A Room for Three, a Little Dinner, and an Unwanted Sugar High




~Okay, so here you are with those friends of yours that love to make your life a living hell, stuck on the side of the road facing traffic and lost. At least you have that cell phone your mother gave you to keep in touch with her. You've called for directions and jot them down on a napkin that was shoved in the unused glove box and off you go. You're now the driver. Sure, you might not be able to enjoy the scenery like you had hoped to, but now you know you won't be dieing before it's your time. Now a song starts to play on the radio that catchs your attention, only for you to find it sung by that one voice that irritates you to the core. A perfect song for a road trip, perfect in every way, even the voice has lost that edge that it had. Was it possible that the freedom you had just so recently received was starting to set in. Oh well. Just when you think that you day is turning out to be fine, you reach your destination to find that it has already been taken. Well, after a half an hour search, you find a cozy little hotel just outside of the town you had hoped to rest in. Getting yourself comfortable for the night ahead those so-called friends of you choose this time to want dinner at a restaurant, not at the hotel diner. Oh, well. Here you go!~

"I drive!" Ayame said as she made a grab for the keys.

"Iie, I do," said Sango.

"IIE!" Both Ayame and I screamed, fearing for our lives. I wasn't prepared to get into another car driven by Sango anytime in the near future- nor in the distant.

"I am not going with you behind the wheel," Ayame added grabbing the keys and sliding into the drivers seat, and starting the car all in one motion. I once again hopped in the back as Sango took her spot in the passenger seat and then took control of the radio.

I had to turn my attention elsewhere as the lead singer began. He had a great voice and nothing seemed wrong when he sung it, but an unwanted memory always lingered just under the surface. What was it that made me edgy when I heard that voice was still a mystery. I tried to place it but couldn't and finally gave up to listen to the playing song. Demonic was being played, of course, but now it was continuous because of their upcoming concert tomorrow.

"What was it you said
Did you really mean it
That what we had
Means nothing to ya
When did you change so
How'd you do it
Without me noticing
Why didn't I see it
A shattered jewel
Cannot be restored
Without another
To pick up the pieces-"

The fact that it was the only depressing song that they had and that it was played at such a bright time in my life didn't help me get over the fact of not liking the group. Why play "A Shattered Jewel" instead of something like "Kazaana"-a kick ass song, sung primarily by the group's drummer, about absolutely nothing- "She's Mine"- a nice song sung by both guitarists(one being the lead singer and another guy(A/N: Think of the song "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica. I love that song ^-^)) or even "A Feudal Fairytale"- a great story sung by all three of the band's members. Anything but this depressing song sung in the voice that struck a wrong nerve in me.

We pulled up to a diner almost half an hour later and, believe me, half an hour of hearing 'him' did not please me in the least, so I was a bit edgy. I was a little too eager to get out of the car and sprung my ankle in the process causing me to fall on my face, into the ground.

"Daijoubu, Kagome-chan?" Sango asked worriedly, helping me to my feet.

"I'm FINE!" I said, a little harsher than I had meant to.

The diner was just an ordinary gaijin restaurant. I got a salad while the others bought hamburgers, fries and a soda. Call me weird, but I also ordered a desert big enough for two after I had finished that salad of mine. I think I might have been a tad too protective of it. I growled at Sango when she looked at it and literally barked at Ayame when she reached for a bite. They both, after seeing that there was no way to get mine without causing a big scene, ordered something for themselves.

As I finished my Sunday, their desserts arrived. Sango ate a slice of apple pie and Ayame got a banana split. Waiting with absolutely no patience I turned my attention to the song playing over the speakers and immediately regretted it as my mood darkened.

"-I can't believe
That all of this time
We were together
Meant nothing to ya
How can you look me
Directly in my eyes
And say that those feelings
Were just fabrications-lies
A shattered jewel
Cannot be restored
Without another
To pick up the pieces
Where can you find love
In someone you haven't met
Is it possible that you've gone and done
Something like that
A jewel once shattered
Cannot break anymore
Is it possible to replace
What you were to me-"

That song was getting on my last nerve just as much as the duo in front of me was. Here they are, in a gaijin restaurant, taking their sweet time, and talking with their mouths stuffed to bursting, ignoring me and my darkening aura. Damn that song! That was the last straw.

I picked up the bill the waitress had brought and went to pay it as the other two quickened their eating. They weren't ignoring me now that I was the one paying. Man, I felt like I was being used, again. I usually paid for things like this.

"Oh well," I sighed. I paid the bill and turned around to see the others walking out of the door.

"Isogi Kagome-chan!" Sango called over her shoulder. "You take too long."

I followed, my aura growing even darker. An innocent bystander gave a small 'eep' and jumped behind a car as I walked past. I was angry, yes, but not that angry and seeing that reaction made me even angrier. Don't ask why, I don't know.

However, on the way back to the hotel my mood lightened considerably, and an uncontrollable urge to giggle surfaced. Before I knew it I was being dragged up to the hotel seeing spots and grabbing onto anything that was within arms length. I couldn't breath! My giggling reached the point of outright laughter. I know I scared a good many people being dragged to my room. One boy was even crying, which made me laugh even harder. To think my laughing was scary enough to make someone cry was too much.

Somehow or another they got me to the room and had to tie me to the bed in fear of me destroying the room. I found myself wishing I had not had so much to drink, though. They wouldn't let me up!

Five minutes passed and I found myself jumping from bed, to bed, to couch, to floor, and around again with Sango and Ayame following behind. On my ninth time around, the hotel phone rang and I stopped, but Sango and Ayame kept going.

Only seconds later, I found myself rolling around on the floor, clutching my stomach as I struggled to breath. It was just too funny! We had actually broken the bed! Sango was the first to realize that the phone was still ringing. She took a deep breath and picked up the reciever.

"Moshi, moshi! Yes, ma'am... Gomen... Yes, ma'am... Good bye," She said before putting the phone back down. She turned back to us with a solemn face that broke into laughter at the sight of us.

"That..(gasp) was the..(giggle*gasp*) front desk... We're being too..(cough*gasp*)noisy!" She said and burst into another fit of laughter.

That night turned out to be okay for the most part. Besides breaking the bed, nothing else was damaged, except for my wallet, which had seemed to develop a huge whole in the bottom as it sat in my purse. That sugar high was the best of my life, but it cost more than I had wanted to pay for. The other two WERE GOING to pay for this... Or not.

I don't know when it was that I finally fell asleep, but I managed it.... With the help of a few sleeping pills and the pleasure of tying the others down to the broken bed. Oh, yes, I was just beginning to get my revenge for the whole begging thing. They weren't going anywhere unless they BEGGED! Revenge is SOOO sweat ^-^