DISCLAIMER: NONE OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE MINE. ALL CREDIT TO LEIGH BARDUGO.
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"Ow, Jepser, that hurt," complained Wylan as he rubbed his elbow where Jesper accidentally hit him.
"Sorry babe. I wasn't tryin- WAIT! Wylan did you take your motion sickness medicine? I know you get car sick." Wylan turned a pleasant shade of vermilion as everyone one looked at him in surprise, (But to be honest, they weren't surprised at all.)
Wylan meekly murmured a "Yes."
"Stop messing around, we have a twenty hour drive ahead of us." Kaz vocalized in obvious annoyment.
"Chill, bro." Jepser replied acting totally calmly, while Wylan looked at him as if he was on a suicide mission.
Kaz shot him a dirty look that told him that if he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't hesitate. Jesper shot up his hands in mock surrender. Inej grabbed Kaz's wrist as she tugged him towards the car like she would a five-year-old. She pretended not to notice the amazed looks cast at her hand around his wrist, them obviously expecting him to pull away. But he didn't, of course, it was Inej. She was the only one he trusted to touch him.
Nina and Inej giggled as they climbed into the back seats of the SUV, carrying enough snacks to feed a small country.
"Saints Nina, how many snacks did you bring?" Kaz retorted all the way from the passenger seat. Nina had a pout lingering on her features as she drew out "Heyyyy. Girls gotta eat."
"Everybody buckled up?" Matthias interjected; climbing into the driver's seat. "Yes Mom." replied Nina with a smirk.
"What are you doing here?" Matthias snarled at a certain someone who was sitting next to him whose name happened to start with K and end with az.
"I want to make sure you don't screw up." "Of course." "BOYS! Let's start driving already. Wylan, give Kaz your phone with the directions on it."
"But Inej, why not use his phone?" "Because, Wylan, Kaz doesn't know how to set it up-" "I do to know how to-" "and he won't let anyone touch his phone. We all know what happened to Big Bollinger when he tried to catch Kaz doing something gossip-worthy on his phone." They all grimaced.
"Fine," Wylan moaned as he handed his phone overhead to Kaz, for he was in the seat right behind him. "It's okay, babe, I'll keep you company," Jesper flirted as he wiggled his eyebrows and grinned up something wicked. Wylan's cheeks suddenly matched his hair as he hid in his hands.
Matthias started the car, put both hand on the steering wheel, eyes straight ahead, the perfect driver, of course. "Okay Grandpa," "KAZ! Try not to be as rude as possible please" "Yeah, yeah, Inej we get it. Drüskelle, we are taking a right up here." As they started on the freeway, Kaz took this opportunity to pull out an aux cord. He was about to plug it into his phone, when all of a sudden, Nina cleared her throat and held out her hand. Kaz rolled his eyes and handed it over, rather having to listen to Nina sing with something to try to match, instead of singing by memory, where she was always left of the tune and right of the key.
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After listening to Jesper, Nina, and little bit of Inej sing Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, and Demi Lovato for 4 hours straight with minimum snack breaks, Matthias finally pulled into a gas station. Inej and Jesper whispered, "Scheming face." "Definitely." As they studied Kaz's frozen features.
"Everybody! Listen up! Nina and Inej, you two are on snack duty. Inej, make sure Nina doesn't buy out the whole store." Inej mock saluted Kaz.
"Wylan! You are in charge of gas. Jesper, you will probably have to help Wylan with that." Wylan weakly protested a "Hey!" but immediately took it back when Jesper shot back with "What? You don't want to be with me more? I am offended, Wylan van Eck."
"Matthias, you are in charge of getting the bathroom key. Everyone got their jobs?"
"What do you do, Kaz?" Matthias demanded.
"I, Matthias, have the most important part, of course."
Kaz sat silently, the suspense seeping from the floor, everyone waiting. "Well?"
"I have the seating arrangements."
Sorry for such a short chapter! I am just getting started with this story so hopefully they will become longer as I go along (Plus I wanted to end with that line). Please rate/review.
Love you~~ Cucumberpie