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The Motel Chronicles Begin

 "I didn't want to jinx myself because we've only began driving for a few hours now and we still had three more days to go. But I would say that so far so good. It's been a relatively safe and smooth ride since the first stopover" was what I was thinking earlier for our first couple of hours on the road. 

   But my oh my the second day of travel was about to bite me in the but for even thinking that

   We were on the road for most of the day. We stopped over a couple of times, ate food took a quick pee break, your standard stopover shenanigans and what have you. And so we decided to check ourselves in a motel for our first night so that we could take a bath as well as rest up for another day of being on the road. 

   We parked the car in the motels parking and from first impression alone, it seemed pretty f*****g sketchy. It looked like every f*****g motel scene in an American movie where bad stuff was going to happen. 

   Somebody has probably gotten shot in this motel parking lot is what it vibe it was giving off. But nonetheless beggars can't be choosers. All we needed was to take a bath and to sleep for a bit so might as well tough it out for the night. 

   We also didn't want to break the bank by staying at a nicer place so it its was it is I guess.

   We got a room. Thankfully there were two beds. Apparently this motel had a swimming pool, personally I wouldn't want to take a dip in that pool. God knows what the hell that pool has been through. I'm just gonna take a bath and relax in my room.

   "You're really not going to take a dip in the pool?", Eddie asked.

   "Nope, not really in the mood for night swimming", I reply.

   "Welp, that's your loss kid", Eddie said as he began unpacking some of his stuff.

   Eddie was first to take a bath since he wanted to take a dip in the pool. Eddie took a while to finish cleaning up but after he was done he just dried himself up and immediately head towards the swimming pool. 

   I took a bath. I decided to take my time, I wanted to savor the hot water the shower provided. We would be on the road for the whole day tomorrow so I really wanted to take this time to relax. 

   After I was finished bathing, I opened a bag of chips that I bought earlier. I plopped down on the bed as I grabbed the remote. I'm gonna watch some television till I fall asleep. I started flipping through a bunch of different channels. Nothing really interested me but it still felt relaxing. 

   After an hour of watching tv I got thirsty. There was a vending machine downstairs and I wanted a coke. So I head downstairs making sure to lock the door. I had the key to our door, I figured that since I wouldn't take that long to grab a drink Eddie could wait if he were to head back to our room while I was out. 

   I pick the option for a diet coke. I wanted coke but normal coke is way too sweet for me.

   "Who the hell drinks diet coke?"

   I turn around to see a guy who looked like he was around my age. He had a mohawk that was bleached. He had tanned skin and he was shorter than me. He looked like one of those short people who liked to pick fights with everyone.

   "Regular coke is too sweet for me", I reply. I don't even know why I'm even replying to this dude. I could careless about his question and it looked like he was instigating.

   "Are you crazy? Regular coke is the best though!", he replied.

   C'mon bro I don't even know how the f**k you are. Let me buy my coke zero in peace so f**k off. I began to walk away from this weird short dude. I don't have the time or energy to spend arguing about which type of coke was superior. I had a bag of chips waiting for me in my room and I really want to relax.

   I head back to the room. On my way up I met Eddie he told me that he was going to bring a bag of chips down to the pool. Apparently he wanted to stay longer. So I gave him my other bag of chips.

   After scrolling through more television channels, I though to myself that this was the life. A bag of chips, a cold can of coke as I watched tv. Once this whole mess sorts itself, I definitely want to do this one day. 

   Whenever I have the time to properly relax I keep thinking about how shitty my life was leading up to this moment. That's why I'm so determined to defeat Head Hunter. That motherfucker, when I was finally living a stable life this guy goes ahead and f***s it up for me.

   I also thought to myself just how much of a weird person the guy I encountered was earlier. Who the f**k strikes a conversation with "Who the hell drinks diet coke?". That guy must be either crazy or on drugs. He didn't look like he was all there. It was a good thing I was able to stop our conversation from going on any longer.

   I sure as hope to God that I wouldn't meet that guy tomorrow when we check out of the motel tomorrow. I might as well hit the hay soon since I handed Eddie the key to our room when we met earlier. I was already deep in my food coma and I was slowly drifting to sleep. 

   Soon enough I feel myself slowly falling asleep. The sounds coming from the television becoming more and more distant as I fall asleep.