II Fading Into The Night IISteven×Duff Fanfiction II

23. angry mothers

Stevens pov:
  
We go on the highway.

There are almost no other cars.

I feel so excited. But also scared.

I'm glad Duff came with me.

After some hours we're in hollywood. The sun is starting to come up.

It looks beautiful. Almost the entire sky is a pink orange color. Duff is sleeping.

Where do we go now we're in hollywood?

I don't know anyone here.

Fuck! We're almost out of gas!

"Duff." I say as I stop the car on a parking spot.

There isn't a sign near that says we can't stay here for ever.

"What?" Duff says still half asleep.

"We're out of gas." I say.

I see him looking around.

"Where are we?" he asks.

"In hollywood. Hollywood boulevard is close." I say.

"Lets go to the boulevard." Duff says. He gets some food out of his bag. He takes his guitar with him. He gives me my two drumsticks.

We walk across the corner. We hear a lot of sounds.

It is almost 8 am.

We see people standing on the side walk. Everyone here is trying to earn money.

"You should start playing!" I say.

Duff takes his guitar.

"Which song?" he asks.

"Do the on you did this morning." I say.

I take my cap and put it on the ground.

Duff starts playing.

Some people look at us.

As Duff start singing someone puts a five dollar bill in the cap.

I smile at them.

As the song is done the three people who were watching clap.

I look at the cap. There is 20 dollars in it.

"Hi. How old are you two if I may ask?" A woman asks.

"We're both 18." I say.

"You two are really young. But he sounds really good." she says and looks at Duff.

"Thanks." he says.

The woman walks further.

"Lets go to that starbucks. My phone is dead." Duff says.

We start walking to the starbucks.

Duff sits down and plugs his phone. I sit down across him.

"Where do we sleep tonight?" I ask.

"In the car? I don't know. But we're free and together. That's all that matters to me." He says.

I nod and smile at him.

I want to believe him. But something in his eyes showed he is scared.

He turns his phone on.

"I got two missed calls?" he says.

His phone rings again.

"Fuck it's my mom!" He says.

"Hello?" he says as he awnsers it.

I can hear Marie screaming on the other side of the line.

"We're..." Duff says. But his mom keeps yelling.

"We're both 18. We wanted to leave. We are safe." He says.

I look at my phone. My mom is calling me right now.

"Hi mom." I say.

"Where are you? Marie called me saying you two left." she says.

"We're in hollywood." I say.

"Hollywood?!" she says.

"We wanted to leave." I say.

"You don't have a place to stay. You don't have your diploma yet and no job. You two get in that car and drive back home to Marie right now." my mom says.

"No mom. We are 18. You two can't make us go back. We'll figure this out on our own." I say with no hesitation in my voice. But was this really a smart idea?

"I'll keep in touch with you and ask for help if we need it." I say.

"Steven! Your to young to roam off to hollywood for gods sake." she says.

"We will be okay. Don't worry. We have to go now. Bye." I say and end the call. I turn off my phone.

She can't make us go back. We're 18.
I look at Duff. He is still talking with his mom.

It takes him 10 minutes before he cab end the call.

"They were really concerned." Duff says.

"Should I order you some coffee?" I say.

Duff just looks at me. He looks lost.

I get up. I know what he likes. I take some money and walk to the counter.

I read a sign. 'help wanted'

"How can I help you?" the cashier says.

I order the coffee for Duff and for me. And a cookie.

"Are you still hiring?" I ask.

"Yes we are." he says and gives me the drinks.

"I want to work here. Do I need to talk to a manager or something?" I ask.

"Yes. She is here tomorrow. You can come back at any time between 11 am and 5 pm." he says.

He gives me the cookie and I pay.

I walk back to Duff.

"I may have found a job." I say as I sit down.

"That's great!" he says.

"See, I told you everything would be fine." I say.

We start drinking our coffee.

I rest my hand on the most left side of the table, the side facing the wall.

Duff puts his hand on mine.

We look in each others eyes. I see Duff smiling.

I smile too. I love his smile.

Sorry this one turned out to be a bit of a filler. Hope you liked it.