As promised, the timeline. Note: Anything past 1987 are stories that are in progress and have not been posted yet. Story titles are in bold, timeline info is in regular, and Short Story titles are in bold italics. Dates are also in italics. So, here is the timeline.
1985: Saturday detention on March 24. Breakfast Club is formed. John, Claire, Andrew are 17. Brian, Allison are 16.
1986: John, Claire, Andrew graduate. Andrew and Allison get engaged. John moves in with Claire.
1987: Brian, Allison graduate. Summer Roadtrip starts.
1988: John opens a garage with Andrew. (The Criminal and the Sporto's Garage). Both couples married a year. Brian is at law school.
1989: Nicole Anne Bender born. (May 25-The Newest Member of the Breakfast Club). John faces his parents- Facing the Past.
1990: Robert Andrew Clarke born. (June 28- The Son of the Breakfast Club). Brian meets Evelyn Raskins. (Five Years Waiting). Vernon showdown- Five Years Down the Road.
1991: Brian marries Evelyn. (Summer Wedding). Sandra Ellen Johnson born. (December 18- The Breakfast Club's Christmas Baby).
2006: Nicole turns 17. Robert turns 16. Sandra turns 15. (All in highschool: Junior, Sophmore, and Freshman respectively). All get Saturday detention on March 24. Meet Dylan Ross(18-Senior) and Steven James(17-Junior). Become Breakfast Club: Second Generation.
And now, to Chapter 7!
Two hours later, Bender pulled into a rest stop. He glanced at the four other occupants, who were sleeping, again. Sighing, he pulled out of the rest stop.
"No use stopping if they're all asleep." he muttered as he turned the radio on. He hummed softly to the song that was playing. He took another glance at the sleeping four and smiled briefly.
Andrew woke to the radio playing. He opened his eyes and sat up, being careful not to disturb Allson. Bender's eyes snapped to the rear view mirror as he stopped singing.
"Afternoon, Sporto. And how was your nap?" he asked.
"Fine, Bender. Look, I wanted to apologize for razzing you about proposing to Claire." the former wrestler said. Bender glanced at Claire and then back to Andrew.
"You want to quiet down, Sporto? She's a light sleeper, you know." he replied.
"Have it your way, Bender. I just want you to know that I think you two deserve each other."
"Is that supposed to mean something, Amdrew?"
"If that's the way you want to interpret it, John, then sure!"
"Seriously, you two? I thought we were over the whole bickearring thing." Allison grumbled, "Besides, you two keep yelling, you're going to wake Claire up."
Andrew looked at her.
"I was trying to apologize to this asshole and he shut me down!" he told her.
"You wanna go at it, Sporto? Cause I'll pull over and we'll go." Bender said.
"Go ahead, asshole. I could take you. I did last time, remembers?"
"For crying out loud! Fine! Pull the car over and go at it. While you two are busy knocking each other down, I think thlove rest of us will hop a bus to Chicago!" Allison said. Claire raised her head, blinking sleepily.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Your boyfriend is being an asshole." Andrew said.
"That's it." Bender said, pulling the car over, "Let's go, Sporto!" They both got out of the car, the other three, Brian now awake as well, following.
"Will you two cut it out? You're acting like children!" Claire exclaimed. She threw her hands up in the air as the two 19 year olds rushed each other. She walked to the back of the truck and pulled out her suitcase.
"If you want to continue, I will walk the rest of the way to Chicago. And seeing as this suitcase has your clothes too, you'll be stuck with no clothes, John!" she said. When they showed no signs of stopping, or even listening, she started walking down the highway. Allison and Brian followed her.
"Idiots! The pair of them! What were they even fighting about anyway?" she asked the two beside her. Brian shrugged.
"I was sleeping." he said.
"Andy was apologizing for something and you know how John is about apologies. Andy thought he shut him down, so they started bickering." Allison said. Claire rolled her eyes.
"Idiots. Why'd we even fall in love with those two?" she said.
"Because we know that no matter how stupid they are, they're the best thing for us." Allison replied.
"Hey, do you two know how long it will take to walk to Chicago? More than 6 hours, that's for sure. Why didn't we just leave them stranded and taken the truck?" Brian asked.
"Don't worry, Brian. Soon, John and Andrew will stop fighting long enough to realize we're gone and they'll come get us. Until then, we walk."
"All I was trying to do was apologize!"
"Yeah, and your would have woken up Claire. And, surprise, Sporto, an eengagement proposal is supposed to be a fucking secret!"
"Yeah, well-wait."
"What now, Sporto?"
"Doesn't it seem a bit quiet to you? A little too quiet?" Andrew asked. Bender looked behind him, toward the truck, taking in the empty seats.
"Fuck. Get into the fucking truck, Sporto." he said, running the the drivers seat. He took off down the highway, eyes scanning the side of the road.
"There! Up there!" Andrew exclaimed, pointing down the road. Bender pulled over and got out, stalking towards the group.
What the actual fucking hell, Queenie?" he shouted. Claire whirled around.
"Excuse me? What are you talking about? The fact that you decided to fight with one of your best friends over your stupid fucking ego and I decided to continue the road trip that you wanted?" she replied.
"Oh, good grief." Allison mumbled, ignored by the arguing coulple. Brian nodded in commiseration.
"You walked off on the side of a fucking highway. With two of the most least scariest fucking people, on a highway, in the middle of fucking nowhere! That's what I'm fucking talking about! You could have been killed, or worse, Cherry, and I am not going to to take that lightly. Now get into the fucking truck so we can get to Chicago before somebody ends up dead."
"I don't have to listen to you! You aren't my father, John."
"OK. Enough. I did not decide to go on this trip just to listen to a bunch of fighting. So, let's all get back into the fucking truck and just get to Chicago, alright?" Brian shouted, throwing his bag back into the truck bed. Everybody turned to stare at him.
"What? I'm sick of the fighting." he told them. Bender turned back to Claire.
"This conversation is not over." he told h as he got back into the truck. She glared at him.
"You bet your ass it isn't." she growled, getting in on the opposite side. Allison huffed and elbowed Andrew as he got in after Brian. He looked at her, confused.
"This is all your doing. If you hadn't riled him up... How's he supposed to you-know-what now?" she whispered, low enough Claire, who was glaring out the window, couldn't hear.
Chapter seven. There it is. Next chapter they're in Chicago, Claire and Bender have another fight, where he says something incredibly stupid, and Claire and Allison get some girl time.
