A\N...HOLY MARY MOTHER OF SHNITZLES! :O TEN REVIEWS? IN ONE CHAPTER?
You guys make me so happy! :'D Thank you so much! All these reviews make me all happy and stuffly :D
So to Nta FANFIC 2, Haha, yeah actually, so do I xD Maybe I'll incorporate her family's names somewhere in the story! :) Dawn and Mike? Huh. I never thought about it :P And drugs...? Where did that come from? xD
And to CreepySheepy, Don't worry, sometimes I hate logging in as well x) I like Dawn and Scott as well, and THANK YOU! I hate Scott with a burning passion! Haha, and I'll take his pain into consideration :D
Also to 2CrzY4U, Hi and welcome! ^-^ Thank you, and haha, I'm a fan of Dott as well :)
And to randompandaattack, I also like Dawn and B so I'm torn :'( Also, no, Ann Maria is not the antagonist...it's more the situations they get in and how they all act towards each other because as the story goes on you'll see all sides of them :P
Continuing on to SomeDude, Haha, yeah x) Staci's ancestor's might as well have created the world! I'm definitely leaning towards B just because he's so sweet :) I like Dott, but I don't like Scott as a character so we'll just have to see! :D
Proceeding to malzi21, I know! I would be traumatized as well! :'( Yeah, you'll see the reasoning I have behind Ann Maria's love for Brick or so we think...Thank you! :D Yeah, I think Dawn and B are gonna happen, but we'll have to see x)
Also to Aradomperson, Nawws :3 Thank you! Yes, once again, you'll just have to see why for the whole Ann Maria and Brick situation. No, Cameron doesn't like Jo more than just a friend. He actually more admires her than anything, because she is kinda like someone he would like to be. I know, I love Dawn with either or them, so we'll just have to see...Haha, I've actually grown to like Lightning and Ann Maria so I think they might be something as well! x) Aww, once again, just thanks! And we'll just have to see about Dakota...
And to Princess Rosalinda, Thank you! And yes, you'll see why Ann Maria likes him. And dxon't worry, there will be plenty of time for Brick and Jo :)
Also to Smiles1998, Hi, and welcome! Okay, well that's good! ^.^ I'm neutral as well between Dawn and Scott and Dawn and B! And thank you so much!
Finally to SkullsandRoses, Aww, thank you! ^-^ Same, I love the new characters, so hopefully they will get more love than they receive right now! x) Haha, I love Brick and Jo as well, and I literally stopped watching because Brick left...
Okay, so there has been a debate between B and Dawn or Dawn and Scott. Now while I like both, there had to be a verdict...
Dawn and B! ^-^
Okay, now onto the story! :D
General POV
Sandusky, Ohio? Eh, I'd neva heard of the place, but Cameron said that's where they're headin', so we gotta go, right? Ann Maria thought as they got into the car. She sat in the passenger seat as Scott took the driver's side. Lightning sat behind Ann Maria, Staci was in the middle, and Cameron was squished against the side.
Ann Maria sighed, leaning her head against the passenger window as Scott began driving' his run-down, beat up pick-up truck.
"Lightning still says we use his new car!" Lightning complained from the backseat. Scott rolled his eyes and started driving them out of town.
"Pappy says this car can get you anywhere, so we're taking it," Scott snapped.
"Ugh, this thing smells moldy," Ann Maria complained, waving my hand in front of my nose, trying to wave away the stench. Scott scowled as she rolled down my window, letting in the cool air.
"It's better than your hairspray, sweetie," Scott hissed at her.
"You neva learn your lesson, do ya?" She questioned, pulling out said hairspray. Rather than spraying it in her so called, "glorious hair", she sprayed it all around the car to rid the smell of it. Scott coughed and hacked from the smell, and lost control for a moment, before easing the, back on the road. "Jeez, ya need to learn how ta drive," She criticized, not knowing she caused this minor fiasco.
"You know, my great great great great great Uncle Vixon invented the first road. Yeah, before that, people just walked in fields," Staci announced proudly. Ann Maria rolled my eyes.
"Yea, that's great," She yawned.
"Lightning wants to know what's so great about Brick that you have to go see him," Lightning growled suddenly from his seat behind Scott. Ann Maria immediately felt a pang of guilt in her chest but she brushed it off.
"You were da one who bullied me! Brick defended me from you! He's so sweet, and then there's you," She spat, the distaste clear on her tongue. Lightning looked offended for a minute before he turned angry again. Cameron sunk low in his seat and Ann Maria didn't blame him. She was about to go all Jersey on that jerk!
"Lightning never bullied you!" He protested, his face completely red.
"Yea you did, before I was hot!" Ann Maria screamed back, turning all the way around in her seat to face him head on.
"My great great great great Aunt Vodda invented hot, before then, everyone was cold all the time," Staci chirped.
"Your Aunt couldn't have made up temperature, Staci!" Ann Maria yelled at her. Staci yelped and shrunk in her seat and whimpered a bit. Scott rolled his eyes.
"You need to calm down. No wonder Lightning made fun of you," Scott muttered.
"Lightning never bullied her!"
"YES YOU DID!"
"DID NOT!"
"DID TOO! Why else would I like Brick? He saved me from you, you jerk!" Ann Maria growled. She whipped around back in her seat.
"Then why would you ask Lightning to take you in the first place? He's got better things to do!" Lightning raged, blowing up. The car fell silent as Ann Maria refused to fess up the real reason, and instead work on her already "beautiful" eyes for the rest of the trip.
Brick POV
"Ma'am, I insist I drive for this trip first," I stated to Jo. She rolled her eyes while everyone else was packing their belongings into the RV.
"No way, Brick for Brains, I'm driving first. I'm a faster driver so if I drive during the day, we can get there faster," Jo said, crossing her arms over her chest. I knew what that movement meant. Jo was serious about this and she was doing it whether the God himself said no to her. I sighed, knowing I wouldn't win this argument and stuck my hand out.
"Alright, fine, but I'm driving during the nighttime. At least then you'll be quiet," I joked. She grinned at her victory and grabbed my hand forcefully. We shook for less time than I wanted to, and we let our hands go.
Why did I like how Jo's hand felt in mine? It was natural, and it definitely didn't freak me out. It felt, nice, almost...
"Hey! Come on! With you day dreaming, we're never going to get there!" Jo barked, already in her driver's seat. I laughed and grabbed my bag and let myself into the RV.
"Oh please, Brick, take a seat, I must share a few announcements before we head off," Dawn greeted me, gesturing to the passenger seat. I glanced at Jo who only supplied me with a shrug and I sat down waiting for Dawn to speak.
"Hello everyone," Dawn said smiling, "First, B and I have so cleverly come up with the name of our RV, The 'JoricikeameyB'," Dawn said proudly.
"The Jo-what?" Zoey asked, thoroughly confused.
"We have combined all our names together!" Dawn exclaimed, giving B a high-five, "The 'Jo' from Jo, the 'Ric' from Brick, the 'Ike' from Mike, the 'Am' from Sam, the 'Ey' from Zoey, and the 'B' from B!"
"What about you Dawn?" Mike questioned.
"Oh...I'm not sure..." Dawn trailed. B tapped her shoulder and they looked at each other before Dawn melted into a smile. "Oh it's perfect! The 'JoricikeameyBawn!'" Dawn cried elatedly. Everyone eyed everyone else weirdly before we brushed it off and gave her a congratulatory applause.
"Alright, now that that's over, let's go!" Jo yelled, starting the engine. She pulled our of Sam's driveway and began heading us to Ohio.
Two Hours Later...
"So, do you think we're actually going to make it there in two days and come back in time for graduation?" I asked Jo quietly. She shrugged and eyed me for a second.
"Nah, but at least we're trying for the guy, right?"
"I guess, I just feel guilty giving him false hope,"
"Quit worrying about it! Damn, soldier! Sometimes I fear you're a woman!" Jo exclaimed. I chuckled a bit and shook my head at her statement.
"No ma'am! I'm the roughest and toughest there is!" I said, dropping my voice low and making it scratchy. Jo laughed.
"Yeah right, if you're such a "rough and tough" man, then I dare you not to send one letter to your grandma this whole trip!" I gulped hard, because I knew Jo wasn't kidding.
My grandma was my weakness. She was a sweet, ninety year old woman living in a nursing home in Alabama, from where I originated. I sent her a letter everyday, never failing once. I knew she liked to read them, she told me once, but sending her no letters would be pure torture.
"Jo you know I can't do that!" I whispered, horrified.
"Then I guess you're not as 'rough and tough' as you say you are," She smirked. I hung my head in the air, defeated.
"I guess not..." After a moment, or two, Jo looked at me again, thoughtfully.
"Hey, whose names are on those dog tags?" She questioned me.
"My closest friends," I answered. When she didn't reply back, I continued, "I like to keep them with my favorite thing in the world. After high school I'm enlisting in the army, so I decided, to incorporate both, I engraved my closest friends names on them,"
"Who's on there?" She asked, her eyes trained on the road. I picked up the first one farthest away on the left.
"This one is Sam's," I grabbed the middle one, "This one is Zoey's," I grabbed the second closest on the right, "This one is Mike's," I paused before continuing and grabbed the one furthest away on the right, "And this one is your's because...you're the closest to my heart," As I looked at Jo, I could have sworn I saw a deep red creep onto her face.
It just made her all the more beautiful. I had the sttrange urge to kiss her, but initial alarm stopped me, and I dismissed it away. This was Jo,my best friend! I couldn't think like that about her...yet, I did...
"You're such a girl," She mumbled. I smiled at her brightly, taking me away from my confusing thoughts.
"Thank you, ma'am!"
"It wasn't a compliment!" She yelled.
Jo POV
Ugh! Why did he have to make me so flustered! This was the exact reason why I tried to avoid trying to have guy friends, because you get feelings for them, and then that happened!
After simple conversation with Brick, the sun disappeared completely and I stopped the RV on the side of the road so he could get in for me.
As he got in, everyone told us not to move.
"Let's just talk for a little while," Zoey suggested. Everyone jumped towards the idea, except for me.
"We have to keep moving if we wanna get there on time," I said. Sam looked at all of us.
"Guys...we all know we're not going to make it there and I know you're just doing it to make me feel better. You two need to rest, anyways, it's just nice to travel around a little bit with my friends," Sam said, his voice wavering and thickly coated in sadness. I hated that pure feeling of guilt I got as we all hung our heads because Sam knew, so I did something completely taking me by surprise.
"Then we'll miss graduation," I declared. They all averted their heads towards me in total and complete astonishment.
"What?" They all cried in unison.
"You heard me. Sam, we're gonna take you to Cedar Point and you're going to have the time of your life, because we're all friends, and that's what we do for other friends," They all debated this before Dawn put her fist in the air.
"Yay! Team 'JoricikeameyBawn' prevails!" She and B shared a smile before Zoey piped up.
"That's right...I've always done everything for my parents, but now I'm doing it for my friends!" Mike grinned.
"If Zoey stays, I stay,"
I won't go into detail on how gross their warm, 'I'm going to stare into your eyes for ten minutes and smile' routine was.
B gave us a thumbs up. We all turned to Brick and he froze. It wasn't like Brick to come up short for his friends, but he was completely silent.
"Brick?" I asked after continuous silence.
"I-I will do it! But...after this, I'm going off to the army and I may not see you all for a while...so I will make this really fun for all of us!" Brick declared. We all must have gawked at him before he moved sit down.
Brick and I sat down on a table in the corner while B and Dawn sat in a booth across the other side. Mike and Zoey took the bottom bunk of a bunk bed and Sam sat in a lawn chair he found folded up towards the back.
We left his issue alone for a while and sat in a comfortable silence.
"So what are we all gonna do after we graduate?" Zoey inquired, looking completely terrified. The RV fell silent for once, but Mike broke the silence.
"I wanna be a doctor..." He admitted sadly, not wanting to look into our eyes, "But I know I can't because of my MPD,"
"There's gotta be tons of doctors who have disorders like that," Sam said, encouragingly.
"But what if I turn into Chester during an operation? He can't do anything...or Svetlana? She'd tear up the whole operating room! And Vito...ugh...don't even get me started on him..."
"Well...have you ever thought about being a comedian?" Brick asked. Mike cocked his head at the question.
"A comedian?"
"Yeah!" Zoey exclaimed excitedly, "You don't even have to tell them about your MPD, you'd be hilarious!"
"But...I don't wanna get laughed at for my different personalities,"
"So don't tell anyone! Just prompt yourself! Don't you remember when Cameron did that science experiment on you? Take off your shirt to be Vito, put on a Fedora to be Manitoba Smith, get aggravated to be Chester, and have someone announce Svetlana's arrival and you have your act!" Zoey squealed. Though, reluctant, Mike smiled.
"Okay...I'll think about it!"
"Well, what about you Zoey?" Dawn asked.
"Well...I was thinking about maybe being a school teacher of some sort, like a little kid's teacher! I love kids so much and they're bound to like me!" Zoey gushed to us. I rolled my eyes while everyone else was seemingly impressed.
"Lame," I yawned. Though she usually would have been hurt, Zoey just smiled.
"What about you then, Jo?" Zoey questioned me.
Usually, I'd come back with a quick, snappy remark, but this time I couldn't find one. All I could think about was wanting to have Brick with me after graduation, but if he was going to the army...then what was I to do? I mean, Brick was my best friend, he meant almost everything to me.
And dammit, yes, I knew I liked him a shit-ton more than just brotherly-sisterly love, but he didn't, and then he'd get married and I'd have to suffer through all that...but I guess I was willing to do that just to stay by his side.
DAMMIT!
I was turning into Zoey...the epitome of girldom...
I had to snap out of it!
"Uh...just stuff..." I said.
"What kind of stuff?" Mike asked.
"Just stuff stuff!" I insisted, feeling flustered and embarrassed. They couldn't know I liked Brick...they just couldn't.
"Oh I get it..." Dawn said very softly. I whipped my head towards her and narrowed my eyes.
"If you say anything I swear to God I will find every animal in this entire nation and crush it," I growled, venom literally dripping off of my voice.
"Though that is physically impossible, I understand your threat," Dawn squeaked. B put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"What about you, Sam?" Brick asked, not wanting to exclude him.
"I was planning to marry Dakota...but now, I think I'll just become a famous video-game software designer," Sam said with the faintest hint of sadness stuck in his throat.
"B is going become a mechanic," Dawn smiled. B smiled back.
"Of anything specific?" I questioned. B shook his head.
"And I am going to start my own peace-making group and make a difference in the world!" Dawn proclaimed.
"What's it going to be called?" Zoey demanded good-naturedly.
"I'm not sure yet, but once I find my group, I'm sure I will come up with a great name! Maybe you can still help me, B?" B nodded and smiled.
"I wouldn't want to be their kids," I remarked, "Their kid's names would be terrible," Laughs erupted throughout the room until Dawn looked about us and said:
"I don't know, we've already picked out our children's names and they seem pretty normal..." We all almost choked right then and there on our own saliva.
"What?" We all cried incredulously. Dawn shrugged, and brushed it off as no big deal.
"You two are together?" Mike asked.
"Not officially," Dawn answered.
"But-but...if you already chose out your kid's names then..." Zoey trailed.
"Since tenth grade I have been perfectly aware of B's feelings for me, and it wasn't until eleventh grade that I realized I reciprocated them. Anyways, we're pretty new to the idea as well," Dawn explained, sharing a smile with B.
"But...I'm your best friend...I guess I'm just a little hurt that you didn't tell me..." Zoey said, the hurt clear in her voice.
"Oh yes, I was aware of that fact, so that's why I didn't tell you. But more than that, you and Mike will be the God Parents of our first child and I didn't want to spoil that,"
"Oh really?" Zoey cried.
"Yes,"
"This is so great! I've never been so happy to be a future God Mother! Oh thank you, Dawn!" Zoey exclaimed, tears actually coming to her eyes. "What's their name going to be?"
"Well, for a son, B wanted to honor him after his father who died in a mining accident, so we're naming him Starlight James Jones, the James part after his father. And for a girl, we're naming her after my mother, so it would be Rosaisha Dusk Jones, the Dusk part, after my mother," Dawn explained happily.
"Damn," I muttered.
The mood lightened after that and soon we all decided it was a night. Sam climbed into the top bunk while Dawn and Zoey shared the bottom one. B and Mike took the booth, both on either side, so that left Brick and I.
Brick got ready to go into the passenger seat when I stopped him.
"No, soldier, you waited all day, you can drive tomorrow," I said. I scooched past him and took his place in the passenger's seat, trying to get as much warmth as the RV would give us.
"Thanks, Jo," I could almost hear the smile in his voice.
"Whatever," Before my eyes closed all the way, I felt something come over top of my body.
"Don't worry, it's a blanket, to keep you warm. You just wouldn't be Jo if you were sick," Brick said softly. I heard him climb into the driver's seat.
I tried to calm down my erratic heart-beat. I could feel the damn blush on my cheeks and I hated it. I didn't want these stupid feelings, I didn't want his nice smile, and I just didn't want him to leave me.
But most of all, I didn't want his damn words haunting me all night...
"You're the closest to my heart,"
A\N Hi there! ^-^ Also, Dawn and B are not a couple yet, they are just fully aware of their feelings for one another xD Weird, huh?
I would have updated yesterday, but my internet wasn't working :'(
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