What had I been thinking? There was no way that Disney World was ready for us. There was no way that Briana was going to make it past that fence.

No, wait… She was over the fence and running like mad for the busses.

"Don't go to the bus!" Alaina shouted. "They'll know what band you belong to then!"

Briana veered to the right, passed the busses, and leaped over not one, but two picnic tables. It was pretty incredible. She landed with a thump, losing a shoe in the process, and continued down the pathway to the hotel we were staying in.

"Is she with you?" one of the guards asked me.

"No," I said. "I don't know who that is."

Aiden and Alaina were cheering her on.

"Run faster!" they screamed.

That was when I saw, out of the corner of my eye, a golf cart pulling out of a shed.

We were going to be kicked out…

We weren't kicked out. The guards never found her and couldn't link her with the band because they didn't know her name.

"Do you realize how much trouble you're in?" I asked, giving Briana my coldest glare. She blinked and looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry," she muttered.

I knew that wasn't true, but I couldn't do anything about it. Abigail had sided with Briana and, to be frank, Abigail scares the hell out of me. So, I let Briana go with a warning.

"Okay, maybe dropping your pants like that wasn't appropriate," Trisha said. She had been the mysterious driver that had rescued Briana.

I looked at them both in horror and finally shook my head. "I should have known."

All Briana did was smile.

Epcot is my favorite place in Disney World. Pretty much, it's a bunch of countries circling a rather large lake, but I love it.

I must say that the worst experience I had during the visit to Epcot was trying to find a bathroom.

"What do you mean there isn't a bathroom here?" I asked.

"Well, Africa isn't a country," the woman behind the snack counter said, as if that was all the explanation I needed.

"I know that," I replied. "Africa is a continent. It should have a freaking four star restaurant!"

I got the feeling the clerk didn't agree with me, but Abigail was laughing her head off down by the water.

We visited each country, meeting up with various students now and again. "Where's Briana?" I asked. "I thought she wanted to spend the day with you."

Abigail shrugged. "She went with Alaina and the others. You know how kids are."

Briana is the reason I don't have kids. I could end up with something like… that. I didn't mention this to Abigail though. I simply nodded.

"So then, I said 'Why is there an America here? I mean, you go outside the gates and there's America!'" Briana paused to put a piece of… something in her mouth. "The lady was really rude and I don't think she appreciated my opinion," she continued. "She glared at me and then asked if I was going to buy a button or not."

"She was wearing a colonial dress," Aiden said.

Briana fixed a glare on him and all I could think was how much she looked like Abigail. What a scary thought.

I had been listening to the conversation only partially. Instead, my thoughts were on whether I wanted to get into the pool, which I did, and subject myself to the horrors of Briana in the water, or continue to sit on my chair and pretend that I was interested in the book I held in my hand.

The former won out and I climbed into the lukewarm water, almost sighing in bliss.

Briana cheered and swam towards me, so I tried vainly to escape.

I resurfaced, sputtering and choking on the water I had accidentally swallowed.

I could vaguely hear Aiden scolding Briana for dunking me under the water and smiled. At least someone in my band was on my side.

Briana called him a wuss and dunked him as well.

"Quit dunking my boyfriend!" Alaina shouted before doing a canon ball and swimming over to splash Briana.

My band is very mature, as you can tell.

"Alright," I announced to the busload of kids I was facing. Our parade was over, the fireworks were said and done. All that remained of the day was to go back to the hotel and get some sleep. "There's going to be a guest tomorrow at breakfast. Mickey Mouse will be there, wearing a special suit."

"He's going to wear a Speedo!" Trisha shouted. The kids around her started laughing and I tried my best not to smile. I didn't respond to the question, instead letting it hang in the air, ready and waiting to be answered the next morning.

"This isn't what I thought it would be," Alaina said. She was looking forlornly at her plate of eggs and sausage. Beside her sat myself and on her other side was Aiden. He was the healthy one in the group. He handed her an apple from his selection of fruits and bit into a pancake. No syrup, no sugar, I wondered how he could stand to eat it plain.

Mickey Mouse appeared from behind some curtains and all evil thoughts fled the minds of the students filling the tent. You could almost see the memories of years long gone flowing through their heads.

Personally, I didn't want to think back to my childhood. It was too far gone and I would have been sitting on that bench forever.

"Brings you back, doesn't it Mr. A.?"

I sighed. "Yeah," I said. No use fighting the inevitable.

I wasn't going to ride the teacups. I wasn't going to ride the teacups.

I looked around. Oh hell, why not? No one was near me. I climbed in, having to spread my legs to fit, and waited for the ride to start.

Twenty nauseating circles later found me sitting, once again on a bench, drinking a soda.

"I saw you on that ride."

I couldn't help it. I jumped. Soda spilled down my shirt and I really wanted to kill Briana.

She just sat down next to me, smiling. "I won't tell anyone you're a dork," she assured me.

I didn't know whether to thank her or not.

When it was time to go, I caught Briana smirking at me and Alaina giggling next to her. Aiden was looking at me with an odd expression on his face and Trisha was laughing hysterically. "Looooser," they all said at the same time. Briana gave me a thumbs up and then turned to watch the show that was being performed at the princesses' castle.

Oh, if I could only kill her right then…

The Animal Kingdom was something to be admired.

"The tree is fake!" Trisha cried. "What the Hell! I thought the tree was supposed to be real!"

This outburst caused many a parent to give her a withering look and direct their young children away from her.

Trisha didn't notice. Neither did her friends. They were still looking at the tree.

Their attention, short as it is, was drawn to the sound of a lion roaring.

"Alright!" Trisha yelled. "Lions!"

It was a good thing we had already decided our check in times.

The last memory I got to add to my ever growing collection was Briana and Trisha walking up to various Disney characters and asking them if they were hot in those suits. It caused quite a stir and I was thankful it was the last day we were going to be there.

The trip had been all too long, and yet, somehow, all too short.

My God, it was as if these kids never slept! No matter what time it was, there was always a group of them up, talking on the bus.

I had to go back and tell them to be quiet twice before they got the idea and settled down. I took count of each kid after every stop we made, pleased to find that not a single one had been left behind as of yet.

I decided long ago that teenagers were like wild animals. No matter how hard you try, you will never be able to control them. Right then, it seemed like I had been wrong. After all, the only one awake with me was Aiden.

I kicked his butt at some little two player game he had for his game boy and he looked almost hurt, so I let him win. I think he knew, but he accepted it anyway, smiling and laughing at me. "You suck," he whispered.

Well, that's the last time I do that.

The bus ride was uneventful. We had one misplaced child, surprisingly not Briana.

"Briana locked me in the stall!"

Well, that made me feel better. At least Briana had something to do with it. Things just weren't normal if she didn't.

"I did not!"

Also normal.

"You," I said, pointing to Tiffany. "Stop getting locked in bathrooms. And you," I pointed to Briana. "Stop locking people in bathrooms."

My job done, I ushered them back onto the bus.

"Home at last!" Briana shouted, jumping off the bus. "Thank God! I had to tape not one, but two shows! Every. Day. Of. The. Week." She smiled at Abigail. "I've got a lot of TV to watch this week, mom."

I gave Abigail a pat on the back and went to supervise the unloading of the bus.

Now that we were back, I had only one thing to look forward to.

Having the weekend off away from these kids.