus, I would probably end up not sleeping. I've gotten used to the backseat. Comfortable."
"Damn, what the hell? Dude, I have a room they let me use for free since I work so close by and our store's the ONLY reason people actually stay. I could let you stay if you need to." Laurel pauses to think. "Got food, running water, fuckin' bags of ice. Whole nine yards, Tord! Plus, it'll be fun." She smiles. "You seem interesting."
You laugh, a mix of grateful and nervous. You don't necessarily like taking up people's offers, it just makes you feel guilty. So, you say no. But Laurel pushes. You say no, she pushes, you say no, she pushes MORE, and you finally say "fine".
That made Laurel happy.
"Dude, hell yeah! I haven't had, like, any solid friends or roommates. It's been so fucking long, you'll LOVE my room - they gave me the one with the nicest bed, too. No bedbugs in sight." You laugh at the fact that she thought that was so stunning. You felt bad, though.
"I'm not gonna stay for long, I'll be driving."
"Where?"
"Nowhere in particular, really-" Your accent is extremely thick on the word 'particular', "-but just. Somewhere far. Wanna see the world, maybe. Or, I wanna see what's over here."
"Not much of anything, Tord. Dirt and more dirt and sometimes a bush or a poisonous plant."
"How do you know they're poisonous?"
"From experience and school."
You both laugh at the "experience" part.
And Laurel stops. Like a lightbulb goes on over her head.
"Let me come with you."
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convenience stores and tile floors
Fanfiction"let me come with you." tord wants to drive. laurel wants to be free. fandom: eddsworld (not sticking to canon) pairing/characters: tord and laurel (platonic) technically, yes, this is an eddsworld fic. HOWEVER, it can be read with little to no kn...
