Baby Boy 2: Corrupted

to La Luna Motel. During the eight hour trip neither boy spoke. They just sat next to each other silently and for both, that was enough.
    Baby Boy had gotten his wish. He had wished that the two of them would become a pair. Baby wanted to think of them as a set. Now they were a set. The both shared the same pain and there was no one else in the world that could understand them like the other could.
    That night in Mexico, Rex didn't go out. After they silently had dinner they both returned to their room and went to bed. When Baby Boy rolled over in the middle of the night unable to sleep, he looked over at Rex. Just as he had that horrible night, he found Rex's eyes staring back at him.
    Both guys lay quietly staring comfortably in each other's eyes. And when Rex realized that that wasn't enough to sooth his restless friend, he reached out his hand. Baby Boy reached back and gripped Rex's fingers with his own. They held onto each other until the first one fell asleep.
    The next morning after breakfast they waited for Jose to bring the car. But instead of Baby Boy hiding in the motel room, he stood next to Rex.
    “So you're not gonna have the same problem as last time are you?” Jose asked in a mocking tone.
    “Just give me the keys,” was the only thing Rex said back.
    Jose followed the boys past the boarder and unlike the last time they made it through without a hitch. It was as they past Los Angeles County on their way to Mendocino County when someone spoke.
    “My father's a shit,” Rex finally said.
    “Yeah he is,” Baby Boy said with a smile.
    Rex looked at Baby's smile and couldn't help but smile too. Both boys quietly laughed at the situation before silence returned.
    “I'm really sorry I took you up there. I should have told my Dad that you wouldn't do it.”
    “You couldn't. You know that just as much as me.”
    “That's because he's the devil,” Rex pronounced.
    “Yeah, he's the devil alright.”
    Another pause developed between the two.
    “I'm really surprised that he was okay with us taking so much time off,” Baby admitted.
    “He isn't. He's been calling me and sending me texts as pissed as hell. This was the first one I replied to. I knew he would go ape shit if I didn't.”
    Baby Boy stared out the windshield. “You sure it's a good idea to piss off your Dad?”
    “Probably not. But doesn't he know it's not a good idea to piss me off either?” Rex peaked out of the corner of his eyes at Baby. When he saw Baby looking back he looked more directly and smiled. Baby smiled back.
    Rex dropped Baby off at Tum's Diner a place Rex had spent much of his childhood. Rex didn't want his Dad to know Baby was with him. And Rex knew that he would get a car in exchange for the one he drove up. Afterwards they would simply grab some dinner and drive back.
    When Rex returned two hours later, he was shaken.
    “What's the matter?” Baby asked over dinner.
    “My Dad wants me to stay in town tonight. He says that someone's gonna come by and deliver me the money he owed us for that night.”
    “Where are you supposed to wait?”
    “He owns this motel about a mile from here. I have a room I stay in whenever I come back. He wants me to wait there.”
    “What do you thinks gonna happen?” Baby asked calmly.
    “I think he might send someone over to kill me,” Rex replied still shaking.
    “He's still your Dad, you think he would do that?”
    “Yeah,” Rex answered resigned. “He was calm, but there was something about him that was off. He was acting like I'd never seen him act before. It was cold. It was like he was gonna kill someone.”
    “You wanna try and make a run for it?”
    “No,” Rex replied lowering his eyes.
    “You gonna wait for him?”
    “Yeah.”
    “Okay, I'll wait with you.”
    Both boys finished their meals, and headed to the motel. Rex brought Baby in the back way, the same way he had with all of the boys during high school. And after they were both in, they just sat and waited.
    “What if he tries to kill you? What should I do?” Baby asked matter-of-factly.
    “Lock yourself in the bathroom and escape through the window. Then just go home or disappear,” Rex plotted out.
    “Okay,” Baby conceded.
    At around 10pm there was a knock on the door. Both boys' hearts stopped.
    “Go into the bathroom,” Rex ushered.
    Baby lingered for a moment on Rex. He wanted to have an image to remember just in case. After, Baby Boy entered the bathroom.
    Ready to accept his fate Rex