Blue Without You

Lets Go Blue

The sound of the car radio wakes me up. Ash is still asleep on me, our arms and legs tangled together. Luke is humming along to a unfamiliar song.

"Oh good you're awake." Luke says looking in the rear view mirror. "It's almost 10 pm want to stop?"

I nod and gently wake Ash up.

"Babe, time go get up." I say pushing on his arm.

"Mmm? Why?" Ash mumbles in my hair.

"We are stoping soon." I say pushing him up.

"Stopping? Where are we?" I look out the window and look for a sign. One comes flying past.

San Antonio, Texas

"You drove us to Texas!" I scream at Luke.

"Well there's nothing in Mississippi or Arkansas or Louisiana and you guys never woke up so-"

"Stop stuttering and pull over at that Motel 6." Luke gets off the highway, his knuckles turning white on the steering wheel. We pull into the motel and I decide that the two boys are too tired and mentally exhausted to go socialize.

I walk up to the counter with my tiny stack of 20s.

"Hello." I say to the boy behind the counter. "One room."

He nods and takes my money.

"What are yah doin' here?" The boy behind the counter says with a strong southern draw.

"Visiting family." I say pulling a fake smile. He nods and slides over a little napkin.

"If you ever need help." He winks. I smile and turn out of the building. I check the napkin and see he put his name and number.

Cal

210-183-7162 xx. ;)

I roll my eyes and shove the paper in my jeans pockets. The nerve of some people.

I walk out and point to the motel room. Luke drives off and I walk over and open Ash's door.

"A motel babe? That's kinda kinky." He chuckles and I help him out of the car.

"Shush Ash." He kisses my head and we drag our bags inside. The room immediately smells like dog pee and body odor. I groan and walk over to the bathroom. "I call the shower first!"

"No fair. I drove all day." Luke frowns. "Maybe we could share." He winks.

"Right here ass hat." Ash says flicking up on his phone.

"Nope." I turn and slam the bathroom door. I strip and finally figure out how to turn on the stupid shower. I stand under the scorching heat, letting my hands go red. I wash off and put on my only pair a pjs.

"My turn!" Luke jumps up as I walk out of the bathroom. Ash laughs and pats the bed next to him. I place my stuff in my bag and snuggle next to him.

"There's no missing report yet." Ash says motioning to the news blurred out on the tv.

"Good." I say wrapping my hands around him. I let the quiet lull of the shower blur in with the silence. "Ash, I'm scared."

"It's okay princess. I've got you." He says wrapping his arms around me. I let a few tears out on his shirt for the first time since Clarence shot him. My body shudders at the thought.

Luke comes out of the shower a few minutes later, his hair wet and only a towel covering around his waist.

"Forgot my pants. Oops." He chuckles, grabs a pair of shorts and scurries back into the bathroom. I hear Ash groan and he untangles from me.