Youngblood

Lucy, Mike, Tré and Billie spent the next four weeks packing, the guys in the studio trying to finish their album and Lucy mainly putting the mechanics skills she'd picked up from her Dad to use on the van they were using. The van had been Billie's dad's and it was safe to say it wasn't in great condition.

Two days before they were due to leave, Lauren threw a party, her parents were in Oregon visiting family and so she had a free house. Lucy got into Mike's car
"Let's show them a real party," she smirked as we set off, picking Tré up then going to Lauren's. She had purposefully only worn a black bralette that was kind of sheer, showing off her pierced nipples – kind of hoping some of Lauren's friends would be shocked at the little clothing she was wearing. She smiled and got out of the car, going inside and finding Billie, hugging him and grinning – clocking the glare Lauren gave her. She glanced back at Mike and Tré as Mike grabbed her arm
"There's a guy here who has ket," he spoke into her ear. She grinned and immediately went to look for this guy. He was tall and good looking, and he knew it. Lucy smiled as she went over
"Heard you can hook me up," she smirked, sitting next to him. He hummed, "Bathroom," he muttered, getting up and heading to there. Lucy followed after a moment, closing the door behind her.

She walked out after a moment and smiled, vision a little fuzzy from the high, she fell onto a bed, vaguely seeing Lauren kissing the guy who gave her the ket. Lauren looked over and narrowed her eyes, whispering something to him and smiling at Lucy as she left the room.
He walked over to the bed and smirked
"This outfit doesn't leave much to the imagination," he murmured, "I wanna see the rest of it," he spoke into her ear.

"You kissed Lauren," she mumbled as he reached to undo her shorts. She pushed his hand away "get off," She mumbled. He persisted, trying to tug down her shorts, Lucy kept trying to push him off, getting more and more frantic, the effects of the drug making her movements sloppy as she sat up and punched him in the nose, he slapped her and he grabbed her waist as she made move to get to the door. She  elbowed him and kicked, waiting for him to drop her before leaving as quick as she could, looking for mike, Tré or Billie, hoping one of them would be sober enough to take her home.

Lucy eventually found Billie making out with Lauren, she grabbed his arm to get his attention
"Twitch," he looked up, green eyes wide at the intrusion "outside now, it's important," she muttered in his ear, not looking back as she went to sit outside and waited, looking up as he sat next to her on the steps.
"What's wrong?" He asked, running a hand through his messy hair
"Some fucker just tried to rape me," she spat "can you take me home?" She added a little calmer as she looked up at him. He nodded and squeezed her hand
"Are you okay?" He asked softly. She nodded and leaned into him "I just wanna go," she murmured, heading for his car awkwardly.

Two days passed and the time came for them to leave for LA. Mike pulled up outside he block of flats for Lucy, beeping the horn obnoxiously. George insisted on walking her out to meet them
"Look after her," he warned them as his sister rolled her eyes
"I'll see you in a month or so," she told him, hugging him quickly before getting in the van and taking her seat next to Billie who grabbed her hand and squeezed gently, clearly a little nervous. George leaned in
"Jem, if you do anything stupid..at least try not to kill yourself doing it," he warned, knowing there was no point in telling her to be sensible. He waved them off as Mike started to drive, and Lucy grinned
"Freedom," she chuckled, leaning back in the chair and cracking open a beer, handing one to Billie and Tré.

They drove for a little over 4 hours before deciding to stop for the night in a motel somewhere in Bakersfield. Grabbing the clothes and money they would need for the night, they walked in, Lucy and Billie sharing a grimace at the state of the place so far. The secretary was an overweight man with greasy brown hair, wearing a once white wife beater.
"Uh..we need a room for four for one night," Billie told the secretary. The older man looked at him flatly and grabbed some keys
"'fraid there's only double beds," he told us, brazenly looking Lucy up and down and smirking, winking as he leaned against the counter.
"We'll survive," she answered, grimacing as she went to find the room
"What a nonce," Lucy muttered as they got in, smiling when Billie raised his eyebrows as she realised her home city slang still confused him "paedo," she explained as she sat on one of the beds.

"Shall we share and you two share?" Tré suggested, gesturing to himself and Mike then Billie and Lucy. They all shrugged and nodded
"S'good with me," Lucy smiled, pulling her shirt off and putting on a top to sleep in before crawling into the bed and curling up, almost asleep already. Billie got in beside her, instinctively wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close.

Lucy woke the next day upon hearing the door slam shut and sat up, relaxing when she saw Billie walk back to the bed and sit down
"Where'd Mike and Tré go?" She murmured tiredly
"Outside," Billie answered with a smirk. She rolled her eyes and shoved his arm playfully, not missing his wince
"I meant where are they?" She answered, a little preoccupied with why he had winced. She tugged his sleeve, trying to pull it up
"What're you doing?" Billie asked, pulling away.
"Lemme see your arm," Lucy ordered, grabbing his wrist and tugging his shirt sleeve up just enough to see a bruise. He pulled away again and scowled
"It's nothing," he muttered.
"If it's nothing why won't you let me see?" Lucy challenged. He shrugged and she sighed "don't think I'm forgetting about this," she told him, getting up and changing quickly.

He sighed softly, looking down at his hands and biting his nails. Lucy sat next to him
"I won't force you to tell me, but I'm only trying to help," she told him. He nodded and smiled, giving her a grateful smile as Mike and Tré got back. Lucy went over to see what food they'd brought back and Mike smiled, handing her a box

"English muffin with avocado – I made sure it's vegan," he told her, Lucy grinned and took the box, immediately starting to eat
"S'good," she grinned.