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hitting my face. I changed my position between the sheets to find a colder spot, but something was missing even as I got into a more comfortable position. I reached out with my hand while my eyes were still closed, trying to find him next to me, but I couldn’t.
    I opened my eyes but the brightness of the room made me shut them again. When the brightness didn’t hurt any more, I saw that he wasn’t in bed with me. The room was empty. I had no idea what I’d expected to happen when we woke up, but I certainly wasn’t ready for this.
    My heart sank in my chest. The sudden depression from having done a mistake so big that it might cripple you for the rest of your life.

Chapter 6
     
    I stood up from the bed while holding up the sheet to cover myself and walked to the bathroom. I looked exactly like I expected it would after what happened last night. Tears filled my eyes from sorrow, but somehow I saw my body go through the emotions of clothing myself. My mind still tried to process what all this meant and was on cruise control, just holding on to what had happened yesterday, no matter how surreal it seemed like.
    I threw my stuff into my luggage and left the room. As I walked past Austin’s room, I saw a cleaning lady taking out his sheets.
    “I guess you couldn’t fight me so you ran away,” I whispered and moved on.
    No matter what the logical side of my brain tried to tell me, I still held on to the idea that he might be already waiting for me. Was he in the lobby? I walked faster in excitement.
    The old lady greeted me from behind the desk. “I hope you enjoyed your stay, but all that ruckus last night… what was that all about?”
    I hid my blushing behind my fist pretending I had a cough. “Probably my brother doing stuff he shouldn’t. You remember those tattoos?”
    “Yes, I do remember those evil tattoos.”
    “Well, I think that explains it…”
    “Oh, dear. But we didn’t find anything broken in his room, so that’s weird.”
    I looked around the desk, trying to steer the conversation away from what had happened last night. “But anyways. How much do I owe you?”
    “Nothing. Your brother paid the rest of the bill this morning.”
    “He did what?”
    “Yes. He paid the whole bill about thirty minutes ago.”
    My mouth was stuck open and I stared at her.
    “Is there something you need, dear?”
    “I-I guess not…”
    I left the motel, not knowing what I should do next. The parking lot was empty and there was no sign of Austin anywhere. I shook my head and didn’t bother to raise it up from staring at the ground. Guess I was walking then, but where? We had passed a bus stop in the middle of the town, so that was my only option.
    I had walked for a little while on the shoulder of the road, stopping to wipe the tears streaking down my chin every once in a while, when I heard honking from behind me. I didn’t turn around to see who it was because seeing that old pervert coming around for another try would have made my miserable day so bad I would have surely lost it.
    “Where are you headed to, Sweet Pea ?”
    “What?” I looked over my shoulder and saw Austin in his car rolling next to me.
    “Why did you have to disappear like that? You caused way more heart palpitations than I would’ve liked, you know.”
    “I disappeared? You were nowhere to be found!” I said, tears already flowing down my cheeks from the roller coaster of emotions I’d had since the morning.
    “Hey… I thought you’d sleep until afternoon at least. I thought you had a habit of lying in bed for days on end.”
    “I used to….” I wiped the tears from my eyes and got into the car. “But where did you go?”
    “I got us something to eat.” He threw a bag of fresh sandwiches on my lap. “We have a long way to drive today.”
    I felt so stupid for assuming the worst about him.
    “I-I…” I stuttered.
    “You thought I’d run away, didn’t ya?”
    “Yeah…”
    He looked straight into me with his steely