Four Letter Word..

Chapter Four

We drove for a couple of hours and in that time I'd dried off pretty much and managed to change into clean clothes. Billy pulled up at a takeaway place and bought us a Pizza to share. However he refused to let us eat it in the Car. So I sat with the box on my lap allowing it to go cold for a good twenty minutes whilst we drove to the nearest Motel. The place we pulled up at looked really run down. More so than others we'd stayed in over the last few days. I followed Billy out of the Car and up the steps to the reception. unfortunately for him the owner was Male so there would be no way of flirting for a cheaper rate this time "Any vacancies?" Billy asked as I placed the Pizza box on the counter. The guy eyed us suspiciously before answering "Yeah, a couple" he turned to the back wall where there was a box full of keys "Room Four" he said turning to us as he turned around to hand Billy the keys but before Billy could take them he pulled them back from his reach "I'm gonna need you runaways to pay up front" Billy's jaw stiffened at the statement and we both knew that this guy knew exactly who we were "Listen..I'll give you every dime we've got left if you keep your mouth shut" I nudged Billy with my elbow and gave him a look that said what the hell are you doing he ignored it and pulled out the $200 from his back pocket placing it on the counter. I rolled my eyes and picked up the Pizza, heading outside to find room number four. All I wanted was to take a shower and eat a couple of slices of cold Pepperoni Pizza.

Billy returned with the keys a few minutes later "Did you really give him all of that cash?" I asked as I closed the door to the room behind us, folding my arms across my chest "I had to.. He would have called the Cops on us" I placed the Pizza on the bed as Billy flicked the little TV set on and grabbed the remote before coming to sit next to me. I grabbed a slice of Pepperoni and took a bite. It was cold as I imagined it would be but it was still damn good. Billy stopped on the news channel "Let's see how much trouble we're in" He took a slice of Pizza and we waited for our faces to appear on the screen. It wasn't long until we did 'the search for the 17 year old's Katrina Carter and Billy Hargrove is still continuing with their last known location being a diner a few miles out of Las Vegas' the reporter on the screen was outside of Hawkins High School 'We have Katrina's school friend Steve here with us tonight who has this to say'  The camera panned to the side where Steve was stood. He looked into the camera and it was if he was staring right at me "Kat.. I know the past few weeks have been tough on you but. There are so many people here who want what's best for you and love you. So please, if you see this. Come home or at least call someone"  the TV turned off and I narrowed my eyes confused for a second before realising Billy had turned it off. I looked at him as he picked up a slice of Pizza "Looks like we've got nothing to worry about" I licked over my lips before standing up
"I'm going to take a shower" I told him heading for the Bathroom. The shower was covered in grime but the water looked clean and that was the main thing. I washed my hair with the little bottle of shampoo on the counter and tried to rid myself of the smell of chlorine.

When I got out and dried myself off I put the clothes I was wearing earlier on and went into the main room to dry my hair with the hairdryer. When I put the hairdryer down Billy was lying on his back, staring up at the ceiling. I walked over to the nightstand and picked up the keys to the Camaro "I'm just going out to get my case from the Car" I told him he got up on his elbows "Want me to come with you?" I shook my head

"No thanks" I opened the door and left, heading to the Camaro parked out in the lot. As I walked I heard the door to the reception open and close. I sped up and unlocked the trunk opening it up "Katrina Carter right?" I turned to look at the Motel owner
"What do you want?" I asked him "You have your money so just leave us alone" I closed the trunk again and looked over the guys shoulder as out motel room door opened. Billy came outside and tilted his head as he watched me interact with this creep "You think any amount of money's gonna stop me from calling the Cops out here?" I swallowed as he stepped closer "I mean, I'm sure there's some sort of arrangement we could come to" he placed one of his hands on my cheek and used the other hand to sweep some of the hair out of my face. I felt sick as he started to lean his face towards mine and it didn't take long for Billy to charge over here and shove him off of me "What the hell do you think you're doing?" he shouted, pinning him to the side of the Camaro "We were just talking, weren't we sweetheart?" he said looking at me and I blinked away as he looked back at Billy "She wants me" I widened my eyes, my blood boiling at the statement.  Billy looked away from the guy for a brief second, but that was all the guy needed to swing for Billy. Billy stumbled backwards slightly, blood already leaking from his nose. I charged forward and kneed him in his lower region. He bent over and collapsed as Billy charged over swinging his fist into the side of the guy's head. He pulled him up and pinned him against the Camaro again "That'll teach you to never touch my Girlfriend again. You fucking hear me?" Billy asked him. He didn't respond so Billy threw him to the ground and gave him a kick for good measure. He looked up at me "Get in the Car" I folded my arms across my chest to protest and he blinked at me "Get in the Car Kat" I rolled my eyes and got into the passenger seat of the Camaro. I sat down and looked at Billy in the rear view mirror. He looked conflicted and he wiped at his bloody nose before coming round and getting into the driving seat. He started the Car and then pulled out his cigarettes lighting one up before starting the enginge "Shit!" he announced suddenly making me jump "We're out of gas" I narrowed my eyes
"I thought you said we had enough until we got to California?" he shook his head

"I must have miscalculated it.. And that asshole has all of our money" he slammed his hands down on the steering wheel and then pressed his foot down harder on the accelerator. As if it was going to make any difference to our situation.

We drove for about half an hour before pulling over at a Gas station "What are you doing?" I asked him "We're going to steal some Gas. I've got no plates on, it's not like they can track me down" I rolled my eyes
"Fine. What do you need me to do?" he got out of the Car and I followed him
"Just stay in the Car" Billy still had blood all over his face. I walked around to him

"At least let me clean you up" I said wiping my finger in a streak of blood under his lip. He looked down at me "Fine" he got back into the Car and I went into the trunk to grab the first aid kit I'd seen in here. I got back into the Car beside Billy and opened up the box rooting through it. I found a pack of antiseptic wipes and used them to clean up the cut on Billy's lip and wipe away the blood from his nose. "You called me your Girlfriend... Earlier. When you were mad" I stated as I wiped the last of the blood away from his nose, he smiled weakly "You must have heard wrong" he told me. I looked down at the bloody tissue in my hand feeling slightly embarrassed. Maybe he didn't mean it. Billy lifted my chin and our eyes connected, it was like he was looking right into my soul and then he pressed his lips to mine softly. I placed my hand on his cheek and kissed him back. I didn't know what the gesture meant exactly but I took it as a good sign. He got out of the Car and left me to sit there and wait for him to steal the Gas. Once he was done filling up he jumped back in and sped off "Wooohoooo!" he hollered as if what we had just done was supposed to be exciting. "California here we come!" he looked across at me and I couldn't help but smile.