Monsters

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I head to the bed and Juan goes to take the chair. "You can sleep over here." I tell him. "I'll take the chair." he says. "No you won't. Come here. We're both adults." I tell him. He looks at me for a minute before I pull the covers back and pat the bed beside me. He moves to the bed and once he lays down and covers up, he lays facing me and we just look at each other. "Good night Juan." I say. "Good night Gypsy. Thank you." he says. I smile softly and we both go to sleep.

Waking up the next morning, I am still on my side but with my back to Juan and his arm is across my waist. I go to move and he moves his arm. "Sorry." he says. "It's okay." I say. "Morning, I guess." he says. "Morning. Let's hit a drive through on our way out." I say but he won't look me in the eyes. I walk over to him and cup his face. "Juan, it's fine. It was nice." I tell him. He looks at me for a second and nods. "I'll drive." he says. "Okay." We get our showers and head out. Getting our food, we head out onto the highway heading for Georgia. I must have dozed off. Waking up, I ask "Where are we?" and see it's late afternoon. "Louisiana." he tells me. "Let's get a room and shouldn't take but a few hours tomorrow before we will be there." I say. "Molly called while you were sleeping. I told her where we were and texted her a picture of you showing you were okay." he tells me. "Thanks. I'll call her as soon as we get to the room." I tell him.

We get to the room and he gets in the shower. "Hey Molly." I say. "Hey. How was your nap?" she asks. "Believe it or not it was good. I haven't been sleeping much these last few months." I tell her. "He's being good to you huh?" she asks. "Yeah." I tell her. "So, where are you guys?" she asks. "Louisiana. Should be there sometime tomorrow night I think." I tell her. "Good. So, he looks kinda hot." she says and I start laughing. "Yeah he kinda is." I tell her. We talk for a few more minutes and I end the call before ordering pizza. Juan gets out of the shower and I hand him money. "Pizza should be here anytime. Can you get it if I'm not out?" I ask. "Yeah. I got it." he says.

After my shower, we eat and head to bed and he gets into the bed without me having to tell him this time. I take a minute to really look at him and he's really nice looking. "Good night Juan." I say. "Good night Gypsy." he says. We fall asleep and the next morning, we wake up and like the morning before, his arm is around me but there's space between us. We get up and head out hitting another drive thru along the way.

"What should I expect once we get there." he asks me. "When we get to Molly's, we'll stay there while we find jobs and find a place." I tell him. "She going to be okay with this?" he asks. "Yeah. I spoke to her about it last night while you were in the shower and she said if I wanted you there then she was fine with it." I tell him and he nods.

Later that night, we pull into Molly's driveway and into her garage. I had called ahead of time to have the garage door open. She meets us in the garage and helps get the bags and we head inside. "Molly this is Juan Carlos. Juan this is my best friend Molly." I say. "Nice to meet you Juan." she tells him as they shake hands. "You too. Thanks for this." he says. "No problem. Thanks for looking out for our girl here." she says. "She's the one looking out for me." he says smiling softly at me. "Juan, let me show you where the shower is. There's only one spare room so..." she starts. "He can bunk with me." I say. "Are you sure? I can take the couch." he says. "We've spent the last two nights in the same bed. It's fine." I say. Molly shows him where the shower was and then walks in there to me. "Girl you didn't tell me he was that fine in person." she says. "Molly. Don't." I say. "What?" she asks. "I just left Chris." I say. "All I'm saying is be open." she says and I just nod before Juan comes back in. "I think I'm going to hit the shower." I say. I head to the shower and Molly and Juan start talking. "How did she seem when you met her?" Molly asks. "She was a little skittish but it's like she's refusing to let it get to her." he says. "He's been beating her for awhile. Put her into the hospital a couple of times." she says. "I won't ever do that to her." he says. "You plan on sticking around?" she asks. "She's the first person that showed any kind of compassion towards me in I don't remember how long. I was on the streets for over a month. It had been days since I'd eaten and over a month since I slept somewhere other than on the ground. There's no way in hell I'm leaving her unless she tells me to go." he tells her. "Good." Molly says.

After my shower, we say goodnight and Juan comes into the bedroom and we climb into bed. We lay facing each other like the two previous nights before. "Did you mean what you said?" I ask. "About not going anywhere until you tell me you don't want me anymore?" he asks. "Yeah." I say. "Yeah. I do." he says. I move closer and snuggle into his chest and ask "Is this okay?" He wraps his arms around me and says "Yeah. It is." We both relax and drift off to sleep in each other's arms.