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Something about Mary

POV David

I rented the motel room before picking Mary up at the bus station, checking my watch, I was right on time. I had a plan, I just didn't know how much of an alarm I wanted to set off. I needed to keep everything low key. As long as Mary was happy, then all would be fine and no one would be the wiser.

She saw me pull up and happily ran out to my car. I greeted her with a hug and opened the passenger door for her. She tossed her bags in the back seat before buckling in. I leaned in and kissed her before closing the door and walking back over to the driver's side.

"I'm so nervous, I've never lied to my parents before!" Mary fumbled with her scarf, winding it tight around her knuckles, turning them white.

"Do you want me to take you back?" I would do it, if she asked. We were still out in public and I refused to draw attention to myself. I was breaking my own rules hunting this close to home.

"David?" Mary angled herself in the front seat to look at me. "I want to be with you."

"I want to be with you too." I smiled trying to offer her some encouragement.

"But I'm scared." Her voice squeaked and raised as she scrambled to speak the words.

"Scared of what?" Did she know what I had planned?

"That you'll hurt me." Mary's voice shook as she tried to voice her concerns.

"Why would I hurt you?" My heart was racing, how could she know my intentions? I reached for her twisting hands, before she injured herself with her own scarf. She paused and looked up at me.

"Because I'm a virgin." Mary's face turned bright red as she said the words that she feared would frighten David away.

"You have nothing to fear. We don't have to have s*x, we can just spend time together." I have never been more relieved in my life. For a flickering moment, I felt like my hold on my world had been exposed. I really needed to get a grip, this distraction was making me sloppy.

"No, I'm ready and I want my first time to be with you." Mary turned herself back in the passenger seat and directed her attention forward.

"As you wish." I pulled the car around, and within a few minutes arrived at the motel.

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Mary rolled into my chest and nuzzled under my shoulder. She was fearless with desire and I found myself enjoying the willing partnership during s*x. I avoided being aggressive or overstepping boundaries with her, I didn't want her to run. The motel was so close to the busy bus depot, during peak travel hours, I couldn't risk drawing attention. This was out of my comfort zone. I needed control.

I felt like I was treading on quicksand. If I moved too fast I would sink, I needed to think things through, work slow and make a plan. 

"Mary?" I leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

"Mmmhmm" she stirred.

"You should get a shower before I take you back to the bus station." I sat up slowly, taking her little body with me.

"But I'm so comfortable, can't I just lay here a little longer? Can't I just stay smelling like you?" She snuggled closer as she pushed me back down onto the bed.

I laughed at the thought of her sitting on a bus for twelve hours smelling of s*x, sweat and me. "I think the ladies, that grace your presence, may take offense to the other aromas."

"David!" She gasped and pulled a pillow from behind her to pelt me. I laughed harder, sitting up and rotating to shift her off the bed and onto her feet. 

She was shy, wrapping the bed sheet around her to cover her naked body as she walked into the bathroom.

I smiled, such a strange way to function after s*x. I needed to check in with Carmen so I moved to the desk in the corner of the room and dialed out. A few rings later I heard Carmen's voice.

"Collins Residence." Carmen answered.

"Good evening, Carmen."

"Mr. David, thank god." Her voice was full of worry.

"What's wrong?"

"Lauren, she won't eat. The doctor threatened to force her and now she locked the door and won't let me in. It's been two days sir. I can't get in." Carmen was on the verge of tears. I had never heard her so upset, and with the job she had cleaning up after my father, I knew what she had seen in her lifetime. "What should I do?"

"Just wait for me, I'm coming home." I didn't waste any time, I pulled my clothes on and called the front desk requesting a cab for Mary, but I wasn't finished here. My mind was torn between what I wanted to do and what I needed to do. I knocked on the bathroom door.

"Just a minute." I could hear the shower curtain open. "Okay, come in."

Steam filled the small tiled space of the motel bathroom, Mary stood wrapped in a white towel, body still dripping from being pulled from the water. I couldn't go in, I willed myself to move, but I know if I stepped into that bathroom I would kill Mary. 

She came towards me. I took a step back.

"David?" Mary's face filled with concern, I can only imagine what she must see in my face right now. Lust, need, desire, hate.

"I have to go."

"What are you talking about?" Mary's face flushed as she furrowed her brow. She looked at me, realizing now, I'm fully dressed.

"I have to leave now. There is an emergency at home I must handle." I turned to leave. I needed to get out of this room and on the road. My mind was racing. Was Lauren okay? Was she even alive in that room? Why did I leave her? Just a week ago she was ready to end her life, why did I think it was okay to abandon her now? I was a monster, I wasn't there and she needed me.

"Stop!" Mary grabbed my arm. "We just made love and you're going to run out on me?" The sobs started, I didn't have time for this, Lauren needed me.

"I have to go, I called you a cab." I pulled a twenty out of my pocket and left it on the desk for the cab, then walked out of the room to retrieve her bags from my car. As I returned to the motel room, Mary stood at the doorway, still in nothing more than a towel.

"I'm not a w***e!" She tossed the money at me, drawing unwanted attention from nearby guests. She proceeded to grab her bags and slam the door in my face.

I marched to the front desk, and informed the staff that I was checking out of the room and that my guest's cab to the bus station would be arriving soon. I paid and left the cab fee with the manager.

I don't think Mary knew how close she came to never making it to California, but I didn't have time to think about what I wanted to do in that room to that tiny loud mouth redhead. No, I needed to get home to Lauren.