A/N-So in the last chapter my shipping brain went crazy. I was having trouble choosing ships so it said, "Ship all the ships!" and that's what happened. I also just realized that Denise Donovan was awkwardly left out of my story… Oops! I'm fixing that in this chapter.

Tearofaclown: Darren feels like Meredith went a bit far with the Lauren thing and is upset that she told Brian because he doesn't want everyone to find out. It was mostly just Darren over reacting though.

Here we gooooo!

Meredith made her way to the back of the bus. Darren accordingly sat in the passenger seat next to Julia. The girls ended up all sitting in the back and the boys in the middle of the bus. Lauren sat next to Meredith and Denise sat next to Jaime. Lauren turned to Meredith.

"Things seem a little tense between you and Darren, Is everything OK?"

"Its-Its fine." Meredith responded quietly.

"It doesn't look fine. It looks like you two are fighting."

"We're not."

"What's going on?"

"Its nothing." She shot Denise a glance that said "Save me!"

"I got some really cute nail polish the other day!" Denise said, quickly changing the subject.

"Oh, really?" Asked Jaime, all too happy to be off the Darren thing.

"Yeah, I got it from that place…"

"Hey, Brian!" Meredith yelled, "Check your phone!"

Meredith: dont tell any1 wat i told u in the morn dare is mad & i dont wanna make worse.

Brian: mkay do u wanna talk bout it? u seem pretty upset that ur fighting

Meredith: l8r the hotel

Brian: 3 u & know dare does to

Meredith: thanx bri ily

Julia glanced over at Darren, "What's wrong with you?" He asked.

"Huh?"

"That's the third time you've looked at me in the last five minutes. If you wanna say something, say it!"

"I'm just worried about you that's all."

"Yeah? Well you can stop worrying! I'm fine!"

"Okay. But, if you're ever not fine or if you need anything, you can always come to me."

They decided to stop over night in Ohio. After a small argument over hotels they settled on an economic yet nice hotel near the Denny's. The rooms went like this Meredith and Brian, Jaime and Denise, Julia and Lauren, Joey and Darren, the Langs, the Joes, and Jim and Brian. Once everyone was in their rooms, Meredith walked right up to Darren's room and knocked. Joey answered.

"Joey, Beat it!" She told him as she walked in. Joey ran out and went right into her room to chat with Brian.

"Darren, I'm really sorry. I took the whole thing too far. I never should have told Brian. I talked to him and he promises not to tell anyone. And—"

"You're forgiven."

"What? Just like that?"

"I over reacted and I was scared Brian would tell everyone. But, you two wouldn't tell anyone."

"Yeah, I sorta told Jaime. But, she won't tell anyone or I'll tell people about her 'crush'."

"Fine. Hug it out?"

They leaned in for a hug and Joey and Brian walked it.

"Whoa!" said Joey, "Either you're a really good apologizer or you two weren't fighting."

Brian looked at Meredith and mouthed You ok? She nodded and separated herself from Darren. Then she and Brian made their way back to their room and went to sleep.

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The next day when they got on the bus there was noticeably less tension. They had been driving along peacefully for about an hour when suddenly Lauren yelled from the back, "I gotta pee!" There was a loud groan.

"Already? Come on Lauren, we just left!" came Julia's reply.

"Awww… Leave her alone, Its not her fault she's got the bladder of a squirrel." Brian called out.

"OK we're getting off here so Lauren can pee." They stopped at a McDonald's. "Everybody out!"

Lauren made a beeline for the bathroom and everyone else got in line for food. They sat down and a few minutes later Lauren came back. She sat a few tables away from them and pulled out a laptop. Darren looked over at her. She was intently looking at something and ignoring everything else. He knew exactly what was going on. The whole gluten-free thing was hard for her and she couldn't really eat at places like this. Usually Julia made sure they stopped somewhere that wouldn't make her uncomfortable but for some reason she had chosen Mcdonalds. Darren walked over to her.

"Hey!" He slid into the booth next to her, "Whatcha doing?"

"Twitter."

Darren leaned in and whispered something in her ear. Her eyes sparkled.

"Lets do it!"

"OK we have to wait until they're not looking…" Darren always knew how to make her feel better.

The moment the Starkids looked away the two of them got up. They calmly walked across the restaurant and into the kiddie slides area. The duo climbed the stairs and began to play on the equipment, laughing and fooling around.

Meanwhile the rest of the Starkids had a situation of their own. Brian and Meredith had decided to start making out right in the middle of the restaurant.

"Come on guys! Stop! Or at least get back on the bus!" Joey complained.

An employee walked up to Julia, "I'm sorry but, we're going to have to ask you to collect your friends and leave. You're being disruptive."

"Oh, I'll just make them stop. Brian, Meredith please stop kissing or we're going to be kicked out." She responded.

"Those aren't the friends we were referring to." She gestured to Darren and Lauren who were currently hanging from the playset.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Darren Criss and Lauren Lopez get your butts over here right now!" she yelled from across the restaurant.

"Uh oh!" Darren said to Lauren, "Mama's angry."

"It was Darren's idea!" Lauren said the moment they reached Julia.

"Gee, thanks!" Darren replied sarcastically.

"I don't care whose idea it was! It was stupid and immature!" The two offenders cowered in fear. While they knew Julia wasn't really that mad she was pretty intimidating, "Get back on the bus!"

The Starkids ran back to the bus and got on board.

"Oh, Lauren." Darren said, "I almost forgot. I picked up some stuff for you at the grocery store before we left." He handed her the bag.

"Thanks." She gave him a hug and they sat down together in a row.

Julia looked back at them. "Absolutely not! Darren up here next to me, Lauren back of the bus! I won't have you two planning anything." The two looked at each other and smiled before doing as Julia said.

A/N-Hope you liked it! I had some major writers block last night so that's why its going up today. But it did go up! I may or may not post tomorrow I'm pretty busy on Saturdays.