Time Goes On
by Chelle

~ CHAPTER 46 ~

We drove for hours in silence. I still couldn't remember what had happened after I had fallen asleep or passed out, whatever, on the bed in our room. I didn't feel dizzy anymore... I was feeling quite normal. A little scared because Zac still hadn't said anything about what his plans were or where we were going, but that was usual, being a little scared with Zac, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I couldn't tell anything about where we were. It was late and the road was dark. There were no signs anywhere except billboards and mile-age markers. Rarely, another car passed by us but it was mostly semi-trucks. The radio was turned down so music was barely heard through the car and the wind blew in through the cracked window. Zac had somehow managed to get through a whole pack of cigarettes in three hours. I slid down in the seat and laid my head back. I was almost asleep when Zac finally spoke. "You hungry?" I opened my eyes and sit up. He glanced over at me. I nodded. "Yeah, me too. We're low on oil and I need some more smokes so we'll stop at the next gas station. We can just get some snacks for tonight." he said. "Alright." I agreed. "Do you mind if we turn the radio up?" I asked. Zac shook his head. "I suppose you could. Just no... no country music ok?" I replied with a nod and leaned forward. Slowly I turned the knob and found a pop/rock station."Is this good?" I asked. Zac again said"Just no country." I sat back and again closed my eyes. After a while Zac touched my arm and said"Are you awake?" I sighed and said"Yes." I felt the car slow down and heard him say "Well, come inside and find what you want to eat." I raised my head and opened my eyes. Zac pulled into a gas station and parked right in front. As I unbuckled my seat belt, Zac grabbed my wrist. I looked at him but didn't say anything. "Melissa, I don't want to hurt you. I'm not angry at you and I don't want you to be scared. We are going to get what we need and then get back on the road. Don't do anything stupid in here." He raised his eyebrows and squeezed my wrist. I replied "I won't." Then we got out of the car and walked inside.
As we laid our stuff on the counter and Zac asked for some cigarettes, I said quietly "Zac, I have to go to the bathroom." He glanced at me as he handed the cashier the money and nodded. "Hurry up." he said. I walked to the back of the store and walked into the restroom. I splashed some cold water on my face. My heart was beating fast but that wasn't unusual around Zac so it didn't alarm me all that much. As I looked in the mirror I said to myself, "Just ride this out Mel." I dried my face and walked out. Zac was leaning against the door jamb that led outside behind the gas station. "I thought you'd probably try to run away." he said. I shook my head and started walking to the front. Zac smiled at the cashier and we walked outside into the bitter cold air. I sat in the car while Zac put the oil in and then he climbed into the driver side. As he started the car he said "We can get a motel room in the next town. Go ahead and eat something." I took out the bag of chips as he pulled back out onto the road. I handed him one of the bottles of water. "Zac please don't get mad but I want to ask you something." He took a drink of water and replied "What do you want to know now?" I swallowed the last bit of the chip I'd been chewing and asked "Where are we?" He looked over at me and sighed as he turned back to the road ahead of us. "Well, if my guess is right," he said, "we're in northern Nebraska. By this time tomorrow, we'll be in South Dakota." I took a sip of water. "Why Zac? Why are we going to South Dakota?" He looked at me and smiled. "Well,we're not. That's just where we'll be for a little while." I looked over at him and asked again "Why?" He smiled but kept facing straight ahead. "You'll see. I've got a big surprise planned for you." I sighed and sat back. I watched as he lit a cigarette and I thought for a minute. "Zac," I looked out of the window, "what about your birthday? It's day after tomorrow. Are we going to be with your family?" He laughed and answered "Not all of them. Isaac will be with us but no one else. We won't be in Tulsa. The surprise is partly for him too. Just consider yourself lucky. You'll know what it is before he does." I looked over at him. "Now, relax and don't worry about any of this anymore." he said. I sighed heavily as I laid back in the seat and watched as dark trees flew past the window. I finally admitted to myself that I didn't really want to know what was going on, what he had planned. Zac was so unpredictable and the last thing I wanted was to make him angry asking too many questions. So I didn't talk anymore. Instead, I slowly let myself drift off and became unaware of the world around me.
I started to wake up when Zac picked me up out of the car. I opened my eyes as I felt him lay me down and saw that we were in a small motel room. "Mmm, Zac?" I asked for him as I stretched. "I'm right here baby. You should get out of those clothes so you'll be more comfortable." I raised up and slid my legs over and onto the side of the bed. I kicked my shoes off and flopped down again. I stretched my arms over my head and asked "What time is it?" I opened my eyes as he answered "Around one, one thirty in the morning." I felt him kiss my face and gently pushed on his chest. He took my hand and pinned it over my head as he crawled on top of me. I looked up at him. "Don't Melissa." he said quietly. "Don't fight me." I felt his grip loosen on my hand as he leaned down to kiss me again. "Zac, I don't want to do this right now." I said as I pushed on his chest again. He sit up and smiled. "I know what you need. You need a mood adjustment." He quickly slid off of me and sat on the bed to pull his shoes back on. "Where are you going?" I asked sitting up. He put his wallet back into the back pocket of his jeans and grabbed his jacket. "Don't worry. I'm just going to the store down the street." He looked around. "Oh yeah, I'm not taking any chances." he said pointing at me. He walked over and took the phone cord that connected the receiver to the base and put it into his jacket pocket. "Now," he said reaching into the duffel bag "give me your hands." I stuck my hands out in front of me and he said "Up here." as he walked to the headboard. "Zac, please don't leave me here tied up." He smiled and made a come here motion with his finger. I gave him my hands as I slid myself up to the headboard of the bed. He didn't tie them tight. In fact, unlike when I first woke up in the other room, I could move my hands around in front of me, but not enough to get off of the bed. He tied me to the middle so I couldn't even stand next to the bed. "What if I have to go to the bathroom?" Zac glared at me and replied "Do you have to go now?" I answered "No." He stood up and looked down at me. "I won't be gone long." he said. then he handed me the TV remote and a 20oz bottle of coke we'd gotten at the gas station, a bag of chips and a chocolate candy bar. "There. I'll be back in a bit." he said as he quickly walked out of the door and locked it. I heard the car door slam and the car start and pull away. I turned the TV on and opened the coke and took a sip. For the next twenty minutes, I watched TV and wondered what kind of 'mood adjustment' he had in mind.

I glanced over when I saw the door open. Zac walked in and locked it then smiled at me. "How ya doing baby?" I slightly smiled and answered "Alright." He sat down a brown sack and took off his jacket and shoes. "Well," he said walking toward me, "Let's get you undone." He gently untied me and the opened the brown sack. "I got you something." He turned back toward me and smiled. He was holding a bottle of wine in one hand and a package of plastic cups in the other. "Not too fancy I know but hey, it's the same thing right?" he asked with a shrug. He poured two cups of the wine. "Take your hair down baby. You always look better with your hair down." He smiled as he turned away from me and I slowly took the elastic band out of my hair. I watched as he hovered over the cups filled with wine for a moment and then he walked over and sat down beside me. He handed me one of the cups and said "Drink it quick, it'll kick in faster." I tipped the cup back into my mouth and nearly dropped it when I felt his hand tilting it up by the bottom. "That's it. Drink it right down." he said. To my surprise, I had drank it at once without stopping but immediately noticed that he had barely taken two sips of his. "Now," he said standing and sitting both cups on the night table, "lay back and just relax." I did and for about five minutes, everything was fine. He had taken his shirt off and had pulled my jeans and shirt off. I didn't try to stop him. I had felt the dizziness again but had thought it was just from drinking the wine as fast as I had. Then it got worse, and my heart started beating faster and faster. I felt his hand gliding up and down my leg. It was almost like a dream. The room became blurry but I could still hear and feel. I was like in a trance of some kind and couldn't really speak. I tried but no words came... just sounds. I couldn't really move normally and I had the feeling that I was slightly floating. I wasn't scared, I was actually quiet relaxed. I looked up as Zac climbed on top of me and whispered "Feeling better?" He laughed a bit and then I felt his hands going from my neck down to my hips and onto my leg and then back up again. He was talking and although I could hear him I wasn't understanding what he was saying. Then I felt as though I lost all control when he pulled my panties off and I felt his hand move over me. I couldn't fight him, I couldn't tell him no. I had never felt that before. It was like I was aware of what was happening but at the same time I wasn't. I couldn't respond. I couldn't move to touch him or try to push him away and I couldn't speak with desire or rejection. All I could do was feel. Everything was still blurry and I could barely hear him and I couldn't even begin to understand his words. I felt his lips on my stomach as he kissed up to my neck and I felt his weight on me when he climbed back on top of me after taking his jeans off. I could feel everything from his bare skin to his breath but that was like the only sense I had. I felt his mouth on the inside of my thighs and then his tongue... licking and his lips moving over me but as much as I wanted to, I couldn't say anything. I suddenly realized that I didn't know where I was anymore. My mind fought to try and regain control but it was no use. I felt Zac kiss me up my body and to my neck and then I glanced up and saw his face just a few inches from mine... I could see him and he was smiling. I heard him speak. "This would be a lot better if you had never tried to fight me." His words echoed but before I could even attempt to say anything, I felt his hard thrust into me. I felt him pull at my hair and his quick breaths on my face and neck. Harder he pushed into me. He raised himself off of his forearms and onto his hands. He became blurred again. He wasn't hurting me, but it wasn't the pleasure I'd known from him before. I think I was just too out of it to even realize what the sensations were. I tried to raise my hand toward him but couldn't. I tried to say something but couldn't. I was helpless and he knew it. He knew I couldn't get away from him or even try. I couldn't fight him. I just laid there until I felt his weight fall onto me. His body was slightly sweaty and his breathing was fast and raspy. He laid still for a few moments and then rolled over off of me. I felt his hand on my face and heard him calling my name. I turned my head and looked at him. He was clearer now. "You'll be alright. That stuff will wear off in a little bit. It's not meant to last very long." He said and then stood up and walked to the bathroom. I faintly heard the shower turn on and the door click shut. After a few more minutes, I was able to roll onto my side and I pulled the blanket up around me. A feeling hit me suddenly that I wanted Isaac. I didn't know why. I just wanted him. I wanted him there to protect me. I wanted him to come and get me. I wanted to be back home in Tulsa. If only there was some way to talk to them. I wondered if Zac had told them anything. Maybe he'd told them that we were on a short vacation or something. Maybe they didn't think anything was wrong. "Oh God, how am I gonna get out of this?" I whispered. I glanced at the TV and saw that by the clock it was almost three in the morning. Zac would probably want to rest and then get back on the road as soon as possible. I had to find someway to let someone know where I was and that I wanted to get back home. Images of the knife Zac had and the way he'd warned me, threatened me, came back. I knew though that the next person I came in contact with was going to have to find out somehow. I slowly began to drift off. I was only partly awake when Zac climbed into bed next to me and laid his arm across my stomach. I felt him squeeze me gently and then I was asleep.

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