"What was that?"
Emily clutched her seat belt tightly as the adrenaline still flowed through her like a white water rapids current.
She was panting a little bit as well.
Leo took his hand off the shifter and pressed it around her knee.
"Car jackers," he said quietly.
"I won't let anyone touch you. Those poor boys were likely to die tonight had they tried to open the door."
She relaxed a little bit as he rubbed her knee assuringly.
They sat in silence for awhile, Emily falling asleep, easing into rest from the sensation of the moving car. Leo drove along, eyes forward, occasionally looking over at her beautiful face while she slept.
Close to 10:00, only 60 miles away from the resort he had booked, the engine began to make a rattling sound.
"No...," Leo whispered.
"Absolutely not..."
"What is it?"
Emily's sleepy voice sounded in the quiet, aside from the engine.
"My engine is rattling....I think this is the end of the line for this car."
"Oh no," She said, very clearly awake now.
Sure enough, a loud BANG from the engine bay, and the car simply rolled.
"Well fuck," Leo growled.
"We are an hour away. And it decides to break down...."
He slammed his fist against the wheel as he pulled it off to the shoulder. He flipped on his emergency lightbar in the back window.
The amber and white lights lit up the highway like daylight.
He shifted it into park and attempted to start the motor.
Dead...
Nothing.
Just all the lights on the dashboard flashing, lighting up like a control board at a missile base.
He dropped his head onto the steering wheel to think.
The realization that his Black Beauty had finally served her term finally set in.
His frustration with the situation nearly caused him to break his hardened character.
He picked up his phone and started looking for tow services.
After about 30 minutes of them sitting there, Emily's anxiety rising, a tow truck finally came and got them.
Now they were sitting in the tow truck awkwardly with the driver, middle and passenger seats taken, on the way to the resort.
"It's okay," Emily said.
"We are going to have fun, right?"
"Yes baby," Leo nodded.
Deep down he was panicking.
He'd need to get a new car and soon.
At least he had the bike. But that was all the way back home.
He sighed.
"Of all the days, it just had to be tonight."
A slightly maniacal laugh escaped him when they got to their hotel room. He had reserved a king sized bed for him and Lil Rabbit.
The bathroom wasn't as big and grand as he had hoped but it served all the necessary needs.
He and Emily set down their things for the night.
"End of the line until I can figure some shit out about another car, baby," he said as he stripped and laid down on the bed.
"It's okay. We still have the tickets for universal right?" She asked as she herself stripped to her bare skin.
Leo's eyes drifted over her beautiful body.
Still just as enthralled with her as the day he had met her.
"Yes. Tomorrow we hit the road via Uber and we can check that out."
He tried to sound as stress-free as he could...but unfortunately, she knew him just like he knew her.
"Don't take it so hard on yourself," she said, laying down beside him and scooting over, wrapping her silky thighs around his legs.
"We will figure it out together."
"You're right," he sighed before wrapping his arm around her and stealing a kiss from her lips.
"Its just not going according to the initial plan is all."
"Thats why there's always a plan b," she said reassuringly.
"You'll need a plan b when I'm done with yuh," Leo said jokingly.
"Hey now, none of that," she opened one eye and said sternly.
"We both know we cant afford to have a kid or an abortion."
"As if we're gonna go that far?"
Leo chuckled before closing his eyes and wrapping her in his arms.
"Good night, baby."