I awoke to hushed whispers outside the tent.
"Are they STILL asleep in there?"
"I don't know. Shut up, they might still be."
I looked up to see if Jason was awake, and I was greeted with his beautiful smile.
"If they don't wake up soon, I'm waking them up. We have to get back on the road in an hour at the latest." Shane said.
"Shane, put away the air horn." Nate ordered.
Jordie grabbed it from him before he could do any damage to our ears.
"I'll get them," Hayley said. She walked over to our tent, but was interrupted before she could knock or say anything.
"We'll be out in ten minutes!" Jason whined, which made me giggle. He rolled over so that he was on top of me, his arms supporting his weight, and leaned down and kissed me."Hello, beautiful, how's it going?" He asked, with a goofy smile on his face.
"I'm good. What about you?" I giggled at the reference to one of his older songs.
"I would have been better if those goofs out there hadn't been making so much noise this morning. But, I got to watch you sleep and that was enough to make it all better." He leaned down and kissed me again, but when he went to pull away, I threw my arms around his neck to prevent him from going very far. We were enjoying our selves immensely, until...
"JASON AND TRISHA! STOP MAKING OUT AND GET YOUR BUTTS OUT OF THAT TENT NOW!"
"Yes, Mother!" I yelled back, and then pulled Jason back down.
"I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL COME IN THERE WITH A CAMERA IF YOU DON'T COME OUT!"
"Alright, fine, you win!"
Jason and I had admitted defeat. He got up then pulled me to my feet. "You, at least, better get out there to prove we meant it. I'll clean out the tent." But just as Jason got the words out of his mouth, our tent collapsed on top of us.
"SHANE!"
Once we were finally back on the road, and only 15 minutes behind schedule I might add, Jason and I were up front, Nate and Hayley were in the middle, with Shane and Jordie in the back. I turned on the radio and flipped through the channels, though nothing seemed to appeal to anyone. Well, save for one song, but that only appealed to Jordie and her addiction to Josh Groban. Finally, I groaned and turned the volume down. "Does anyone have an iPod with semi-decent music on it that we can plug in?" Just as the words left my mouth, Jordie took her iTouch out of her pocket and tossed it to me.
"Put it on shuffle, everything's good on it," she said with a smile, and then turned her attention to Shane.
I plugged it in, turned it on and put it on shuffle. Immediately, the song 'California' by Phantom Planet started playing.
"AAAHH! Turn it up! This is the perfect song!" Jordie screamed before she started singing along.
We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for number one
California here we come
Right back where we started from
"Come on, this can be like our the theme song for our trip!" Jordie whined, trying to get us to join in. Shane sighed and started singing along.
Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Here we come!
"Come on, guys! It's fun!" Shane added. We all joined in on the next line and by the end of the song, we were all belting it out.
On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinking of you more
Gotta get us to the show
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Here we come!
We ended up laughing our heads off at the end of the song. "Oh my god, that was so fun!" I exclaimed.
Jordie smiled and laid her head on Shane's shoulder. "I told you so."