The bears all stared at the waitress with their mouths wide open. They had never experienced a singer who was just starting out put on a show the way she just did. It was almost incredible. The waitress smiled getting back to work.
"So, how do you boys like your eggs?" she asked.
Zeb snapped out of it and looked at the other bears. He looked at the waitress with a smile.
"Hot!" he answered.
"Like us!" Fred added.
The waitress smiled and turned away, going back to work. The bears laughed as they returned to reality, suddenly having more confidence about ourselves.
"I guess people so remember us", Tennessee said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Zeb gasped turning to the TV. "Bears are even on TV!"
Everyone turned to see what Zeb was talking about. They gasped to see the news was on. Apparently, the authorities believed Henry, Vivian, Fred and Roadie kidnapped Beary.
"You guys are kidnappers?" Zeb asked surprised.
"Of course not, Zeb!" Henry said.
Vivian looked at Beary with wide eyes.
"You're a runaway?" she asked.
She grabbed the table and started hyperventilating. The police thought she was a kidnapper. She only hoped they didn't know she was pregnant. If they got any word about this, she stood a chance to lose her baby.
"Guys", Beary said. "I think we have a problem."
He pointed toward the counter, making everyone look. The bears all gasped when they saw a couple of policemen come into the restaurant.
"Let's get out of here", Henry said as they tried to get out of the booth fast and without drawing as much attention to themselves as possible.
They grabbed Roadie and rushed back to the bus. The police didn't seem to notice them.
"Hey!" they heard.
Beary turned back to see the waitress. She held boxes of food for them, knowing they needed something. Beary ran back to the waitress with a smile and hugged her.
"Beary!" Henry called. "Come on, let's go!"
Vivian smiled and took the boxes of food and got onto the bus. Henry pulled Beary onto the bus and held on as Roadie pulled out of the parking lot. The bears looked behind them when they heard the sirens of the police car.
"Pull over! Pull over! Pull over immediately, or…uh…we'll make you pull over!"
"Shake these fellas", Henry said as Roadie drove as fast as possible.
"Shake them!" Beary repeated.
Roadie looked in the mirror at the cops as he stepped on the gas. Everyone yelled in surprise as he suddenly switched lanes, making the bus swerve. Zeb sat on the bench, holding onto his hat. Tennessee was in the booth, holding onto the table. Fred and Vivian sat in the bed in the back. Roadie continued speeding through the streets, swerving back and forth. Vivian yelled in a mix of fear and pain. The baby was really kicking, almost as if it were scared of what was happening.
"I'm scared!" Fred said, holding a pillow in his paws.
"All right, it's time to lose these guys", Roadie smiled.
"I need honey!" Zeb cried.
"How about a little thing I call hiding in the car wash?" Roadie said.
"How's that work?" Henry asked.
"We hide in the car wash."
"Oh."
Roadie pulled into the car wash fast enough to jump the curb, taking out a fire hydrant. Vivian took a deep breath and rubbed her belly, trying to get the baby to settle down. Last thing they needed was for her to go into labor then and there. Beary looked out the back window, amazed to see the police follow them into the car wash.
"Guys, they're right behind us", Beary said.
"Hit it, Roadie!" Henry said full of adrenaline.
"Henry…" Roadie said watching as the bus was washed for the first time in 10 years.
"Yeah?"
"We're in a car wash."
"Oh…"
"Well, how much sooner till we get out of this car wash?" Vivian asked.
"Probably about another minute."
She sighed and watched as Beary looked out the back window again.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Man, those cops are dumb!" he said pointing out the window.
Vivian looked, making her jaw drop. The policemen actually rolled down their windows and stuck their heads out in the middle of the car wash. Beary laughed as he watched the two men being tossed around their car, covered in soap and hot wax.
"Well, I suppose that takes care of that for a while", Henry said as he looked out the back.
Roadie smiled as he pulled out of the car wash at the normal speed. The bus looked great now that it had finally been washed, showing that the Country Bears were back in business.
"You still got it, Roadie!" Zeb laughed from all the excitement. "You too, Mr. Chicken."
"Well, where are we off to next?" Vivian asked, knowing they still needed to pick up Ted.
"Ted's outside of the city", Henry said. "So, we got quite a long drive ahead of us."