Clay had gotten the window seat on the bus leaving George with the aisle. The trip was going to be quite long and annoying but knowing they'd be far away from this shit city is all they needed to keep them going. It was about 3 pm by the time they'd officially gotten on the bus, soon into the ride George had gotten sleepy and rested his head on Clays shoulder

"Goodnight love~" Clay cooed into Georges ear. Clay watched as George sunk deeper into his shoulder indicating George had fallen asleep. Clay looked out the window as he saw the city start to dim out into trees and grass filled fields

Were going to be okay...I know we will

The fresh air filled Clays lungs as he pulled down the window letting a much needed breeze in. He was finally able to fully enjoy the air for the first time in awhile. The ride was quite peaceful from the sight of trees and flowers and fresh grass filling the view of Clays eyes

Clay finally felt relaxed and sort of safe. He was with George and getting away from the horrid place they almost died in. His mind was filling with thoughts that they might just do okay...thoughts of things he wants to do with George once they get settled into there new life

I wonder if he's ever gone ice skating...I think he would love to do that...wait what if we built a tree house in our backyard, my god that'd be so cute...like a little cuddle house. What if we got a dog! It could be our literal child...my god I used to- to hate him...but why? It wasn't really hate though was it...it was love...? Took a damn long time to find out didn't it...

Many thoughts filled Clays mind as George got his much needed sleep

"Please what happened to him!! He's been missing for...like 2 weeks!! I can't even keep track at this point...WHERE IS MY BOY!!!" Georges mom yelled at the cop at her front door after being called. "He committed murder along with his friend Clay...they both killed Clays mother and were sent to prison. I don't have much detail from there" The cop said as he watched the life drain in Georges moms eyes. "No no no no no...my son would- MY SON WOULD NEVER DO THAT!!" She yelled as the tears she was so desperately trying to hold out drained from her eyes. "Ma'am I'm sorry" The cop said trying to calm her down. "I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SAY BYE TO HIM!! OR I LOVE YOU! I JUST WANT TO TALK TO MY BOY!!" She yelled as her legs collapsed beneath her sending her to her knees. The cop kneeled down as he rubbed her back letting her know everything would be okay...

Soon the cop left the house as Georges mom ran into her room and screamed into her pillow. She was heartbroken, she couldn't believe the cop when he said her own son killed someone. She knew George...he would never do anything like that. She knew it had to be a mistake, George would NEVER kill anybody, even if it was him or them. He cared about others more then he cared about himself

"I hope you fucking die George, your so worthless and stupid...you know that right?? Your to much of a goddamn pussy to even attempt to come back at me. You've always been that way" Clay laughed as he watched George tremble against the lockers. "I-I'm sorry...whatever I did I'm sorry...what can I do to fix this..." George so desperately tried to fix things. "See that's what's wrong with you George! You don't give two shits about yourself, you would literally harm yourself if that would make someone happy...and you know what would make me happy George? If you would harm yourself...mmm that'd make me so happy" Clay said pushing George closer to the lockers. "O-Okay..." George said just wanting to make Clay happy even if it hurt him

"Hey George...?" Clay said nudging Georges shoulder. "hm..." George mumbled shifting himself closer to Clays body. "Hey were at a rest stop, come get out with me so we can go to the bathroom" Clay said slowly lifting George off his shoulder. "M-Mk..." George muttered. Clay slowly picked him up and pulled him out of the bus. "Shit" George said as the cold air lashed him. "Wait is that- snow?!?" George said running over to the white filled ground. Clay chuckled as he watched George run around in the snow. "George come on we have to hurry!" Clay yelled watching Georges 8 year old self take over his body. "Ughh fine..." George said annoyed heading back over to Clay. "George there's even more snow where we are going" Clay said chuckling. George smiled back as he jumped in the air out of pure excitement. George had never seen the snow before, it was beautiful to him. The two of them went to the bathroom and soon went back to the bus once again

They started getting closer and closer as they felt the bus stop. They had arrived at there location...Edmond Oklahoma

"Welcome to Edmond Oklahoma! I hope you enjoy your stay here, and have a nice day!" The driver spoke as everyone got off the bus. "Clay!!" George yelled as this time it was Clay sleeping. Clay jerked awake as he saw everyone getting off the bus. They had finally arrived to there new home. The two stepped outside the bus as they stopped in there tracks as they took in the world around them. There was only about a inch of snow at the rest stop, with most of the ground being grass...but here, the snow was at least a foot high and even higher in other spots. All George wanted to do was go diving into the snow but he knew if he was already cold enough standing then he shouldn't throw his whole body under the snow

Now only one thing was on there mind...where were they going to stay?