AN: OK so ive struggled and lost a great deal of battles with a hell of a llot of my stories. but i put on some happy music and set off again. this time. im going to make some minor changes just so it will flow better. re read if you want.
CHAPTER TWO: We get Pulled Over
"O.K. Sango, Kagome go get some junk food and we'll fill up the truck." Miroku called as we both nearly fell out of the car and booked it into the convenient store.
"Food!" I screeched throwing open the doors and sprinting to one of the many walls of overly salted snack foods.
"Cheesies!" Sango cried out running for the snack food. ever since I've known Sango she's always had the worst soft spot for cheesies.
"Slushies!" I took an extra large cup out of the dispenser and peaked over the shelves of junk food, trying to find the cheesie lover in question.
"Do you want a slushie?" I asked shaking a cup. Sango peaked over the shelves as well and nodded, already struggling with her many bags of snack foods.
"Do you think Miroku and Inuyasha want one?" She shrugged, disappearing below the shelves once again.
"You're allot of help." I rolled my eyes and took three more cups.
"Hmmm... Cherry, lime, Blueberry, or Raspberry..." I tapped my foot. What to choose...
"All of 'em!" I yelled throwing a cup under each spout. As I stood waiting for the clear cups to fill with the artificially colored liquid I started to think, it's amazing what you can come up with while watching cups fill with slushie.
This was our last summer together, excuse me for the pants moment but I'm being serious. As of September we're all off to University and College. But aside from all the freedoms I can't help but feel sad.
Inuyasha is off to college to learn a skilled trade, Sango's coming to Queens with me and Miroku is going to law school. I know, we tried to talk him out of it in first year but surprisingly he's stuck with it.
It was our goal, no our duty, to bug the hell out of each other this entire road trip, hence the little bet in the beginning. We made a promise not to massacre the others in their sleep, jump from the rear end of a moving vehicle, get drunk at least once even though we're under aged, and finally best for last trash a hotel room.
"We obviously shouldn't be trusted with sugar." Sango said coming up behind me. I turned around only to see her lugging a mountain load of bagged snack foods.
"Obviously." I laughed taking the slushies over to the counter.
"Will that be cash or credit?" the teen behind the counter asked. Taking one look at all the stuff loaded onto the counter.
"Credit." Sango and I said in unison. Neither of us had enough cash to pay for all this. Well not on us at least. We weren't that stupid.
He started to ring everything up, of course Sango wanted to be prepared so she bought at least two of everything.
"How many bags of cheesies did you buy?"
"Allot"
"How many is allot."
"Five or six... give or take." She shrugged.
"Fine with me. As long as you share."
"Duh." We took the bags and thanked him for putting up with our antics and taking up ten minutes of his life that he'll never get back. We sauntered over to the truck to find Miroku and Inuyasha sitting in the front with the window open talking.
"Did you forget it on purpose?" I strained to hear Miroku say.
"Duh dipwod. That way we'll have to share." Inuyasha replied
"Oi. You. Back seat. Now. It's my turn in the front." I yelled through the window to make sure Miroku heard me. He nearly jumped a foot in the air.
"Geez Kagome, indoor voice!" Inuyasha yelled covering his overly sensitive ears. Sango shoved all the food into the back and sat down while I passed every one a slushie than climbed into the passenger seat. Miroku attempted to get to the back from the front.
"Miroku you'd better get you ass outta my face!" Inuyasha yelled starting up the car and flooring it so Miroku would land in the back where he belonged successfully spilling the vibrant green liquid all over the seat
"Inuyasha! There's a difference between getting a move on and speeding!" I yelled clutching the bar above my head as Inuyasha refused to slow down. Sango nearly choked on the cheesies she was eating and Miroku let out a wail as he collided with the window in the back of the truck doing a face plant in the sticky liquid all over the seat.
"Ya well you wanna get to New Jersey before sundown don't you?" Inuyasha asked taking his eyes off the road. I gave out a yelp as he narrowly missed a truck.
"I wanna live to get to New Jersey thank you!" Sango interrupted as we heard sirens from a distance.
"How fast are you going!?" I yelled quickly as Inuyasha took a look in the rear view.
"I don't care how fast he's going! Pull over would you!" Miroku screamed sitting up straight and buckling the seat belt he was supposed to be wearing. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and took a sip from the slushie I gave him
"You guys are no fun" He mumbled pulling the truck over to the shoulder. The police car pulled up behind us and turned the siren off. My heart pounded. Dammit Inuyasha you can be such an idiot.
"Let me do all the talking" He whispered as he rolled down the window. I shook my head. We're going to jail and I know it. The officer, a middle aged balding man with a beer gut and sausage fingers leaned on the car.
We all probably looked mentally retarded. You would think so too with Sango eating four bags of cheesies and drinking something that looked like a margarita in the back, Miroku scared out of his wits clutching another clear glass filled with something that looked alcoholic, me in the passenger side with coffee all over my shirt and Inuyasha in the drivers seat with his Elvis sunglasses and black bandana tied around his head looking like he was from some rock band. Or maybe someone who just escaped a mental institute.
"How fast were you going?" The officer asked in a monotone nasally voice. Inuyasha shrugged.
"Hundred I guess" He said confidently.
"No that's the speed limit. You were going one twenty." Isn't this guy supposed to be patrolling for burglars or something?
"Oops." Smooth Inuyasha smooth. You don't say oops to a police officer. You say I am extremely sorry for causing all this trouble and I won't do it again.
"I'm going to need your license and administration as well as some insurance." I could tell he's done this before. Inuyasha undid his seat belt and fished around in his back pocket for his wallet, knocking over one of the only intact slushie onto my lap. I gave him a glare.
"Insurance is in the glove compartment Kags can you get it" He said not even bothering to look at me. I stopped fuming at him. I could tell he was freaking out. This wasn't the first time he's been pulled over. Last summer we went camping and took turns driving over three days. When it was Inuyasha's turn to drive we got pulled over at least twice.
He says the cops are prejudiced against him because he's a hanyou. I say he's a bad driver.
I handed Inuyasha all the forms and what not out of the compartment, he in turn handed them to the cop. The officer went back to his patrol car to process the ticket.
"I told you to slow down" I whispered sternly dabbing at my jeans with a napkin Miroku handed me.
"Would you just shut up!? I know I should have listened O.K.?" He nearly yelled back, not taking his eyes from the passing cars which had slowed substantially, people were sticking their heads out of the windows trying to get a better look.
"Well you don't have to bite my head off. I mean come on, I was only trying to help."
"Ya well. I don't want your help right now. What I want is this cop to give me my license back so we can get out of here before people start to set up bleachers."
"Why don't I drive O.K.? How about that?" I said my voice growing in volume.
"Ya. I agree." Miroku said quietly. Sango stayed silent. She was smart and didn't want to get in our argument.
"Ya well remember Kagome. You lost the bet. You're my slave for the day, you have to listen to me and I say you can't drive."
"Oh ya. Than Sango drives. End of discussion." I folded my arms over my chest. The officer couldn't have picked a better time to come back.
"Here's your license and ticket as well as your insurance Mr. Take neshi" I could tell Inuyasha was fuming. First a ticket and now the officer pronounced his name wrong. I pat Inuyasha on the shoulder. I could feel him shaking.
"Arigato." I said sweetly watching the officer leave.
"Damn idiot." I mumbled getting out of the car and trading spots with Miroku as Inuyasha swapped spots with Sango.
"Holy! No! He fined me one hundred and fifty dollars! Damn my rents aren't gonna like this" Inuyasha covered his face with one hand and shoved the ticket into his back pack. He had taken off the sunglasses, removed the bandana and now sat slumped in the back seat. I pulled my legs up onto the seat, kicked off my shoes and sat cross legged, trying to avoid the McDonalds wrappers and many suitcases, my butt sticking to the cheap interior because of Miroku's slushie.
"Speaking of rents I forgot to call my mom when we stopped at the gas station. Damn, she's gonna be worried." I shook my head in disbelief and covered it with my hands as Sango started to drive once again.
"As soon as we pass the border you can call your mom from a pay phone." Miroku reassured.
"Hi mom. We're in New Jersey now." I said into the pay phone trying to fight off Inuyasha with one hand. Sango and Miroku stood against the truck.
"You pervert!" There was a loud slap sound and my mother sighed.
"Good to know Sango and Miroku are O.K. So how has the trip gone so far? I hope nothing bad happened."
"We got pulled over, I spilled coffee all over my favorite shirt, than Inuyasha spilled blue slushie all over my jeans."
"Sounds like fun."
"Mom I have to go before Sango kills Miroku I'll phone you when we get to the next state" I clicked the phone onto the receiver and started for the car.
"We should sleep in the car to save money since Inuyasha got a ticket." Sango deadpanned when Inuyasha and I arrived back at the car. The sun was nearly below the horizon and we were in the middle of a gas station just across the border from New York. The welcome to New Jersey sign wasn't far from view.
"Shot gun!" Miroku yelled jumping into the car.
"I'll stay in the back I guess" I said as I got into the car.
"Me too" Miroku shot Inuyasha a look as he said this.
"We can park in a motel lot and stay in the car." Miroku said.
"Sounds like you've done this before" Inuyasha mumbled.
"I saw a sign for a motel a couple miles from here. Just follow the road Sango."
We found an empty room and parked in front. Sango and I changed in a public washroom meant for the pool while Miroku and Inuyasha kept watch for staff and guests since the area was closed for the night. We hopped the fence and broke the lock, let's hope it's not under surveillance.
"Your turn guys. We're gonna head back to the truck." I said pulling a black sweat shirt over my head and slipping my flip flops back on.
"Isn't that mine?" Inuyasha said pointing to the hoodie I was wearing.
"Your bag was open and someone forgot to pack my sweat shirts." I breezed past them.
"Now where'd he put my sleeping bag…? I could have sworn I saw him pack it." I rummaged through the back seat with the help of Sango because she found the flash light in the glove compartment.
"You think he forgot it?" She asked from behind me.
"Yes."
"No I mean do you think he forgot it on purpose? You know he's had a crush on you since second year right?"
"You're kidding right?" I said getting up too quickly and banging my head on the roof. I didn't know that little piece of information and we've known each other since first year of highschool.
Inuyasha forgetting my sleeping bag meant I might have to share with him and that could get awkward because well, I kind of like him. Just a little.
"Who's kidding?" I could hear Miroku say from outside the car. We had opened all four doors to the pick up and threw everything that wasn't meant to be there in the trash. We were left with six bags, four pillows, three bags of cheesies, two bottles of water, three wallets because Miroku forgot his, at least eight more bags of junk food and a cell phone that was way over its minutes.
"Nobody. Inuyasha where's my sleeping bag?" I asked getting out of the car.
"I don't know. You didn't tell me to pack it."
"It was on my bed stupid which meant you were supposed to pack it."
"I didn't know that."
"You did so know it! It meant I was waiting on you all day for nothing!I had to pay for your coffee and your food! is there a blanket or something somewhere in here?" I asked my voice growing in volume as I motioned sarcastically to the pick up.
"I dunno" He waved me off as he got into the car. I followed.
"It's your car stupid. You should know."
"Well if you're that mad you can share my sleeping bag." he yelled back facing me as he dug through his bag and shoved it at me.
"Fine I will!" I yelled back. He placed it along the seats horizontally and got in first. I took my pillow and got in after him. I could hear Miroku burst out laughing as he reclined his seat and closed the doors on his side.
"Shut up pervert!" I yelled. Sango let out a bit of a giggle and closed the doors on her side. Everything was quiet, Inuyasha and I lay back to back. This was going to be a long night and I knew it.
AN: OK so that was the second chapter. did you guys like it??
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