This is my first fic ever so please be nice. Any comments or suggestionsare appreciated and helpful.

Chapter 1

18 year old Josh was in his room getting ready because his girlfriend, Mindy was coming over at three o'clock . He combed his hair, put on a clean shirt that showed off his biceps (though they weren't too big) and sprayed on Mindy's favorite cologne, Hombre for Men. Even though Josh and Mindy have been dating for almost two years, he still took pride in making himself look good for the woman he was pretty sure he loved, even if she was only coming over to work on the project Mrs. Hafer assigned them a week ago.

Josh looked at the clock and saw that it said 2:58. He practically ran out his bedroom door to wait downstairs for Mindy, who was always on time. Just as he reached the bottom step the doorbell rang.

"Hey babe!" Josh said to Mindy as he opened the door, greeting her with a quick peck on the lips.

"Hey yourself " She said as she walked over to the couch. "Let me guess, Hombre for Men?" She said when she noticed his cologne.

"You know me too well" Josh said as he sat down next to Mindy, looking at the door when he noticed that Drake came home.

"Hey Josh….thing" Drake said when he noticed Mindy in the room.

"Drake, I told you not to call my girlfriend names, its degrading and rude …DEGRADING AND RUDE!"

" No, its okay Josh" Mindy said patting his leg. "I know he doesn't mean it. Lets finish our project shall we?"

" You guys are actually doing that stupid project?" Drake said as he disappeared into the kitchen. Both Josh and Mindy rolled their eyes and started working.

A few hours after they started working they stopped to take a "study break". Josh had Mindy pinned on the couch making out when Mindy looked at her watch and noticed the time.

" I should get home soon, you know how my parents are about punctuality" Mindy said standing up and gathering her things.

" I have a question for you Miss Crenshaw" Josh said " What are you doing during spring break?"

" Probably spending time with you" she said with a grin on her face

" What if I said that you, me and Drake are going on a little road trip?"

" Really? I'd love that, but I'll have to ask my parents"

" I'll talk to them, give me your cell." Josh said confidently. Josh has been on the Crenshaw's good side ever since he had them over for his lavish dinner, including the elderly harpist and the swan ice sculpture, even though drake and his girlfriend, Lucy, almost ruined it with their wrestling match. He was pretty sure he could get them to let her go. Mindy dialed her home number and handed the phone to Josh.

"Hello Mrs. Crenshaw, this is Josh. Can I get Mr. Crenshaw on the phone too? I have to ask you both a question" Josh said staring into space the way people always do when they are on the phone. After a long conversation with Mindys parents, Josh said goodbye and hung up the phone. He looked at Mindy with a sad look on his face.

"Bad news huh? I can't go" She said with a quiver in her voice.

"Your parents...said you can go!" Josh said quietly at first, then loudly at the end.

"Yay , I'm so excited" Mindy said jumping up a down a little. "Don't do that to me!" She hit his shoulder playfully when she realized he tricked her. "Wait, where are we going?" she asked suspiciously as she realized he had not yet told her.

"We are going to Vancouver Canada to pick up Grammy…tada!" he said as if to excite her more.

"Oh! The one with the mustache similar to the one you sported almost two years ago?"

Josh rolled his eyes and began to speak " She went on a tour across Canada, and Vancouver is her last stop, so we need to pick her up and take her home to Paradise in northern California."

" What's 'paradise' ?" Mindy asked

"It's a small mountain retirement community, but that not important, We'll drive almost all day then sleep at night for safety, but don't worry, well have plenty of fun there and back." Josh said assuringly.

"Ok sounds like fun, but oh wait, is Drake going to make this hell for me?"

" We had a long talk about it and Drake promised not to ruin the fun for us" Josh said.

"You're such a good boyfriend!"

" I know! " Josh said in a very Monica from the show Friends way.

" I love you Josh" she said, the words basically slipping from her mouth. She had never said that to anyone besides her family and was quite surprised that she actually had the courage to say it. She had been wanting to for a while, but she didn't know if Josh was that serious about her but she knew now with the whole road trip thing. She looked up at Josh who was just staring at her.

" Wow, I love you too Mindy" Josh said softly, staring into her eyes and pulled her closer to kiss her.

"Eww!" Drake said as he walked in on their little show in the living room. They broke apart and Josh wiped his mouth free of any lipstick.

"Good news, Mindy is coming with us to Canada!" He said putting an arm around her protectively as if to say ' you better not mess with her'.

" Yay " Drake said sarcastically.

" So when should I get here?" Mindy asked Josh

" Six a.m. Saturday, we should be back next Saturday so pack for about a week" Josh told her.

" Ok I'm going to go pack" Mindy said as she headed for the door.

" See you Saturday, bright and early." Josh said as he closed the door behind her with a huge smile on his face. He couldn't wait for this road trip to start as he had something big planned.