Road to Langley Falls
Happens during 'Choosy Wives Choose Smith'
Part 1
Hayley went down her driveway, Klaus in his bowl, and sat down to wait. She was waiting for her friend Lindsey. She, Lindsey, and Klaus were going to go on a bus with other collage freshmen, and follow My Morning Jacket on tour for fifteen weeks. By her were her and Klaus' suitcases filled with what they both needed. She had set them down and had gotten Klaus. She sat on the on the suitcase. Klaus was next to her.
"What are we doing, Klaus?" Hayley asked the fish after a while.
"What are we doing?" Klaus responded. "You know what we are doing. We're waiting for your friend to take all of a bus filled with people, and follow My Morning Jacket on tour."
"Yeah, but for fifteen weeks? That's 105 days, almost four mouths!
"Ja, I know. That's one more day then Phineas und Ferb's summer. What are you getting at?" Hayley looked at him.
"Do you think that's too much? I mean I'll miss my family terribly. I haven't been without my family that long before."
"Hayley, I know you'll miss them. Hard to believe, but I'm going to miss them! But, we can't let missing them get the best of us. You're 18, so I think this'll be good pratice for you when you move out, and face the world without your parents." Hayley sighed.
"I guess that's one way to look at it, but still, I'll miss them."
"You'll feel better once we're on the road, und see your favorite band."
"I hope you're right."
A shiver car then drove up, and stopped in front of the Smith driveway. Hayley, who had picked up the suitcases, went to the car. Her friend, Lindsey came out.
"Hi, Lindsey!" Hayley greeted her friend.
"How are ya doing, girl?" Lindsey asked. "Are you ready to go?"
"You bet!"
"Alright; that's what I like to hear!" Lindsey opened the trunk, and Hayley put her and Klaus' suitcases into it. Lindsey then closed it, and went to the driver's side. Hayley picked up Klaus, and went to the other side.
The girls got in, and buckled their seatbelts. Lindsey started the engine, and they drove off.
"I can't believe we're about to do this." Hayley said.
"Yeah, I know, right? I can't believe it ether; but we're doing this!" Lindsey pumped her fist in the air.
"Whoo; yeah; let's do this!"
"Yeah!" Hayley cheered as well. "Let's do this; baby!" Lindsey looked at Klaus.
"Why are you bringing your fish?" She wanted to know.
"Well, I…" Good question. Why was she bringing Klaus along?
"I want to bond with you." He had told her when she asked why he wanted to come along. "I need to spend more time with you, und I think this fifteen week trip will be a wunderbar opportunity to." But, there was no way Hayley was going to tell her that. Luckily, she didn't have to.
"Whatever. Whatever you're cool with I guess. I'm not buying fish food for him though; you're going to have to do that yourself." Hayley gave her a nervous laugh.
"Yeah, okay. I will." She then was confused, and looked at her friend. "Isn't this your mom's car?"
"Yeah, but I totaled my own car. So, I'm using this without her permission. Shhh; don't tell."
"I don't know, Lindsey. Why don't you take this back home? I can drive us." Lindsey shook her head.
"No, no; I got this. You just sit back, and enjoy the ride." So that is what she did.
"I have a bad feeling about this, Klaus." Hayley told Klaus.
"I do too." Klaus said back. ""But, let's enjoy this ride, und let whatever happens, happen. At least she's not texting while she's driving."
"Right."
They stopped at a stoplight.
"OMG; that is so cute!" Hayley heard Lindsey say. She saw that Lindsey was laughing at a video she saw on her IPhone. She gasped.
"What are you doing, Lindsey? You can't be doing that while driving; it's dangerous!" Lindsey looked at her.
"Look around, Hayley; we're at a stoplight. I'm not driving; we're fine."
"Yeah, but you don't know when the light will change. We might be able to go any second, and you're not ready because you're looking at your phone." Lindsey showed Hayley her phone. It was a video of a zebra with sunglasses, skating over ramps on a skateboard. The video was titled 'Tony Hawk of the Animal Kingdom.'
"See?" Lindsey said, taking back her phone. "Isn't that cute?"
"Yeah, now put that away, and just focus on the road" A few moments later, Hayley saw that she was texting.
"Put it away!" She shouted. "You're going to get us killed!"
"I'm just texting Rachel how I liked the video she sent me. Won't take long."
"Well, just be ready when the light turns to green."
"Don't worry; I will." The light turned to green, and cars passed her. Hayley heard angry honks from outside. "DRIVE!" Hayley snatched her phone, and put it aside her. Lindsey stepped on the pedal, and drove off.
"What is up with you, Hayley? I was just about to put it away!"
"Well, I put it aside for you because I didn't want us to be killed. You're welcome!"
"Geez, Hayley, you need to take a chill pill. I had it all covered."
"Yeah, right!"
"Hayley," Klaus told her. She looked down at him. "No offence, but your friend is bad news. I think we should get out before it's too late." Hayley nodded.
"Okay, but I just don't get it. Lindsey smokes, does drugs, got suspended a few times from high school last year, and she even got a permanent tattoo on her arm without her parents' permission. She didn't use to be like this."
"People change, Hayley. You know that. Some for the best, and some for the worst. Now, let's get out of here!" Hayley nodded, and looked at her friend.
"Pull over, Lindsey. I want to drive on my own."
"What? No way! Did your fish tell you this?"
"I…uh…just pull over, okay?"
"No; I got this under control!"
"NO; YOU DON'T, PULL OVER!" But Lindsey just kept on driving. "PULL OVER!" She was about to take the steering wheel when they stopped in heavy traffic on the highway. Lindsey groaned.
"Great; we're in traffic!" She looked at Hayley madly. "There, happy!?"
"Lindsey, I'm sorry. I just don't want us to be killed, okay?"
"And we won't! Honestly, Hayley, I thought you were my friend."
"Well, people change, Lindsey, okay? Some for the best, and some for the worst. Opinions change too. I'm sorry; I don't think we can be friends anymore." Lindsey turned to her.
"What are you talking about? Of course we can be friends. Gosh Hayley, I'm sorry you don't like the choices I've made, but it's my life! You can't tell me what and what I can't do." She looked at the traffic and groaned again. "This is going to take forever!" She honked the horn. "MOVE IT!"
Hayley saw something from out of her window. Police cars were by a wracked car. Officers were talking with the owner. Hayley turned to Lindsey.
"A car crash has happened; that's why it's taking so long."
"We don't have time to wait. I'm just going to drive off." Hayley's eyes widened.
"WHAT?" But it was too late; Lindsey has stepped on the gas, and sped off. "Aren't we going over the speed limit?"
"I'm sure we are, but so what? This way we'll arrive faster."
"And get a ticket!"
"No we won't; we'll be fine." Police sirens then could be heard. Lindsey swore loudly.
"See? Now we'll get a ticket for speeding."
"Not if we shake them off."
"What?" Lindsey sped up more.
"Yep, you are going to get arrested."
"No we're not, now shut up and let me drive!" They drove between several cars. They drove between a semi-truck. Up ahead of them was an exact same car and color as Lindsey's. "Perfect!" Hayley was confused.
"Huh? What are you going to do?"
"You'll see!" Lindsey then took a sharp turn by a wooded area, and waited. The semi turned the same turn, and the look-alike car sped past. The police, thinking it was Lindsey's, went after it. Lindsey sighed in relief. "Lost them!" She turned back on the highway, and resumed.
"That was an awful trick you just pulled there." Hayley said to Lindsey. "Fooling the police like that. You know, once they realize that it's not the right car they're chasing, they'll pull over and go back to you."
"It'll be too late. They won't find me."
"Even if they do, you're still speeding. A new police car will see what you're doing, and go after you."
"Then, maybe I'll shake them off as well. I'm not stopping; we don't have time for them to do their thing."
"They do 'their thing' so that the roads are safe."
"Yeah, yeah; whatever! I'm not talking to you until we get there."
Lindsey's phone then buzzed.
"Check it." Lindsey told Hayley. Hayley was confused.
"I thought you weren't talking to me." Lindsey scowled.
"Just answer it!" Hayley held her hands in defense.
"Okay, okay; I'll answer it." Hayley grabbed Lindsey's phone, and looked at it. It was a text from Rachel, asking where they were, and when there get to the school where the bus was.
"It's Rachael." Hayley announced. "She wants to know when we'll get there."
"Soon."
"How soon?" Lindsey sighed.
"Look, we're almost at the school. Just text her we'll be there in five to ten minutes." Hayley did just that. When she was done, she turned it off, and put in in the cup holder up front.
When they were finally at the Groff Community Collage, the bus was already there, and collage kids were getting on. Lindsey parked the car, but because she was going to fast she crashing into the building. Lindsey swore, and the airbags went off.
"Come on, Hayley." She told Hayley. "Let's get out of here, and on the bus." The girls exited the car, Hayley carrying Klaus, closing the car doors behind them. Lindsey quickly locked it with her keys, and put them into her pocket.
Hayley and Klaus both gasped as they saw the huge dent.
"Uh, Lindsey?" Hayley spoke. "You may want to see this." Lindsey turned around, and saw the dent. She cussed again.
"My mom's going to kill me!" She cried. "Well, there's nothing we can do now. Let's just go before anyone realizes that I crashed into one of the buildings." And so, they went to the bus.
When they got near, Rachel asked why they were late, so Lindsey explained as they all boarded.
"Gosh, Lindsey!" Rachel said as soon as they were on the road after Lindsey told her the story. "The police are looking for you? What if they chase the bus, and the bus have to make a unscheduled stop, and the police officer takes you away?"
"Relax, Rach!" Lindsey assured her. "That won't happen. We lost the police, and they don't have a clue where we are."
"Don't bring me into it!" Hayley argued. "I had nothing to do with it!"
"Fine." Lindsey said. "I lost the police!" Hayley then turned to Rachel.
"Oh, and Lindsey crashed into one of the buildings on campus as we were parking."
"Hayley! She doesn't need to know everything!"
"It's okay. I won't tell. Your secret's safe with me." Lindsey smiled.
"I knew I could count on you, Rach." Rachel smiled back.
"Whatever." Hayley spoke. "Someone's going to find out eventually, you're get in trouble, and your parents will kill you." Lindsey groaned loudly, but didn't say anything. Rachel then noticed Klaus. She was confused.
"Why are you bringing your fish along, Hayley?" Hayley grinned, not wanting to tell. "Well? Out with it, girl!" Hayley looked down at Klaus. She had to say something, but what? That her fish could talk, and wanted to bond with her even though he hated My Morning Jacket? Yeah, right; fat chance! Hayley took a deep breath. She was about to tell them something, when somebody on the bus screamed. The girls all looked up in front of the bus. Hayley sighed in relief, but what was the scream about?" She tapped the young man in front of her, who was Kyle from one of her classes.
"What was the scream about?" She asked him.
"The bus driver passed out." He answered her. "He has a glass of beer in his hand." Hayley gasped.
"He was driving drunk?" Kyle nodded.
"Looks like it. Nobody's driving the bus!"
"Does anybody know how to drive this thing?" Kyle shrugged.
"Don't know. Hope so, or we'll all going to die." Hayley gasped again, afraid for her life. She was only 18, too young to die.
"Hayley," Klaus told her. "Maybe you should see if you could drive the bus." Hayley was shocked.
"Are you crazy?! I don't have a bus license!"
"I know, but this is a life or death situation here. We could all die, and you can be a heroine!" He then was puzzled. "Wait, you're not drunk, are you?" Hayley looked down at him like he was crazy.
"No!"
"Okay, I was just asking." Hayley gave Klaus to Rachel.
"Here. Hold him for me, won't you?" Rachel took him, confused.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to drive the bus." Rachel and Lindsey gasped.
"You don't have a license, do you?" Rachel wanted to know.
"No. But, this is a life or death saturation here. I may be able to save us all! Driving a bus can't be that different from driving a car, can it?"
"Did your fish put you up to this?" Lindsey asked. Hayley just glared at her. She was about to go up when Kyle spoke up.
"You don't need to." He said. "Somebody else is driving the bus, or at least trying to anyways." Hayley sighed in relief, took Klaus back, and sat back down in her spot.
Suddenly, the bus took some sharp turns, making the collage kids on the bus sway from side to side violently. Everybody screamed.
"HAYLEY!" Klaus screamed over the screams and loud thunks as bodies soared into the walls of the bus. "Get to the front of the bus, und steer this thing, because obviously the kid driving this bus doesn't know how!" Hayley nodded. She was about to go when Klaus' bowl shattered, and the fish began flopping up and down. Hayley gasped.
"KLAUS!" She yelled. She was about to aid him, when Klaus spoke to her.
"No, no! Don't worry about me; just get to the front of this bus!" Hayley nodded. Looking determined, she went towards the front, jumping over rolling kids. She got to the front of the bus. The bus drove onto a bridge.
"I can't drive this thing!" The boy driving the bus cried out. "I can't even drive a car! I failed my driver's test four times!"
"Here, let me drive." The boy looked at her.
"Do you know how?" Hayley shook her head.
"I can drive a car, but not a bus."
"You're a better driver then me, here!" The kid gave up the steering wheel. Hayley took it right away.
But, it was too late. The bus crashed into a wall of the bridge, tipped over, and fell towards the lake below.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Someone shouted. Kids screamed even louder as the bus dived into the lake.