06

« You kidnap me and take me on this little joyride and now you expect me to fork over for the gas ? » she asked incredulously.

« I don’t have any money, » he repeated.

« Who goes on a road trip with no money ? »

« This wasn’t exactly a planned road trip. »

« I don’t have enough cash on me. »

« So use a credit or debit card. »

« Just give me your wallet, » she said impatiently.

After a quiet stalemate he gave in with a groan. He pulled his wallet out of his pocket and flipped it open. He pulled out a few bills and handed them to her. She smiled and put the money in her pocket.

« Do you have any food allergies ? Is there anything that you hate ? »

« What ? » Now he was really confused.

« Do you have any food allergies or is there anything that you won’t eat. »

« I don’t like bananas, » he said slowly. He had no idea where she was going with this line of questioning.

« Good to know. » She smiled and disappeared in the gas station.

He leaned back and closed his eyes. He was tired. It had been a long time since he’d slept. He tried to clear his mind so he wouldn’t think of the insane situation he was in, but his mind returned to Emily.

She wasn’t the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, but there was something about her that grabbed his attention. She was a little shy, he could see that, but she was also sassy and had a mouth on her, and he loved a woman who could hold her own.

He resisted the urge to run his hand over his still rock hard cock as he thought about her body again. He was horny. It had been so long since he’d fucked a woman and he’d kidnapped one who had his ideal body type and an attitude to match. It was going to be very hard to keep his mind out of the gutter and on his actual problems.

He jumped up and opened his eyes as the door opened and she climbed back in beside him.

« Here. » She handed him a white plastic bag and then tossed her purse on the floor at his feet. Thankfully she didn’t seem to notice the bulge in his pants as she started up the car.

« What’s this ? » he asked as he curiously looked inside the bag, his thoughts shifting from his cock to his stomach.

There was a few drinks and some snack foods in the bag.

« You’re not exactly a hardcore criminal, are you ? » she asked with a smile as he put the bag at his feet.

« What do you mean ? » he asked as he looked at her.

« You let me go into the gas station alone and talk to the attendant. I could have told him everything. You gave me back my purse which has my still working cell phone in it and left me alone to use it if I wanted to. You didn’t think we might need food and drinks, how the best way to stay off the radar would be to stop the least amount of times possible. And, » she continued with a smile, « you should have remembered that anything electronic such as bank cards and credit cards can be traced. Once my brother reports me missing they would be able to trace our direction and where we’ve been. Oh, and I picked up a useful map since you didn’t think of one of those either. »

He just stared at her. She was right, he hadn’t thought of any of that.

« Did you do any of that ? » he asked slowly as fear caused his heart to beat just a touch faster. If she’d reported him, if she’d turned him in then he would never get to Midland. If he didn’t get to Midland then he was a dead man.

« No, and don’t ask me why I didn’t. » She sighed. « But just let me call my brother and tell him that I’m okay. That’s all I’ll say. He must be going crazy right now. I should have been home well over an hour ago. »

He pulled her purse up from his feet, unzipped it and pulled out her cell phone. She took the phone and turned it on. As soon as it found a weak signal she noticed that she had seven messages and nine missed calls.

She dialed the house number and pressed call. She didn’t call Kevin back on his cell phone because she didn’t want the less than reliable cell network out there to drop her call because she was talking to another cell phone. She was also worried that the reception out here would be so weak that her call would be dropped before she got a chance to talk to anyone.

« Hello ? » Ben picked up the phone on the first ring.

« Ben, it’s me. » she said, looking over at Tom as she stuck the phone between her ear and shoulder so she could have both hands on the wheel as she turned back onto the highway. Driving and talking on the phone was illegal and dangerous, but she was willing to make an exception this time.

« Emily, Kev’s been going crazy. Are you alright ? »

« I’m fine. Is he home ? I need to talk to him and I think this call might get dropped. »

« Hang on. Kev, Em’s on the phone ! » he shouted, pulling the receiver far enough away so that his shout didn’t deafen her. « He’s just in the washroom, » he explained after a pause

« Emily ? » Kevin’s voice came onto the line as he picked up an extension upstairs. « Are you okay, what’s going on ? » he demanded.

« I’m fine Kev, » she assured him and looked at Tom. « Something’s come up and I’m going to need your car a little longer than planned, » she said carefully.

« What ? Where are you ? You sound like you’re in a tunnel or something. »

« I can’t tell you exactly what’s going on, but I’m fine, your car is fine. We’ll just be home a little later than expected, that’s all. » She wanted to just blurt out the truth to him, but she held her tongue.

« I don’t understand, Emily. What’s going on ? Where are you and what the hell are you doing ? »

« I called to tell you not to worry. I’ll be home later. »

« When ? » he demanded. « When is later ? »

« I couldn’t say. You’ll have to take my car to the dinner tonight, and I hope you can pick up those suits without a ticket. »

« Emily—« 

« I’m fine, I’ll call you later, » she said just as Tom pulled the phone out of her hand and ended the call with a tap on the screen. « I wasn’t finished, » she pointed out as he put the phone in his pocket. « And that’s my phone you just pocketed. »

« What was that about a dinner and suits ? Was that some sort of code ? » he asked suspiciously.

« Now you decide to go super sleuth, » she muttered as she rolled her eyes. « Yes, my brother and I have a secret code about suits and dinners if one of us is ever kidnapped. » She rolled her eyes again.

He just gave her an exasperated look and she rolled her eyes a third time before explaining. « I was supposed to pick up his and Ben’s suits at the cleaners for a benefit dinner they’re going to tonight. I never got them and I was just telling him that so he could go and get them. »

« Who’s Ben ? » he asked. « That was the first person you talked to, right ? »

« He’s my brother’s boyfriend and our housemate. » She didn’t want to make him privy to her family dynamic, but she had no reason to lie about it.

« Your brother is gay ? »

« Yes, what does that have to do with anything ? »

« And his boyfriend lives with the two of you ? »

« Yes. » She didn’t see where he was going with this.

« That has to be uncomfortable. Awkward too. »

« No, not at all. » She shook her head as she tried to explain the situation a bit better. « Ben was my friend first, I’m the one who set them up. »

« Wow. »

She glanced at him and saw he was grinning at her. Now that he’d put the gun away and he was actually talking to her she was able to focus better, and she was almost taken aback by how his smile lit up his face and made him go from handsome to gorgeous.

« So now you know all about my life, tell me about yours. »

« Why are you so interested ? » he asked as he looked over at her again.

« Just making conversation. »

« Why ? »

« We’re in for a long ride together and I can’t drive in silence. If you don’t want to talk to me then you can put on the radio or a CD, but I get complete control of the music. Driver picks the music and shotgun keeps his trap shut. »

« What do you like to listen to ? » he asked wearily.

« There’s a CD case behind your seat. » she said as she suppressed her grin. Very few straight men could appreciate Kevin’s taste in music. Truthfully very few people, gay or straight, could appreciate the full spectrum of his musical tastes.

He reached behind his seat and pulled out the small black CD case. He opened it and flipped through the sleeves, his face dropping more and more with each flip. He muttered his disbelief at some CDs and cringed and shook his head at others. When he reached the end he looked up at her.

« I live alone and don’t have any family that I still talk to, » he said as he tossed the case back behind his seat.

Emily smiled and passed an exceptionally slow moving hatchback wagon. A little boy in the back seat made a face at them as they passed and she just smiled at him and waved when he waved first.

« You’re not going to tell me any more about why we’re going to Midland, are you ? »

« No. »

They lapsed into another long silence. She glanced over at him as she drove and raked her gaze over his body as he stared out the window. He was a very handsome man, and even sitting and wearing a baggy jacket she could tell he was tall and lean and fit. He looked strong, and being in the car with him so close was making her think about things she normally didn’t think of.

She wondered how it would feel to be held by him, how his lips would taste and if he’d be dominant or tender. She wondered how his cock would feel in her hand, and she wondered how his mouth would feel on her breasts.

She usually didn’t think these things about men she barely knew, but then again she’d never been trapped in a car with a handsome stranger before.