**Okay. So this idea I got in May when I went to my friend's acting final. When I left, I seriously started writing this in my head. Now it's here. I hope you like it. Review please**

"Come on, kids, on the double!" Dan yelled. "If we don't leave right now, we'll never make it!"

"We're coming!" Gabe called. "You can just thank Natalie for this! She's the one who wanted to bring all of her Barbies."

"Nat, is this really necessary?"

"I don't wanna be bored while on the trip!" Natalie pointed out.

"Whatever. Just get in the car. Now where is your mother?"

"She hadda go to the bathroom."

"DIANA!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Diana said as she ran out of the house. "Goodness, I thought you'd rather we all go to the bathroom now instead of when we're on the road."

"Whatever. Let's just go already."

"Okay."

2 minutes later, Gabe frowned. "Mom, I'm bored!" he announced as he hit his head against the back of his seat.

"Let's listen to music. What's on the radio?" Diana turned the radio on and 'Tik Tok' started to play. "Okay, never mind. I hate this song."

"No, keep it on! I like it!"

"It's not an appropriate song for a kid your age. Um, play Barbies with Nat."

"Okay. Natalie, can I have some of your Barbies?"

"No!" Natalie shouted.

"Please?"

"No! You're a boy! Boys don't play with Barbies unless they're GAY!"

"NATALIE!" Dan shouted in a sharp tone.

"Fine. Here." Natalie sadly gave Gabe a few of her Barbies.

"Thank you," Gabe muttered. He took one of them and said in a girlish tone, "Jiminy, it's the Statue of Natalie. Let's take pictures."

"That's NOT how you play Barbies!"

"Well, it is now! Kill the statue!" Gabe hit Natalie with one of the Barbies and laughed evilly.

"MOM! He hurted Mari-Kari! Make him apologize!"

Diana turned to face Gabe and Natalie. "You 2 REALLY need to calm down. Now, Natalie, who's Mari-Kari?"

"My Barbie!"

"Okay. What did he do to her?"

"Hit her against my arm!"

"Gabe, why did you do that?"

"Cuz…" Gabe said coolly.

"Okay. How about the 2 of you stay quiet for awhile."

"Yes, Mom!" Gabe and Natalie said in unison looking slightly guilty.

"Glad that's over."

"Yeah," Dan agreed. "Peace and…"

"Dad?" Natalie asked. "Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we almost there?"

"No."

"Are we halfway there?"

"No!"

"Are we almost halfway there?"

"NO! Natalie, we'll be there in 17 hours."

"17 hours? But I'm hungry and I have to go potty."

"Didn't you go before you left?"

"I didn't have to go then. But I have to go now."

"Great. Gabe, do you have to go?"

"No," Gabe replied. "I was smart and went potty before we left." Gabe stuck his tongue out at Natalie.

"Well, we'll pullover here. Come on, Nat."

Natalie blushed. "I don't have to go anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Um, I had an accident."

"Sweet jeez-us!" Dan put his face in his palms and swore.

"Dan," Diana said. "Natalie's a little girl. Little girls have accidents. It's okay."

"Yeah, well, now she has to change and…"

"It'll be fine. You wait here with Gabe. I'll help Natalie."

Dan looked at Gabe. "While we're here, are you absolutely, positively SURE you don't have to go to the bathroom? We can't make anymore stops, so if you have to go, go now or forever hold your pee."

"I'm fine," Gabe said. "I'm just extremely hungry."

Dan looked at his watch. "6:30 am? It's still early."

"But I'm hungry. You rushed us out of the house without breakfast. I need to eat, Dad."

"We're back!" Diana called. "Who else but me is hungry?"

"Me!" Gabe and Natalie shouted.

Dan hit his head against the driver's wheel. "This is the trip that never ends!" he yelled. "We're never gonna get there cuz Natalie has an accident and all of you are hungry and there's no gas in the tank… WHAT? Di, you said you put gas in the tank."

"I did. In the fish tank."

"WHAT? Great, a dead car, dead fish, dead hungry, dead accidents… we're never going to go on another trip again. I swear to goodness!"

**I'm thinking of writing a story of another trip at their present age. Tell me what you think**