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"..... what took you so long??  I feel like....  been waiting forever."

The static through the phone line is extremely loud at times and Blaine keeps fading in and out of the call.

I'm exhausted.

I sit down on the bench outside of the motel office and try to get a better signal on my cellphone, speaking a little louder just in case.

"Blainey-bear we've been driving like all day. We picked up Subway for dinner on the way to our hotel for the night. Bastian is checking us in as we speak."

There is another crackle of static through the phone and then Blaine's voice comes again, a little clearer this time.

Maybe I've found a halfway decent reception zone.

"Where are you??"

I sigh softly, glancing through the glass windows of the motel's front office. Sebastian looks exasperated, tired. He runs his hand hastily through his hair as he waits for the ancient looking person manning the desk to hand over our room key.

"Um.... somewhere in Oklahoma I think."

The static crinkles again some and then Blaine is back, sounding confused.

"You think?  Belle how don't you know where you guys are??"

I sigh as Sebastian finally comes back out from the manager's office, key cards in hand.  He smiles but it falters from his face some as he comes closer.  He must notice the phone pressed to my ear because his eyes narrow some at me.  So I raise my voice slightly as I respond.

"Aladdin, Sebby just got back with our room keys.  Like I said, we've been driving all day and it would be really nice to like eat and rest and stuff.  So what was so desperate that we needed to call you?"

Sebastian's smile is back, he definitely heard me.  He must have been worried I was on the phone with someone else.

Some one like Hunter...

And a part of me dies inside just a little more as he comes to sit done beside me on the bench.  Grabbing my free hand and lacing our fingers together again just as Blaine begins to speak again.

"I was just worried about you Belle.  You and Bas both.  I don't like that you're so far away like this."

Sebastian pulls me back to my feet and we walk over to the car to collect our things.

"Blainey-bear, we're okay.  Sebastian is keeping me safe.  So don't worry.  Okay?"

I can hear Blaine start to grumble at me through the phone as Sebastian turns to me with a raised eyebrow.

Questioningly I tilt my head at him and he whispers over to me let me talk to him Princess.

Reluctantly I hand him over my cell phone, biting my lower lip.

"Killer?  Yeah, its me.  Don't worry so much, it'll give you wrinkles and make that cute head of curls you have turn prematurely grey."

He pauses slightly and looks over at me with a wink.

"Listen Anderson, your cousin is okay.  We're following along with her little schedule just fine.  Hell we're actually running a little ahead of time.  Thinking of stopping in Vegas in a few days to get hitched.  Just for fun.....  Oh look at that, gotta go."

With that Sebastian pushes the end call button and pockets my phone as he turns to retrieve a few of our things from my car.

Sebastian!!

He makes those adorable emerald eyes so impossibly wide as he turns back around to face me.

"What Love?  He would have kept me and you on the phone until tomorrow if I would have let him.  You're cousin has a MAJOR case of separation anxiety going on right now."

The quick kiss he gives me is enough to quiet my mind, for now.

But one of his statements to Blaine does keep me from falling into a comforting sleep later.

Are we really going to stop in Vegas and get married??