Chapter 8:

*No One's POV*

A few hours later, Max and Goofy are still in the car, away from Bigfoot.

"Is he gone yet?" Max asked bored.

Bigfoot performs a puppet show with socks that he found to them. The show didn't go so well and into a fight before he appears laughing at the results.

"Nope, still here," Goofy answers bored as well.

Some noises are heard from Bigfoot when Max's stomach growls out of hunger.

"Gee, Max," Goofy tells to Max. "Was that Bigfoot or your stomach?"

"Man, I'm starving!" Max says, confirming his hunger.

All of a sudden, a can of alphabet soup lands on the hood of the car in front of them.

"Alphabet soup coming up!" Goofy chuckles, making them smile, but then gets serious and careful.

Goofy rolls down his window to get to the can, but Bigfoot hears that and turns to them with a mouth filled with toothpaste.

"Uh, duh, dad?" Max asked, getting nervous.

Bigfoot runs over to the car when Goofy gets the can, but couldn't go through the crack of the window.

"Dad!" Max panics. "Stop playing around! He's coming!"

Max helps his hand to turn the can to pull it in. Bigfoot than crashes into the side of the car and he is send backwards into the stuff and equipment of the campsite.

The creature lands onto the ground with a pair of headphones lands on his head. It begins to play "Staying Alive". He was startled at first and stands up, but than enjoys it.

Back in the car, Goofy takes out the cigarette lighter from of the dashboard.

"Well, it's nice to know this thing's good for something," he comments with a smile while placing the can on top of the lighter to cook it.

The father and son sits there in silence while Bigfoot is outside enjoying the music the background. At some point, they see each other looking at one another, but quickly looks away.

Goofy remembers something to make him smile and chuckle, catching Max's attention.

"What's so funny?" Max asked, confused.

" "Hi Dad" Soup," Goofy answers smiling, pointing to the can of soup.

"Huh?"

"Don't tell me you don't remember "Hi Dad" Soup," he says with his hands on his hips.

Silence from Max.

"Oh, come on! Sure you do! You used to spell things out using the letters, like, uh, "Hi Dad" or "Maxie" or-"

" "Ambidextrous"?" Max guesses with a smile.

"Yea, that's," Goofy releases it and smirks to his son, "nah. Little words like…."

" "Hasta la vista"?" Max smiles more.

"Like "Bye Bye"."

"Or "I pledge allegiance"."

"...or "I love you"..."

That made them feel sad. They do love each other very much, but as Max grows older, their father/son bond begins to cease because of differences in generations.

"Is it soup yet?" Max breaks the silence, remembering about the soup.

"Oh, I almost forgot," Goofy says, taking it.

He bites down to make two holes on the lid of the can.

"Whoa!" Max's impressed. "Where'd you learn to do that?" he asked, taking a cup.

"Your granddad taught me that when we went to Yosemite," Goofy answers, pouring the soup in the cup.

"You two did a lot together, huh?"

"Yep."

Goofy becomes sad, thinking about his father.

"Max, you and I have to/Dad, listen I have a," they both speak at the same time.

They grew silent, both aren't sure what to do now.

"How's the soup?" Goofy asked his son, finally speaking.

Max drinks it and leaves a soup mustache on his upper lips while smiling, "not bad." He clears his throat a little.

Goofy sees this and grins a little, thinking of his son as a little boy.

"What?" Max asked, seeing the grin.

"Nothing," Goofy answers with a smile.

Than Bigfoot climbs onto the top of the car making it rock back and forth before settling down to sleep.

"Welp, might as well get some shut eye," Goofy speaks up. "I don't think we're going anywhere tonight."

Max watches his father to get comfortable while wiping the soup of his lip. Than he notices something at the bottom of the cup which he gives to Goofy to see something that brings tears to his eyes. "Hi Dad" is spelled out at the bottom of the cup. Goofy chokes up a little and looks over to Max settling down to sleep.

"Hi, Maxie," he whispers.

*Viki's POV*
I keep on tossing and turning on the passenger seat of our car, couldn't sleep. This whole day have been a very emotional day. Aunt Vivi and I honestly thought the shared plans we have with Mr. Goof and Max will help with him to notice me, but it's obvious. He wants Roxanne Someone is ten times more beautiful than I am.
Yes, I know I am young and have my whole life to look forward to, but it sucks going through these emotions.
"Can't sleep?" Aunt Vivi asked from the driver's seat.
"Yea," I sighed, sludging down a little. "Max likes someone else."
"Awe," she understood. "Would it make you feel better if I told you I had feelings for Mr. Goof when we were younger?" she admitted something I wasn't aware of.
"You liked Mr. Goof like how I like Max?" I asked shocked.
"Yes, I met Mr. Goof in my freshman year of highschool," Aunt Vivi begins. "He was being his goofy self. It made me laugh, the first time in years. A friendship blossomed. Over the years, my feelings grew. Junior prom came and I wanted so badly for him to ask me out. As it grew closer, Mr. Goof never did. So I've decided to ask him out, but when I did, he was asking someone else to prom."
Memories of the event came back to her. Her head is bowed in sadness, letting her matching hair fall around her. A couple of tears run down to her hand as it cover her eyes.
Seeing my aunt like this makes me sad. She's not like this normally, but she has her moments.
I wrap my arms around her as i lean towards her. Aunt Vivi hugs back, shaking a little from crying.
"Was she Max's mother?" I asked her softly after a little while.
"I believe so," Aunt Vivi answers softly. "They were in their Senior year so I haven't seen them for a long time. I've met Mr. Pete in college and became best friends ever since."

Then I remembered the rest. Aunt Vivi received a job outside of town which she spend a long time trying to get me out of a situation with her brother and sister in law, aka my parents. We moved back and into Mr. Pete's neighborhood where she reunites with Mr. Goof It took awhile, but she got over it which explains why Aunt Vivi was acting weird during the first six months we have moved in.

"Let's see how things go during the week and a half and we'll decide on our future relationship with them," I speak the words that I didn't except to say.

Sure we have a good friendship with them, but we do have feelings for them and their happiness matters. Even when it it's not with us.

"I'm glad that you are all I have now," Aunt Vivi says, still holding onto me.

"Me too," I smiled softly.

Ou hold actually feels so comfortable that we fell asleep like this.

*Max's POV*

I can not sleep due to the snoring of my father and Bigfoot. So I adjust myself to figure out something to do while trying to sleep. Looking over to see the other car, Viki and Ms. Vivi are holding each other and sleeping peacefully.

A smile curls up on my face when I see that. What I admire about Viki is that she has a good relationship with her aunt like a mother/daughter relationship more so than an aunt/niece relationship. Than I frown, thinking of something.

Viki has been with me through thick and thin ever since she moved into the neighborhood and all I did was look at someone else. I always did like Viki and never really had a crush on her. She truly did like me a lot. Oh gosh, I feel like an idiot for hurting her.

I sighed and sludge down in my seat. A postcard from Lester's catches my attention. So I took a pen and begin to write on the back side where you write a letter on.

"Dear Roxanne," I begin to write. "Couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd drop you a line. Dad and I are having a great time. We're only days away from L.A. and I can hardly wait for the big concert."

Sadness cover over me when I saw what I wrote. I look over to Viki before turning to my father.

"More Hi Dad Soup, please," he says in his sleep with a smile.

A half smile curls up on my face when I heard that.

The truth needs to be told so my hand begins to re write it.

"Dear Roxanne, Sorry I lied, but I'm not really going to the Powerline concert. To be told, those were Viki's plans. Viki is a girl that I liked who is one of my best friends. You may never want to see me again…." My writing stops when I realized what I wrote. "Oh, man! I'm dead no matter what I do!" I said and hit the dashboard with my foot.

The glove compartment opens and the map unfold into my lap, surprising me. I look at the route to Lake Destiny and than look over to L.A. A pencil rolls out of the compartment and points to L.A. Not sure of what to do, my hand picks up the pencil and erases the route to Lake Destiny and draw a new one to L.A. It's as if it has a mind of its own. Before it hits to L.A., the tip breaks off!

My dad yawns, making me panicks more. I pick up the tip in cold sweat and finish the route before putting the map back into the glove compartment. Dad sees me sit back nervously through his half asleep eyes.

"How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?" he asked me sleepily.

"Uh, three and a half?" I guessed nervously.

He gives me a sleep before falling back to sleep.

I sigh in relief. The postcard stares back to me and I rip it into pieces. I open the window to let the wind to take of the pieces. Without my knowledge, the "I lied" piece caught itself in a branch. Hopefully some sleep will help me figure out which girl I like the most.