The car rolled to a stop on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
"Mandie, i swear, i told you a million times to get fuel." I snapped looking at my sister.
"I got fuel, I swear." She said nervously.
I turned my head slowly and looked her in the eyes.
"Can you smell that?" she said her green eyes wider then I had ever seen them before.
"Did you hit something?"
"No?"
We quickly un-did our seat belts and got out of the car. Nervously we stood in front of the car, I looked at my sister again she was shaking with fear. I was older and she was glaring at the smoke coming out the side of the hood.
I reached my hand forward and lifted it.
Mandie and I both heaved as the smell hit our noses; i dropped the bonnet of the car and stepped back.
"What the hell is that?" Mandie cried my thoughts aloud.
"I don't know, I'm not game to look."
"Oh got it smell horrible." She coughed. "What if its a human?"
"I don't think a human is that small?" I told.
"What about a baby?"
I looked at her and considered it "How would a baby get up there?"
"I don't know, Kids can be pretty strange."
I thought about it for a second, she was right, kids could do the strangest things, I mean really.
"Okay, I'm going to lift the hood, get your phone and take a picture, that way we won't have the smell so bad."
"Okay." Mandie got her phone out of the car.
"On three."
"One. . . Two. . . Three." We counted together; i held my breath as i lifted the piece of metal.
"okay."
I dropped it again, Mandie and i walked away from the car and looked at the phone.
"Ewwh, it's a skunk." Mandie yelled.
"Oh my god"
"I know. . ."
"No, oh my god you have no service." I pointed out. "Fuck," I yelled walked back to the car kicking the side of it.
"Where is your phone?"
"It's the same as yours." I told getting it out of the space next to my seat. "And it's flat." I snapped throwing it back in the car.
"This is bad." Mandie said.
"it's not that bad," i said softly as I walked around the side of the car closest to the road sliding to the ground near the back tyre "Where are we anyway?"
"Not that bad?" Mandie snapped walking in front of me; I looked up at her the blinding sun in my eyes. "We are five hundred miles between god knows where and a hell of a hyke, and you're telling me it's not that bad, Trinity?"
"Chill out, someone will come by," I said resting my head on the car, "Can you hand me my sunnies?"
"How can you be so relaxed right now?" she snapped.
"Is that a no to the sun glasses?"
"grr." She snapped taking two steps to the car throwing my sunglasses at me.
"You're so lucky you didn't break them."
"They're just glasses."
"$400 glasses." I pointed out.
"You're stupid." She said sliding down the car next to me.
"Shut up Amanda; wake me when a car comes past."
"You're seriously going to sleep right now?"
"What better to do?"
"I dunno, help me think of a plan to get to town by Raw tomorrow."
"We'll get there, it's like the only road to the next town, some one is sure to drive past." I told.
"So you're just going to sleep."
"Yeah," I snapped.
"What if someone hurts me?"
"I'll get silence?"
"Fuck you."
"Mandie, I was joking." I laughed as she stood and walked off a hundred yards. "Mandie." I called getting up and walking after her, i had to run a few steps to catch up. "I was joking you know I would never let anything happen to you."
I put my hand on her shoulder to feel her shaking.
"Are you crying?" i said turning her around, she went to deny it but I had known this girl since the day she was born, she was crying. "I'm sorry," I told, "I didn't mean to upset you," I said pulling her in to my arms, "I was joking." I soothed her back.
"It's not that," She pulled back "There's just been so much going on lately." She sighed.
I pulled back and looked my sister in the eyes, properly this time, she was hurting or confused or something, and i doubted it was because of the dead Skunk under the hood. We work and travel together, day in day out, how could i have missed something?
"What's going on?"
"I. . . t. ." she looked me in the eyes and pulled back. "I don't want to talk about it," she walked past me back toward the car.
"Has some one hurt you?" I snapped, I knew the locker room could be pretty brutal.
"No," she said "you want a jacket?" she opened the trunk.
"No, don't just change the subject like that." I snapped walking to the back of the car.
"Trin. . , leave it." She snapped,
"No, tell me what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing is wrong with me." She snapped, her eyes shot past me, "hey look a bus."
She walked past me, I grabbed her arm out of the corner of my eye I noticed a 'WWE' logo and sighed of relief. Going straight back to the matter at hand.
"Tell me" she turned.
She let out a slight laugh, "I'm dating Dean, Okay!" she snapped.
I instantly dropped her arm. "Ambrose?"
Her eyes met mine just as the bus rolled up in front of the car it had a huge image of Dean Ambrose standing in front of Roman Reigns and his best friend Seth Rollins. I knew the answer; I think I actually heard my heart shatter. I had a bad, bad history with Dean, Amanda knew it.
The three members of 'The Shield' got off the bus, it only took Dean about six long strides to embrace my sister, she kissed his cheek and they walked back to the car hand in hand.