Roadtrip

Jimmy’s POV
“Can you tell us again, why we are heading to Des Moines and not just stay in Omaha for a while?” Johnny asked but Matt just shrugged his shoulders.
Matt was driving and didn’t even look at the card or at the map we had, he seemed like he knew already where he was going... but why?!
It was late afternoon.. we have all slept pretty long, since we had walked half the night.
It was already 6 when we arrived at the hotel where Matt booked the hotel rooms for us he gave everyone a key, but me.
“What the fuck? Why do I have to sleep in a room with someone, we have enough money.” I got angry, was he still mad at me for losing the money at the casino?
Thinking back to the casino everything seemed even worse now, that I had fallen for Mia and she played me... back then it all started but I had defeated her... why have I been such a fool?!
“I will explain everything, come on... get your bags into my room first... We will sort this through. I want everyone in my room in 30 minutes. I have something to tell you.” Matt sounded serious but he had a small smile on his lips.
I grabbed my bag and went into Matt’s room annoyed.“You want to take a shower and dress freshly?” Matt asked and I narrowed my eyes on him, smelling on my shirt.“Why would you ask that? What is wrong with you? Don’t tell me you got some dates for us or shit.... I don’t wanna see any girls, Matt. I really had enough of that already.” I shook my head.
Matt laughed loudly, “No, that’s not it. Just do it and do it quickly.”
I didn’t know what he planned but I did it and when I walked back into our room Brian and Zack were already there and Johnny just knocked on the door.
“Alright, so what do you want to tell us? I just want to get to the bar and call it a day.” I said and Brian nodded.
“Coming with you.”
“No, you won’t. I have to tell you something and you have to let me finish before you storm out of here... or I won’t tell you where to find it.” Matt said and I frowned at him.
“Sit down.” Matt motioned for all of us to take a seat on the bed and armchair.
I sat on the table waiting for him to begin with some stupid job offer or something for the next day, when really I just wanted this race to end and forget that it ever took place.

Forget Mia... and erase all the memories I had with her...
I have called her again today, still only voicemail... I told myself when she would pick up I would tell what I really was thinking of her, that she had played me and betrayed my trust but I knew when I would hear her voice over the phone I would ask her to come back, to meet me...
It was better that she didn’t pick up... for all of us.

“I wasn’t in the hotel yesterday... and I wasn’t hunting new jobs for us as you might put it.” Matt began.
“Oh what a surprise, so you were out meeting a girl?” Zack asked him with a lifted an eyebrow.
“Actually, yes, you are right, but I didn’t meet just any girl. I met Izzie.” As soon as Matt said the name Izzie, Brian sprang up from his seat and was about to jump into Matt’s face.
But he was calm and prepared.
“Calm down, Brian. Not like you think...” Matt pushed Brian away from him but Brian had still a grimace of pure anger on his face.
“WHY DID YOU MEET HER! WHY DID YOU EVEN CONTACT HER?!” Brian yelled struggling against Matt’s hold.
“Listen to me and shut the fuck up!” Matt temper was rising.
Honestly, I didn’t want to hear what Matt had t say... I didn’t want to know what Izzie was telling him, I didn’t want to know where Mia was...

“WHERE ARE THEY?” I nearly yelled... so much for lying to myself.
Matt sighed loudly, “I told you to listen and calm down. Or I am not going to tell you anything and this is really important.”
“Tell us finally.” Zack said and finally Brian had himself back under control and Matt told us how he got a hold on Izzie, when she wasn’t expecting him on the phone.
Meeting her in the Diner in the middle of nowhere...
And the whole Story with Mia and her ex-boyfriend... her stalking ex- boyfriend.
How could I have been so blind?!
She had told me about him, she said he was behind her and I? I thought she was the one lying when this motherfucker had been sitting next to me, while my girl was running away from him.
Why she was afraid of him... I would never forgive myself if anything had happened to her...She didn’t leave me because she wanted to... she left because she wanted to protect us!
Stupid woman!
How could she think running away and leaving me would be better? I would make her see!
I would kiss sense into her... tell her to never leave me again like that... I wouldn’t stand it another time.

When Matt was finished with the whole story and ending it with Izzie not knowing that we were here we began cursing and throwing a fit for them not telling us everything from the beginning.Brian was as shocked as I was, and seeing he and Izzie parted ways on bad terms, Brian had to make up with her, big fucking time. Next we discussed what we would do now and it was unanimous decision, that Izzie and Mia belonged to us now and we wouldn’t let them be alone again, they weren’t safe alone.
And we would protect them, if they wanted it or not...

We stood before room 225 at the second floor and I knocked waiting for them to open up... but nothing. Brian put his ear to the door to listen for any noises...
“They are not in there or sleeping already.” Brian said and looked at me.
“Where are we going now?” I looked around, I needed to see her now, I had so much to tell her and I couldn’t wait a second longer.
A woman in the hotel uniform was coming down the corridor.
“Mrs. Can we ask you a question?” Brian asked.
“Sure. His girlfriend should be in this here, but they are not there... where could they be?”
“Oh, I know these girls. They are having a babysitting job, right now. Must be in the same corridor, the apartment of Mr. And Mrs. Clarkson, wait a second I will call in the reception for the room number.”
The woman talked on her phone for a minute.
“Yes, it’s room number 202. Have a nice evening.” The woman walked away and I ran towards the room 202.
I knocked loudly and Brian stood directly behind me, nothing happened... then footsteps and the door opened.
“Mr. And Mrs. Clarkson, you are early, I thought-” There stood Mia in the doorway with a smile on her face and my heart skipped a beat.
“Jimmy? Brian? What are you-” Mia started but I just grabbed her waist to and hugged her to my body, kissing her mouth and relinquished in the feeling to have her in my arms again.

Izzie’s POV
Mia and the Clarksons didn’t come back into the room, what the hell was going on? I walked out of the living room into the hallway, but halted in the doorway. I saw Mia entangled with Jimmy and behind them... “Brian?”

“Iz!” He ran over to me and pulled me to his body. Then he seemed to realize what he was doing and he let go of me as if he had burned himself. “Hey” he said quietly
“Hi”
I couldn’t believe he was here. “How did you know where we were?” He opened his mouth to answer me when I already answered myself “...Matt...” Brian nodded. “So far for trusting him ever again” I muttered.
Brian just stared at me and I didn’t know what to say either, how did we become so uncomfortable around each other?
He did a step forward again, closing the distance between us
“I’m sorry Iz” He looked at his shoes “For everything I said, I didn’t mean it, I understand now”
“I might have overreacted a little too, I might have been a bit of a bitch”
He chuckled lightly, a smiley gracing his face as we were still looking at each other silently.

“You two have to leave!”
I broke our stare and turned towards Jimmy and Mia. She had pushed him away from her and was looking at him in panic “You two have to leave! You can’t stay with us!”
“No! Mia, I won’t ever leave you again, it’s dangerous, we need to be together” Jimmy pulled Mia close again
“But.... “ Jimmy shut Mia up by kissing her again. “No” he simply said, looking at her lovingly.

“Are the others here too?” I asked Brian
“Yeah, they are all excited to see you two again, you belong to us now you know?” he winked. My stomach was doing cartwheels again. I hated my body for cheating on me.

Our little get together again was interrupted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson getting home.
“What is going on here?” Mrs. Clarkson looked at Jimmy with a disgusted look and then with the same look over to Brian. That look changed into something different when Brian pulled his famous seductive smile. Damn that man, it worked on every single woman.
“How could you two expose my babies to men like this!” she motioned to Brian and Jimmy. I opened my mouth to protest to what she was saying, but she held up her hand. “I should report you two to the hotel management, but I will settle for not paying you and sending you away. Now!” she seethed at Mia and me.

Mr. Clarkson had gotten our bags from the living room and was holding them out to us while mrs. Clarkson opened the door. I exchanged a look with Mia, she shrugged, we grabbed our bags and made our way out the door. I turned around to say goodbye, but all I got was a slamming door in my face. Mia and I both look astonished by this action “That bitch!” I said out loud, Brian laughed beside me.

“This is even better, let’s go! The others will be so glad to see you!” Jimmy grabbed Mia’s hand and started dragging her down the hall. Mia looked to me over shoulder and looked a little upset but her eyes weren’t participating, her eyes lit up, her eyes looked really happy. I sighed and walked after them. How was I going to get her away again? And I knew she would want to tomorrow.

I walked the hall silently, even forgetting Brian, that was until I felt his arm grazed mine, sending jolts through my body. I was silently cursing my body, damn it!
We finally reached the guys hotelrooms, one of the doors was open and I heard Jimmy excitingly tell the story of Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson “... and then she just threw us out, not even paying the girls for their work! Brian’s famous smile didn’t even work!” I heard all the guys laugh. I looked over at Brian, he shrugged as he let me go into the room first.

“Izzie!” Johnny yelled, running over to me to pull me into a hug.
Zack followed “So nice to see you again!” I smiled, even though I knew we couldn’t stay with them, but it was nice to see them again, we really did fit well together. I looked around the room, trying to find Matt. He was standing in the corner of the room, looking at all of us with a slight smile on his face, the smile disappeared as soon as my eyes locked with his. He motioned his head away from the others.

“It was the only thing I could do Izzie”
“I asked you, Matt! I told you to protect them and not tell them anything else. I trusted you”
He pulled me into a hug
“Don’t fight it Izzie, we will protect you and Mia, you will stay with us”
“Matt, we can’t, you know we can’t. It’s dangerous... Come on”
“I know it’s dangerous, and you think you’ll be safer without us?”
“No! But you will be!”
During our discussion Matt was still holding on to me and I was constantly trying to get out of the hug... Not succeeding of course.
“We won’t let you go, and that’s the last of it! Now tell me, why is Haner standing over there and am I able to still hold you without him attacking me?”
He pushed me out of the hug a little, looking at me
“We need to talk first”
“Uhuh, talk” he made the quotation marks with his fingers smiling widely.
“Yes, Matt, talk”

“We are leaving!” Jimmy announced loudly, lifting Mia into his arms getting out of the room. I saw Brian coming over to Matt and me “Izzie, you ready to go too?” he smirked.
“Sure, let’s talk” We headed for the door when I felt his hand engulf mine.
I thought my heart would jump out of my chest, as fast as it was going.

Damn my body! Fuck, I was soooo screwed!

Notes

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