After about half an hour, the guys had packed their bags, loaded the van, and were on the road.
"Oh, man, this is AWESOME!" Pauly exclaimed amidst the cheers of the other guys. He was sitting in the passenger seat next to Goth Boy, who was driving. "I love being on the road!"
"Yeah, you really feel like you're seeing America!" Travis said, sitting in the middle of the van with Mel and Chaz.
"Yeah, it'll probably feel like that even more once we're off our street," Pauly pointed out. He then spotted someone in the middle of the road and shouted, "Goth Boy, look out!"
The guys all screamed as Goth Boy swerved to avoid running over the person.
"SKATEBOARD ON THE SIDEWALK, ROB!" Goth Boy called out the window. He then laughed, threw up his hand, and yelled "ROCK AND ROLL!" to the cheers of the other guys.
"Word of warning: Road Goth Boy says 'rock and roll' a LOT!" Mel told Pauly.
"Hey, I can't say I blame him," Pauly responded. "Iron Titan is back on tour! ROCK AND ROLL!" Hearing this, Goth Boy shot him a look.
"Dude, that's mine…" he whined.
"Heh, sorry, man," Pauly said sheepishly.
"It's all good…" Goth Boy said dismissively. A short pause followed. "…ROCK AND ROLL!" The guys cheered again.
"Oh, man, we've had some GOOD-ass TIMES on the road," Mel said, thinking back to the tours the band had had before Pauly joined. "Opening for Bon Jovi, playing with Motley Crüe – hey, Buddy, remember touring with Van Helen?" Buddy, who was sitting alone in the backseat, chuckled at this.
"Wait, wait, wait, you mean Van Halen?" Pauly questioned.
"Nah, just this chick named Helen," Mel said. "She had a crush on Buddy and loved riding around in the van, hence the nickname!"
"The best," Buddy added, "was when we celebrated Goth Boy's birthday in the back of the van."
Flashback…
The guys were all in the van, surrounded by friends, roadies, and groupies. Mel was holding a small piñata on a stick, moving it aside every time Goth Boy, who was blindfolded, took a swing with the baseball bat he had in his hands. On the third swing, he hit Buddy with the bat, knocking him out.
Flash forward…
The guys laughed as they recalled the memory.
"It was so awesome!" Buddy said. "Goth Boy gave me a concussion! YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE, PAL! Seriously, you should've been there, 'cause I don't remember any of it…"
"Yeah, it was kind of a pain having to reteach Buddy the alphabet," Mel said. "But we made it fun by leaving out the letter 'S'!"
"No, you didn't!" Buddy insisted. "I'm not THAT 'tupid." He then quickly checked his watch that had started beeping. "OH! Turn on the radio! It's time for Doc and Oc Rock: The Shock Jocks!"
"Oh, boy, Road Buddy loves that show…" Goth Boy told Pauly, who turned on the radio.
"Hey, what's up, everybody? This is Doc and Oc Rock: The Shock Jocks!" Doc Rock said through the radio. (A/N: I picture Doc being voiced by Johnny Gargano. Because why not? XD) "And we will say ANYTHING to shock your face off! (chuckles) I hope everyone's having a bad mornin'."
"Oh, man! Those guys are out of control!" Buddy chuckled, clearly enjoying himself.
"So Doc and I go to the movies last night, right?" said Oc Rock. (A/N: I picture Oc being voiced by Tommaso Ciampa. They ARE tag team partners, after all.) "They tell us to turn our cell phones off."
"Here it comes," Buddy said eagerly.
"I TURN MINE UP! Haha! Shock your face off!"
"Oh, man!" Buddy yelled. "I wanna live like Doc and Oc Rock!" He then put his hands in the air and said, "Hey, check it out! I'm driving with no hands!"
"You're in the back seat," Pauly pointed out.
"SHOCK YOUR FACE OFF!" Buddy yelled, earning chuckles from the other guys as they let him have his fun.
"Hey, uh, can we pull over at the next rest stop?" Pauly asked Goth Boy, turning back around to face the road. "I gotta use the bathroom."
Goth Boy looked, quickly reached down, and handed Pauly a small container. "Pee can?" he asked.
"Oh, no thanks, I'm allergic to nuts," Pauly answered.
"Well, are you allergic to peeing in a can?"
"Oh, a pee can! Yeah, sure, I'll give it a shot." Just as Pauly put the can in position, the van hit a large bump in the road. "Second thought, I think I'm gonna hold it," Pauly said, handing the can to Goth Boy, who nodded, took the pee can, and continued driving.