We were halfway to Los Angeles. We arrived in Colorado.
Cartoonz and I decided to spend the night in a cheap hotel room.
Then we would head to L.A. the next morning.
We both walked up to the desk, Cartoonz in front of me, and me rolling my suitcase with wheels around on the hotel floor.
"Two rooms? " I asked him, pulling out my wallet.
"Nah, just one." He said. "I'll pay." He told me.
"Um. You're sure?" I asked.
He nodded.
"You bought our tickets." he said.
"So? " I asked.
"I'll buy our room." he smiled.
"Umm, okay." I shrugged.
He grabbed a key to the room and I rolled my suitcase into the elevator and helped him with his suitcases.
He pressed the button.
I breathed nervously.
"You okay? " he asked.
I nodded.
"Nervous? " he asked.
"Of course," I looked at him. "I've never showed them my face. They've known me for over three years, and I don't have the guts to show them.. " I looked at the buttons on the elevator.
Luke put his hand on my shoulder.
"They won't judge you, Jonathan," he said. "They know who you are. They just don't know what you look like. It doesn't really matter to them, you are an awesome guy." he said.
I smiled. "Thanks, Luke." The elevator beeped.
We stepped out into the hall where our room was.
A girl passed by with a boy next to her. She was carrying laundry.
"OH MY GOD!" she screamed. The boy turned to her. She dropped her laundry and jumped up and down.
Cartoonz turned.
"ARE YOU CARTOONZ? THE CARTOONZ? " She asked.
The boy picked up the girl's basket.
Luke smiled and shook her hand.
"Yeah, nice to meet you!" He said.
"Can you autograph my shirt? " she unzipped her hoodie to reveal a white shirt that said, "Watching Cartoonz in My Room."
"You have a pen?" Luke asked me.
I shook my head.
The girl fake smiled at me and then grimaced at me out of jealousy.
"Oh, it's okay. KEEGAN!" The girl suddenly yelled, making me jump.
"Yes, love? " The boy asked.
"Find me a marker. Please." she smiled.
The boy grabbed a marker and handed it to the girl.
The boy took the girl's hoodie off for her and the girl smiled and turned around for Cartoonz to sign her shirt.
I just smiled and glanced at the floor.
When Luke was done, the girl turned back around.
She looked at me.
"Who are you?" she asked.
I didn't want to say anything. If this girl was a fan of Cartoonz, she would most likely know me as well.
"He can't speak. " Cartoonz motioned to me.
The girl looked at me.
She smiled.
"Sorry." she then snatched her laundry basket from the boy.
"Come, come, Keegan. We must get home." she walked down the hallway.
I picked up my suitcase and one of Luke's.
"Thanks, Luke. You covered my ass." I laughed.
"No problem, Jonathan." I said.
We went to our room without any more interruptions.
We started unpacking our stuff. He got the right side of the dresser while I received the left. It was the same for the beds; I received the left one while he got the one next to the door.
As soon as everything was unpacked, it was only eight P.M. Cartoonz and I are used to staying up and recording videos a lot later than that.
I had uploaded some Far Cry Primal and Gmod videos to cover the time I was going to be gone.
"What do you wanna do?" I asked Cartoonz.
He shrugged. "Let's go explore."
I stood up off of the bed and walked to the door.
We had rented a pickup truck for the day.
He drove us around town until we came across a bar.
"You want to?" He asked me.
"Sure." I said.
I didn't drink much, so I told Cartoonz that I would drive us home.
As hours passed, I watched Cartoonz become intoxicated to where he could barely stand.
I was laughing, silently, to myself. A man came over, noticed Cartoonz, and then they made a cheer.
It was 11:00 when I told Cartoonz we needed to go home.
He was having so much fun it was hard to.
"Don't throw up in the seats." I told him, helping him into the front of the truck.
"Will ddd-dooo. " Cartoonz smiled.
I laughed.
"De-Delirious? I'm real-really tired." he yawned.
"I know, buddy. " I said.
"We will be home in a minute."
When we got to the hotel, I offered to help Luke stand, but he said he got it by himself.
I let him walk down the hallway as I unlocked the door.
When I turned back to help him the rest of the way, he was at the door.
"You-" I began, but didn't finish, because Luke grabbed me and started kissing me.
"LUKE! " I yelled.
I was flinching.
He didn't answer. He pushed me in the bed and started taking off my shirt. He ripped it.
"CARTOONZ! Stop! You're drunk!!"
I told him.
He kept kissing my neck.
"CAR-TOONZ! " I yelled.
I pushed him off of me.
"Stop!" I said.
He looked at me. He had no idea what he was doing right now. He was completely confused.
"It's time to go to bed." I said.
I crawled in my bed, but Luke fell asleep on the covers.
He started snoring.
I eventually pulled my shirt off of me from underneath my covers because it was itching me because of the tears.
I couldn't believe what Cartoonz just did.
I know he had no idea if what he was doing but...
Cartoonz has a girlfriend. He's one of the most loyal guys I've ever seen.
He wouldn't purposely cheat on her.
I know he wouldn't.
He just shocked me, that's all.
I wouldn't hold it against him - he was drunk.
He would sleep the alcohol off.
And tomorrow, I would drive us to the airport and we would finally arrive at L.A.