John went to the front of the cabin and laid down his bike and was about to walk inside till he realized someone was inside the cabin. He looked around and saw that they rode a motorcycle here.
He knocked on the door, and a man who’s around the age of 25 to 30 opened the door. He was white, had blue eyes and brown scruffy hair. His beard was also brown, but has tiny splotches of red hair. It looked to be about 2 inches long. He didn’t have the biker body, but more of a skinny body.
“Hello? May I help you?”
“I saw the sign and assumed this was a rest stop. Is this a rest stop?”
“Oh, you saw the sign too? Yea I got confused too, but it seems like it’s a rest stop. Come on in!” He moved aside as I walked in.
Inside was well lit with both lights and a fireplace. The man was watching tv before John knocked on the door.
“I’ll have you know that I’m a loud sleeper, so you may want to choose the room farthest from me.”
“Oh, ok.”
John set his stuff down and saw a pizza on the table.
“You ordered pizza?”
“What pizza?” The man turned and saw the pizza box on the table. “I swear that wasn’t there before you walked in!”
“Oh, ok. Are you going to have any?”
“If it’s just there, I’ll eat some.”
Both him and John opened the pizza and served themselves slices. As they ate, the man decided to start some small talk.
“So, where you heading?”
“Anywhere but home.”
“Did I hear you correctly? Does that mean you ran away?”
“It’s more of ‘escaping the hell hole’ that was home.”
“Jeez, how old are you?”
“I’m 16 and 1/2. How about you?”
“I’m 28, but don’t put the attention on me! Why did you run away?”
“Excuse my french, but school was shit and my parents were even shittier!”
“You may think they’re shit, but they gave birth to you! It means they love you and choose to have you!”
“They tell me the story of how my mom broke the condom because she thought only having my dad’s penis head not covered would give her more pleasure.”
“Jesus Christ! Well at least they only said things, right?”
John sighed and lifted up his shirt. Multiple bruises left from shoes and belts.
“My god! Why didn’t you tell the police?”
“I tried once. It caused them to be mad and hit me even more.”
“Well at least the police will search for you, and maybe they can find out about the abuse.”
“Yea, maybe you’re right.” John grabbed another slice, “so, what about you?”
“Well my name is Caleb. I’m 28 as you know, and I’m just traveling around until I find the right place.”
“Well Eastlake isn’t that interesting coming from a past resident. Almost everyone is rude as hell”
“I know, I came from that direction.”
John finished his pizza and grabbed his things. “Do you know if there’s a shower here?”
“When I went into my room it had one. I choose the one closest to the stairs, so you may want to choose the one at the end of the hall if you want to avoid my snoring.”
“Ok, thank you!”
“Sleep tight!”
“You too!”
John went up the stairs and headed down the hall. He chose the last door and went in. In the room was a single bed and two doors. One was an entrance to the closet, and the other was the bathroom. It had a toilet and a shower with available towels and shampoo. John stripped down and took his shower. When he got out, he got fresh clothes on. He set the dirty ones in a separate pocket and went to bed.
In the morning, John...