Set: Post TF1
Chapter 1
Megan Banes cursed as she searched for her ringing phone. She practically turned her room upside down trying to find it. This tended to be a usual problem with her, always losing one thing or another. Finally, she found it under one of her bras and quickly answered it
"Hello?"
"Took you long enough" a familiar voice chuckled
"Mikaela, hey. Sorry couldn't find my phone. I literally turned my room upside down. Turns out it was under a bra. So, what's up?"
"Lol. You're so funny. Nothing much, just chilling with Sam. How's your weekend?"
"Tell Sam I say hi. Boring. I'm at home, bored out of my brains."
Megan flopped back dramatically on her bed and stared up the ceiling
"Haha. Did you do the dramatic flop?"
"Maybe."
The cousins giggled. Her cousin Mikaela Banes was more like a sister to her than a cousin. She was always there when she needed her, and she was there when Mikaela needed her. For that, she would always love her cousin and her cousin would love her.
Megan had been surprised, three years ago, when Mikaela told her she had begun dating Sam Witwicky. She never thought her cousin would go for the loner. Sam, as it turned out, had made her cousin a better person
"Well you'll find something to do" Mikaela reassured
"Like what?"
"I don't know. Go see a movie or something" the eldest suggested.
The youngest Banes groaned. Maybe she should go see a movie. Sitting up, Megan put her phone on loudspeaker and opened up her internet and began to search on Google for a movie. Going through the movies that were currently out, the brunette decided to go and watch Inception
"So, what are you going to do?" her cousin's voice came over the phone
"Huh? Oh sorry. I've decided to go and see Inception" she replied.
A weird sound was heard from Mikaela's end and Megan frowned, wondering what the hell that was
"Ah, what was that?" she asked
"Nothing. Listen I gotta go. Enjoy your movie."
Pulling back the phone, Megan stared at it.
Mikaela had just hung up on her. She sounded weird, almost like she was hiding something. What would her cousin hide from her? They never kept secrets.
The thing was though, Megan had recently been seeing strange vehicles around town, particularly when she saw Sam the other day and he was in a 2007 yellow Camaro with black racing stripes. If she had remembered correctly, Mr. Witwicky was dubbed "El Cheapo."
So how the hell had he given Sam an expensive car like that?
Come to think of it, didn't Sam use to drive a 1976 Chevy Camaro? Where had that gone and why replace it with the 2007 version?
Not that she was complaining. It was just strange that one minute, Sam had a 1976 Camaro and the next it changed to 2007 version?
Putting it off for now, she decided she would question Sam and Mikaela later. For now, she decided she would go see the movie. But with who?
Flipping through her contacts, Megan smiled when she found her best friend's number. Pressing the call button, she waited as it dialed and rang. A few moments later, her friend picked up
"Hey babes" Donna Jones greeted her
"Hi. Listen you busy?"
"No. Just watching boring stuff on TV" Donna replied
"Wanna go see Inception with me?"
"And perv on Leonardo Di Caprio? I'm so in. Should we bring the others?"
"Sure. Call the other girls and we'll make it a girls' day"
"Alright. What time's the next movie session?"
"2:30"
"Easy. We'll meet you at the cinema at 2:00. See you then"
"Bye."
Getting up off of her bed, Megan headed over to her drawers and stripped out of her pajamas. Pulling them open, she pulled out what she felt like wearing and began to get dressed. When she finished, she walked over to her full length mirror to take in her attire; she was donned in a red flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up, washed out blue skinny jeans and a pair of black combat boots. Going over to her bedside table, she opened the draw and grabbed out her silver cross necklace.
Megan brushed her hair and was about to style it when she shrugged
"Ah screw it."
She grabbed and donned her favorite black cap which read, in white, I Heart Trucks. Megan shoved her phone in her pocket, grabbed her keys and purse and left her room. Making her way downstairs, she walked into the kitchen where she found her mother
"You going somewhere?" Joyce Banes asked her daughter
"The girls and I are going to a movie" she replied
"Which one?"
"Inception."
Taking the sandwich her mother handed to her, she headed into the living room and sat on the couch as her father sat watching some movie
"What'cha watching dad?"
Kenneth Banes looked over at his daughter while eating his lunch
"Blazing Saddles" he replied
"And how many times have you watched this dad?" she chuckled
"Oi, leave me alone, kiddo."
They laughed as Megan sat back and watched the movie for a bit with her father. A few minutes later, she saw it was 13:50 and stood up
"Going out?" Kenneth asked
"Girls and I are going to see Inception" she replied
"Have fun."
Kissing her father goodbye, Megan made her way to the front door shouting goodbye to her mother before walking out the door and shutting it behind her. She made her way to her orange 1953 Chevrolet Side-step Pickup truck and climbed up inside. Closing the door behind her, she placed her purse on the passenger seat before reaching behind her and buckling in. Starting the engine, she took off heading into the town.
As she drove, Megan turned on her CD player she had installed when she was 16 and flipped through until she stopped on her favorite song Life is a Highway. She sang along as she drove toward the cinema
"Whooo mmm yeah...
Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
To break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long"
Megan wound down the window, waving at people as she drove through town toward the cinema
"Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights
Knock me down get back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
Mmm yeah
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
There was a distance between you and I (between you and I)
A misunderstanding once
But now we look it in the eye
Ooooo...Yeah!"
Megan laughed as she danced in her seat at a red light. A red and blue 379 semi peterbilt with flames pulled up at the light beside her. The window was wound down and she admired the man who appeared to be in his 30s with black hair. When he happened to glance out the window, Megan waved at him. He had the bluest eyes she had ever seen. A blue she had never seen.
He chuckled and waved back.
The light changed and she beeped her horn as she drove off
"There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
Yeah I wanna drive it all night long baby
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long"
Pulling up in front of the cinema complex, Megan parked her truck, grabbed her purse and got out of the truck shutting and locking the door. Making her way into the building lobby, she spied her friends; Donna Jones, Melissa Fuller, Amanda Brown and Wendy Tyler
"Hey" she walked over to them
"Hey girl" they greeted her
"You won't believe what happened. I just saw the cutest guy on my way here. He had black hair, chiseled facial features and these unusual blue eyes. And he drives a 379 peterbilt semi" Megan gushed
"His name's Orion" they heard.
The girls turned to find Megan's cousin
"Kaela what are you doing here?" she asked
"Catching a movie with Sam and the guys" Mikaela replied
"What guys?"
Mikaela pointed behind her as Sam Witwicky walked over with four other guys.
One of them happened to be the cute guy from the red light
"Hey Megan" Sam greeted her with a hug "apparently you know my buddy Orion. He said you waved at him at the red light" he teased.
Megan wanted to die in shame.
Mikaela smacked her boyfriend's arm
"Sam"
"What?"
Orion stepped forward and held out his hand to Megan who took it and shook it, trying not marvel about how their hands fit together
"Orion Pax" he introduced himself
"Megan Banes, Mikaela's cousin"
"This is my cousin Brian Witwicky from out of town" Sam introduced pointing to a young man with blonde hair and unusual blue eyes "Tobias Ironside" pointing to a man a little older with dark hair and muscular arms "and Richard Huntley."
The last one was about thirty but had already gone silver but it suited him
"Pleasure to meet you all."
What seemed to be unusual was that they all seemed to have matching blue eyes.
A voice cleared beside her and Megan turned to her friends
"Oh. These are my friends Donna Jones, Melissa Fuller, Amanda Brown and Wendy Tyler."
Everyone who didn't know each other shook hands
"So, what movie are you guys seeing?" Melissa asked
"Inception" Tobias replied.
Megan glanced at Mikaela
"Did you intentionally crash my girls' day out?" she asked super sweetly which let Mikaela know she was pissed off
"Of course not. It was Sam's idea" she replied.
TBC
