It had been six hours since we left that little town in Arizona. Squee and I hadn't really spoken much, I was too busy thinking about Abbs. I couldn't shake the feeling that leaving her back there was the biggest mistake of my life. Something about her, she was just so easy to talk to, and those eyes, I couldn't forget her eyes. I didn't notice it before, but now that I look back, there was something about those eyes. They scared me, they made me feel like if she wanted to, she could kill me, but there was also something else in them, innocence, a child-like curiosity, a playful feeling. They say the eyes are windows to the soul, the only problem was, I didn't know what I had seen, but I wanted to get a better look. No matter what.

"Lets stop here. We both really need to get out of this car." It was eight and Squee was right, my legs ached from being long out of use.

"Yeah thats probably for the best. We should think about camping out here for the night, it's still a while 'till the next town."

We pulled into the rest stop. It was on the side of a lake in the woods. There was an obviously underused boat ramp, and a really dingy looking bathroom.

We stepped out of the car. Well Squee stepped out of the car, I fell out, both my legs were asleep. After about five minutes of walking around, stretching, and other such things, we wandered over to the bathroom. Even though from the outside the building looked like it was fit to hold at least four people, from the inside it looked like the last four people that had used it had been blown up. We opened the door and the smell was horrible beyond words. Just thinking back to it makes me queasy. We both retreated to a safe distance to catch our breath.

"Rock, paper, scissors to see who has to run in and grab the toilet paper?" This was a basic arrangement between us. Some flipped coins, some drew straws, we played rock paper scissors.

"1, 2, 3, SHOOT!" We chanted in unison, both producing a rock.

"1, 2, 3, SHOOT!" Scissors.

"1, 2, 3, SHOOT!" I threw a scissors again expecting him to throw paper, alas he threw rock.

"You're up buddy."

"Squee, if you shut the door, or try anything else, I will break your knees with a tire iron and leave you out here." I know it sounds harsh, but you weren't there, you don't know the smell.

"Fair enough."

I sprinted into the bathroom trying to get in and out as fast as possible. I tried not to look at anything, but my curiosity took over, I had to look. The corners of the room were covered in a blue furry something. Now I'm not talking about 'I left the toast out too long blue' I mean sky blue. About a foot above the floor the color changed towards a greenish color. It was bad, really bad. I couldn't make it on my first trip, so I headed back out side for a new breath of air.

"Did you get the toilet paper?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

with a new breath I dashed into the outhouse of doom. I opened the first stall but found it impossible to enter, same with the second, but in the third stall there was room enough that I could leap over a giant mushroom that seemed to feed off of the green stuff. I snatched two rolls of paper and made a hurried exit. As I closed the door I thought I heard the mushroom bark at me, but that my have been my imagination.

I handed one roll to Squee.

"What happened in there?"

"That's a story for another day." He didn't ask any more questions.

We both made our way into the woods a little bit away from each other. It was dookie time, privacy is a necessity. I found a log suitable for my needs and sat down. My back was pointed slightly to the car but directly at Squee. I dropped trow and waited for things to happen. A twig snaped behind me. I turned around quickly, taking as threatening a pose as was possible. I didn't look very threatening. When I turned I didn't see any one ( or any thing, to be totally honest I half expected the mushroom to be there.) With no one behind me I continued on with my business.

A little while later I wiped and pulled my pants up. Me and Squee emerged from the woods at the same time. We turned to head to the car when we both heard footsteps coming from behind us. We turned around just in time to get clotheslined by a gray something that flew threw the air.

"Hello guys! Did you miss me!?" Excitement was apparent on her face.

"Abbs?" she had landed on me, Squee was laying a few feet off to the side.

She had me pinned down. She was straddling my lap and held my wrists above my head.

"Well did you miss me?" She was like a child asking her grand father if he had a present for her.

"How did you get here?"

"Did you miss me." This time when she asked the question she didn't say it jokingly, she said it completely serious. I think she really needed to know that she was missed. I looked her straight in the eye and said, "More than either of us can imagine."

"How did you get here!?" Squee had asked this time.

"I hid in the back of your car." She stated as if it were obvious.

"How did you get in the car? We said bye to you, walked out of you house, and left."

"When I was writing your note to my parents I was actually writing my note to my parents. Then when you left, I ran out my back door and around my house, I got to your car before you did and got hidden just as you opened the front door of my house." She seemed really proud of what she had done.

"That's pretty impressive." I stated in admiration.

"Thank you." I've never seen a smile so cute. It made my heart melt. She leaned down and gave me a kiss on the forehead. "Your sweet." I instantly turned a bright red. It was embarrassing, but things could have been worse. A girl I can't stop thinking about was straddling me with my arms held over my head and she kissed my forehead. Something WAY more embarrassing could have happened.

"Umm... can you get off me now?"

"I don't know... Your so adorable when you blush, and it's fun watching you squirm."

"Please."

"Ohh... but your so comfy." She lowered herself a little lower onto me. I just looked at her with begging eyes. "Oh, alright. But, you got to let me back on top of you some other time." I honestly couldn't tell if she was serious or not. I decided not to answer.

She got off of me and we all returned to the wagon. All we had for dinner was some water and a bag of bagels. We ate in silence. Every so often me and Abbs would glance up at each other and smile.

'Why do I like her so much? I like her. What's that supposed to mean? She makes your life interesting. She definitely has done that. It seems to me like you trying to think of reasons to not like her. Maybe I am, but why would I do that? Your over analyzing things. Just let things happen. Maybe. Thanks Steevy.'

We went to sleep that night under the stars. We spread a blanket out in the parking lot and just stared at the stars in silence until one by one we drifted into slumber.

I awoke the next morning to find her asleep. She was using my shoulder as a pillow. I looked at her sleeping face and I knew why I had missed her so much.

A/N Yay I brought her back. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. Please review, or the mushroom will eat your soul. I'm not 100 sure, but your soul's got to be important for something. Right?