Sick Love

Part 3

Without thinking, I rolled down my window and gave Chad a weak smile. "Uh. Can I get in?" Chad asked concerned. I nodded. He walked over and got into the passenger seat. "What's wrong Mel?" I could hear the concern in his voice. I knew I shouldn't be telling a stranger about my personal life but I clearly wouldn't make it to Mia's house and I had no one else to talk to. It felt like my only option. I turned towards him and focused my eyes on his hands fidgeting on his lap. I was still crying. "What happened Mel? Why are you so upset?" Chad reached out and grabbed my hand. He gently rubbed circles on the top of my hand with his thumb. I slowly began to stop crying. "It's my dad. He left when I was five for another woman but my mom still talks to him. I just found out that she has been asking him for money for the last 13 years. Do you know what that means?" The tears began to flow uncontrollably again. Chad reaches up and wiped the tears off of my cheeks. "What Mel. What does that mean?" I didn't care if he actually cared I just continued to talk. "It means everything I've ever had in my life has pretty much been paid for by my father. So my father can't stay with me and my mom but he feels bad enough to give my mom money...it just pisses me off that my mom begs him for money and has been for years but never told me. I want absolutely nothing to do with my fucking father." Chad nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry Mel. I'm so sorry. I know how you feel. My father left me and my mom when I was 10 years old. I was devastated. My mom continued to think he was going to come back and never stopped loving him. It pissed me off. I knew my dad didn't give a fuck about us but she didn't believe it." I was shocked that he had opened up to me about his family. I was glad to have him here with me. I pulled out my phone to text Mia. "What are you doing?" Chad asked. "Texting my friend. I was planning on going to her house tonight but I don't know that that is going to happen. I could barely drive 2 minutes before stopping because I was crying to hard." I texted Mia and said I wasn't going over and that I would talk to her some other time. "Where are you going then?" Chad asked. "I don't know. I don't want to go home. I can't face my mom. I can't drive-" Before I could finish, Chad interrupted me. "Come with me. We can go to a hotel. I don't really want to go home either. My mom has her friends over." I didn't care if this was a bad idea or not. I wanted to get away from everything right now. "Okay. Let's do it." A smile instantly spread across Chad's face. "Okay. I was walking  so I don't have my car. Let me drive your car." I unbuckled myself. "Okay." I opened my door and got out of my car. I walked over to the passenger side and got in while Chad walked over to the other side. We both got in and buckled. He looked over at me and placed his hand on my knee. I instantly felt butterflies. I still felt like shit but having Chad around me made me feel a little bit better. His presence gave me hope. Whatever we were was okay with me. I had just met him and I already never wanted to leave him.
   As we were driving, Chad kept his hand on my knee and occasionally looked over at me. I stared out the window silently trying to calm down. I felt broken. Having Chad here was nice but I needed more than a crush right now. I needed someone who made me feel loved. But for now, Chad would have to do. I did like him after all.
   We pulled into a hotel parking lot. "I'm going to go book us a room. Stay here, I'll be right back." Before I could say anything, he was out of the car and headed for the main entrance. I noticed he stopped and took out his phone. He instantly started smiling when he looked at the screen. I watched him talk on the phone. He seemed happy. He kept laughing and smiling. I wanted to know who he was talking to and what they were talking about. He continued to talk on the phone for several minutes and then he finally put his phone back into his pocket and walked into the hotel. When he came back to the car, he had a key card in his hand and he had a huge grin on his face. He opened my door and reached out to take my hand. Without hesitation, I grabbed his hand and stood up. We walked to the hotel hand in hand. "Chad, who were you talking to on the phone?" I asked. I tried to hold back my curiosity but it was killing me. He let out a small laugh and then squeezed my hand tighter. "Just my mom. She wanted to know where I was." I looked at him confused. "What was so funny then?" He looked like he was holding back something from me. I had a hard time believing it was his mom. "One of her friends took the phone. She was rambling about my mom and how she cheated at the game they were playing." I still wasn't satisfied with his answer but I would take it for now. "Oh." Was all I said.
   We reached out room on the third floor. Chad swiped the card and opened the door. He held the door for me and motioned for me to go in. I walked into the room and froze in shock. The room was beautiful. Too beautiful. There was a large living room with a white leather couch and a flat screen tv. Behind the living room was a small kitchen with an island and stools. The counters were glossy marble. The wall across from we was all windows. You could see most of the city. Off of the living room were two doors. One was a bedroom and the other was a bathroom. Chad laughed at my face and walked in front of me to block my view. He reached out and pushed up my chin to close my mouth. "Now that's not fair. Why don't you look at me like that?" I playfully smacked his arm. Was he flirting with me? He turned and walked through the door way to the bedroom and closed the door. I walked over to the wall full of windows and pressed my body against the glass. I couldn't believe the view from here. Chad most have paid a lot of money for this room. It made me wonder what his mom did for them to have so much money.
   After I had had enough of looking out the window, I walked up to the closed bedroom door. I stood there for a second debating whether or not I should just walk in. I decided I should knock. I knocked lightly on the door and waited for a response. "You can come in Mel." I opened the door slowly and walked into the room. I looked over to the bed and saw Chad laying in the bed with the covers pulled up half way over his chest. He didn't have a shirt on. "Are you going to join me?" He asked while wiggling his eyebrows. After all I had been through today, I was to weak to say no to his offer. "Yes." I whispered as I walked closer to him.