Inspired by the DVD collection, I decided to try a fanfiction, mixing up a bit of the couples and showing the freaks on the road. If anyone likes it, I'll do more. If not, enjoy it!
Till The Morning Comes
"Hey, I love the Dead as much as everyone, but I'm not doing it," Lindsay insisted.
"Oh come on," Kim pleaded, trying desperately to keep from laughing,"Everyone around here has done it at least once. It won't kill you."
"No, Kim. There are certain things I will not do. I have some ethics you know."
"You are blowing this way out of proportion, my friend."
"This is serious," Lindsay insisted,"Some things have to keep in place."
"It's a shirt."
"It's a tye dye shirt."
"It's clean. The next laundromat is two towns away, at least."
"Kim", Lindsay,"A woman has to draw the line sometime."
"Suit yourself, Lindsay, but I've got to warn you," Kim admonished," you reek of patchouli.
Lindsay looked up at her friend simultaneously horrified and about to burst into laughter.
CUE THE THEME SONG
"Jesus, Andy," Kim called out from the back of the van,"where the hell are we anyway?"
"Couple of miles outside of Taos. We'll make great time for the show tonight."
She took a look around but all she could see were long stretches of pulsating sand and cacti trees, popping here and there along the side of the highway, seemingly greeting drivers as their cars whirled by. It was very early in the morning and she had barely slept. For three days now, she'd been trying to tell Lindsay something she wasn't going to be thrilled to learn.
"Linds?"
Kim looked down to see Lindsay still fast asleep, curled. Well, she was a coward. She wasn't going to tell Lindsay what she had done so the hell with it. Let it be a surprise that she'd reveal while her friend lay sleeping.
"I know you're asleep and can't hear me, but I had to get this out. There's nothing I can say to thank you for bringing me along this summer. Who would have thought it - you and me on the road for almost two months now. These have been the happiest days, Linds, with the best memories. Okay, that was the easy part. Here comes the hard. I heard you the other night when you were playing Truth or Dare with Andy and those guys from Fresno. I heard, well that stuff. About Nick."
A week ago, Andy met up with some fellow Deadheads - jewelry makers of some kind - who were nice enough to share some barbecue with them. Dessert was served up courtesy of Jack Daniels and the group became very drunk. Lindsay didn't have half what the others had drunk, but she was still very tipsy. The girls sat next to each other as the game started up. When Lindsay's turn came up, Kim was half asleep on the ground and was barely able to make out snippets of the conversation.
"Of all the guys you know, which one would you pick to be with you right now."
Lindsay had drunkenly laughed and answered,"That's easy. Nick. Nick would love to be out here, drinking the night away looking at the stars. It'd be like LaserDome again. God I wish he had made a move that night or-"
"Damn, sounds like you really like him," one of the guys had said.
"Yeah, but it's too late," she snorted, trying to make like it was no big deal. Kim wasn't fooled.
"We were together for a little bit, but he just really freaked out when we boyfriend and girlfriend. It was like, too much for him, you know."
"Some guys get like that," the other guy replied.
"But I don't get it! We broke up, right? We're friends, right and that should be it. But then I see him dancing with my parents. I see him show up at the academic decathalon-"
"Whoa, the what?"
"Don't ask. I just really wish another chance, a better chance. Or something."
"Well, we can't give you that but how 'bout another Jack and Coke."
Kim opened her eyes and saw the sad resignation on Lindsay's face as she reached for the drink. "Yeah. That'll do."
"So I really hope you'll forgive me, Lindsay. And I really hope this works out."
Kim leaned closer to Andy and whispered,"Remember, it's on Rancho Drive near the bus stop. It's called The Desert Stop...or Desert Diner."
"Yeah, I got it," he replied. Their other friend - Andy's girlfriend Samm, was asleep on the passenger side. "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah," Kim agreed, "Me too."
"Lindsay! Wake up."
"What, what. I'm up," she said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes,"We're there already?"
"Andy was driving."
"God, I'm glad I was asleep then."
"Come on, let's get breakfast."
"Since when are you flush?" Lindsay questioned.
"I am just full of surprises. But get up already. I'm starving!"
"Alright, let me just grab my jacket."
As the two girls walked out Andy turned to Sam and laughed,"You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yep," Samm replied, nodding her head,"Things are gonna get very interesting."
Lindsay and Kim were both faced with the unexpected as they walked into the Desert Stop Cafe
"Nick?"
"Daniel?"
"Kim? What the hell?" Daniel said angrily
"Hey, Lindsay," Nick said shyly.
"Nick, what the hell?" Kim said, punching him in the arm,"You brought Daniel?"
"He didn't 'bring' me," Daniel interjected,"Nick borrowed gas money from me to get here. A lot of gas money. I'm just protecting my investment."
Lindsay glared at Kim,"You! You told him where we were. How could you?"
"Lindsay, calm down-"
"Well, who else did you tell? Did you call Mr. Rosso? Is the mathlete posse waiting in an alley too?"
"No way. I only called Nick and you see. He didn't even tell Daniel where he was going or who he was meeting. If I told anyone else, wouldn't there be somebody else here?"
All four stood in the entryway in the most uncomfortable silence imaginable.
"Well, we might as well eat?" Kim finally said
"Eat?" Lindsay said disgustedly.
"We're in a restaurant," Nick added,"stranger things have happened.
Daniel just shrugged his shoulders glancing at Kim and staring at Lindsay. Slowly, they made their way over to a booth, sat down and picked up their menus.
Till The Morning Comes
"Hey, I love the Dead as much as everyone, but I'm not doing it," Lindsay insisted.
"Oh come on," Kim pleaded, trying desperately to keep from laughing,"Everyone around here has done it at least once. It won't kill you."
"No, Kim. There are certain things I will not do. I have some ethics you know."
"You are blowing this way out of proportion, my friend."
"This is serious," Lindsay insisted,"Some things have to keep in place."
"It's a shirt."
"It's a tye dye shirt."
"It's clean. The next laundromat is two towns away, at least."
"Kim", Lindsay,"A woman has to draw the line sometime."
"Suit yourself, Lindsay, but I've got to warn you," Kim admonished," you reek of patchouli.
Lindsay looked up at her friend simultaneously horrified and about to burst into laughter.
CUE THE THEME SONG
"Jesus, Andy," Kim called out from the back of the van,"where the hell are we anyway?"
"Couple of miles outside of Taos. We'll make great time for the show tonight."
She took a look around but all she could see were long stretches of pulsating sand and cacti trees, popping here and there along the side of the highway, seemingly greeting drivers as their cars whirled by. It was very early in the morning and she had barely slept. For three days now, she'd been trying to tell Lindsay something she wasn't going to be thrilled to learn.
"Linds?"
Kim looked down to see Lindsay still fast asleep, curled. Well, she was a coward. She wasn't going to tell Lindsay what she had done so the hell with it. Let it be a surprise that she'd reveal while her friend lay sleeping.
"I know you're asleep and can't hear me, but I had to get this out. There's nothing I can say to thank you for bringing me along this summer. Who would have thought it - you and me on the road for almost two months now. These have been the happiest days, Linds, with the best memories. Okay, that was the easy part. Here comes the hard. I heard you the other night when you were playing Truth or Dare with Andy and those guys from Fresno. I heard, well that stuff. About Nick."
A week ago, Andy met up with some fellow Deadheads - jewelry makers of some kind - who were nice enough to share some barbecue with them. Dessert was served up courtesy of Jack Daniels and the group became very drunk. Lindsay didn't have half what the others had drunk, but she was still very tipsy. The girls sat next to each other as the game started up. When Lindsay's turn came up, Kim was half asleep on the ground and was barely able to make out snippets of the conversation.
"Of all the guys you know, which one would you pick to be with you right now."
Lindsay had drunkenly laughed and answered,"That's easy. Nick. Nick would love to be out here, drinking the night away looking at the stars. It'd be like LaserDome again. God I wish he had made a move that night or-"
"Damn, sounds like you really like him," one of the guys had said.
"Yeah, but it's too late," she snorted, trying to make like it was no big deal. Kim wasn't fooled.
"We were together for a little bit, but he just really freaked out when we boyfriend and girlfriend. It was like, too much for him, you know."
"Some guys get like that," the other guy replied.
"But I don't get it! We broke up, right? We're friends, right and that should be it. But then I see him dancing with my parents. I see him show up at the academic decathalon-"
"Whoa, the what?"
"Don't ask. I just really wish another chance, a better chance. Or something."
"Well, we can't give you that but how 'bout another Jack and Coke."
Kim opened her eyes and saw the sad resignation on Lindsay's face as she reached for the drink. "Yeah. That'll do."
"So I really hope you'll forgive me, Lindsay. And I really hope this works out."
Kim leaned closer to Andy and whispered,"Remember, it's on Rancho Drive near the bus stop. It's called The Desert Stop...or Desert Diner."
"Yeah, I got it," he replied. Their other friend - Andy's girlfriend Samm, was asleep on the passenger side. "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah," Kim agreed, "Me too."
"Lindsay! Wake up."
"What, what. I'm up," she said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes,"We're there already?"
"Andy was driving."
"God, I'm glad I was asleep then."
"Come on, let's get breakfast."
"Since when are you flush?" Lindsay questioned.
"I am just full of surprises. But get up already. I'm starving!"
"Alright, let me just grab my jacket."
As the two girls walked out Andy turned to Sam and laughed,"You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yep," Samm replied, nodding her head,"Things are gonna get very interesting."
Lindsay and Kim were both faced with the unexpected as they walked into the Desert Stop Cafe
"Nick?"
"Daniel?"
"Kim? What the hell?" Daniel said angrily
"Hey, Lindsay," Nick said shyly.
"Nick, what the hell?" Kim said, punching him in the arm,"You brought Daniel?"
"He didn't 'bring' me," Daniel interjected,"Nick borrowed gas money from me to get here. A lot of gas money. I'm just protecting my investment."
Lindsay glared at Kim,"You! You told him where we were. How could you?"
"Lindsay, calm down-"
"Well, who else did you tell? Did you call Mr. Rosso? Is the mathlete posse waiting in an alley too?"
"No way. I only called Nick and you see. He didn't even tell Daniel where he was going or who he was meeting. If I told anyone else, wouldn't there be somebody else here?"
All four stood in the entryway in the most uncomfortable silence imaginable.
"Well, we might as well eat?" Kim finally said
"Eat?" Lindsay said disgustedly.
"We're in a restaurant," Nick added,"stranger things have happened.
Daniel just shrugged his shoulders glancing at Kim and staring at Lindsay. Slowly, they made their way over to a booth, sat down and picked up their menus.