"Hurry it up, Joel!" David yelled impatiently, standing outside of the bus. Joel came walking out of the building slowly, just to aggravate his brother. "Just get on the stupid bus…" David sighed, stepping on after his brother and shoving him from behind.

"Hey, what's the big idea!?" Joel asked as David pushed him.

"If you'd move your ass, there wouldn't be one!" David said coldly, shoving Joel down next to Hannuh in the front seat.

"Mind if I sit here?" Joel asked with a cheesy smile as David moved past him towards the back of the bus.

"Sure thing." Hannuh smiled warmly and moved her stuff to the ground. Joel stood up and threw his bag into the overhead compartment of the charter bus, returning with a black single subject notebook in his hand.

"Hey, Hannuh, I'm stuck on this one part of a song. I can't get the stupid thing to rhyme. Think you can help me out?"

"Of course!" Hannuh leaned over enthusiastically as Joel opened up his notebook to where the song was and started showing her his problem.

"Is everyone here?" A middle-aged woman who was standing next to the bus driver called over the loudspeaker. She had a huge fake smile, her dress resembling that of a flight attendant, only pink in color, and even more taken care of.

"Roll call!" David yelled as he stood from his seat on the back of the bus. Everyone groaned as he fumbled around in his pocket for a piece of paper. "It's not going to kill you guys, so let's get it over with," he unfolded the piece of paper which had everyone's names on it.

"Alan!"

"Here!" The boy called, raising his hand to make sure David saw him. He sat next to Jun, the two younger kids having become good friends over the past month.

"Ally!"

"Ninja's here!" Ally giggled. David sighed, then smiled and continued on.

"Amanda!"

"Cool Arrow!" she turned and smiled at David after she spoke.

"You ass…" David threw a glare at her before continuing on. "Anora!"

"Presents!" she called. Ryan chuckled next to her.

"Ben!"

"You know I'm here." Ben mumbled, sitting in front of David, next to John.

"I know Cait's here." David smiled down at her after he said it. Caitlin smiled back before David went on. "Shrimp!"

"Uranhhhh!" Cassie moaned as she glared back at him. David chuckled to himself before continuing on.

"Charles!"

"Right here!" the boy yelled from his seat near the front. He sat next to Pat who smiled at him as he kneeled on the back of his seat to get David's attention.

"Clarence!"

"Over here!" Clarence answered from her seat. She sat alone in the seat across from Pat so she could talk to her.

"Craig!"

"Here!" Craig yelled back, not moving from his spot, turning his headphones back on after hearing his name.

"Haley!"

"Here!" she called back, looking over her seat towards the back of the bus.

"Hannuh!"

"Huh? Oh, here!" Hannuh muttered, breaking her eyes away from Joel's notebook as they worked on finishing up the song.

"Jennifer!"

"David, you do know what happens when you use my full name, right?" she said, standing up into the isle. She put up a fist and David smiled nervously, throwing his hands out in front of himself.

"Hey, now, just messing around with you, Jen!" David chuckled nervously, trying to defend himself.

"Well, anyways, Chase is here too. The bum fell asleep again." she said, smacking him on the back of the head.

"Huh? What did I do?" he mumbled sleepily, rubbing his eyes.

"Oh nothing, just you fell asleep and left me with no one to talk to…" she complained, sitting back down.

"Huh? Well, why didn't you wake me up then?" Chase said, blinking.

"What do you think I just did to you, bonehead?" Jen sighed and smacked him across the back of the head again. Frustrated, she put her head in her hand. David chuckled at the two and then went on with the roll call.

"Julio!"

"Right here!" Joel yelled back. He turned back to his notebook almost immediately, him and Hannuh close to a breakthrough on the lyrics.

"John!"

"Not so loud," John laughed as he rubbed his ear.

"Sorry," David chuckled. "Jolee!"

"Over here!" she waved to get David's attention. She sat next to Cassie, both barely taking up half a seat.

Must be roomy… David thought to himself. "Jun!"

"Here!" the young Pilipino called from his seat next to Alan.

"Kari!"

"Meow," Kari said, drawing a laugh from Karina who sat next to her.

"Karina!"

"What?!" she yelled, looking forward.

"Lanna!"

"How much longer this gonna take? I'm bored! Let's get moving!" she replied, arms crossed.

"Chill Lanna, almost done," David said smiling. "Meg!"

"Here," she said, looking forward stoically. Amanda gave her a light push, and Meg smiled warmly.

"Mike!"

"Here," Mike said tentatively, looking up from his Nintendo DS. He and Zach had already started up a game of Tetris, waiting for David to finish.

"Mindy!"

"Right here, bro." Mindy said. She used the term to show how close the two were as friends. They'd started calling one another brother and sister since after they had gotten to know one another. Joel even jokingly referred to Mindy as his sister at times.

"Nick!"

"Whatdya' want?" he yelled, turning his head upside down over the top of his headrest to look at David from his seat next to Ally.

"Li'l Pat!"

"Over here, David!" Pat said from her spot next to Charles.

"Ryan!"

"More Presents!" he chuckled, him and Anora trying to keep from bursting out into laughter.

"Stephanie!"

"Right here, David!" she said, turning around and smiling at him.

"And last but not least, Zach!"

"Yeah…" Zach managed to say, caught up in his game. Mike had already won twice.

"Alright, that's everyone," David sighed, folding up his piece of paper and stuffing it into his back pocket. "We're ready to head out!"

"Wonderful!" the woman with the fake smile said. She turned to the bus driver and patted him on the shoulder. He pulled a lever to close the door, and pressed a button to raise the buss off the ground. Shifting into drive, the bus driver pressed the pedal down gently, the vehicle taking off at a crawl, everyone getting comfortable in their seats.

The bus came to a stop again at the exit of the hotel parking lot. The driver signaled right, the clicking of the turn signal barely audible over the chatter of the thirty passengers. The bus driver smiled as he reached below his seat, flipping a switch and coming up with a gas mask. He put the mask on, and the woman with the fake smile followed suit. The man smiled as the chatter died down and eventually stopped.

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