"Hey, you seen Donnie Darko?" Cory let him arm hang out the window.

"No, what's it about?" David said, lighting a cigarette.

"You haven't seen it? It's about this kid who sees a rabbit and, well, it's a very good movie. You should watch it."

"A rabbit? Sounds kinda stupid," he turned his rear view mirror to look at Tara. "Hey, she sleepin'?"

Cory looked back, "think so, she didn't sleep last night. She said she had a bad nightmare."

"Hope she's okay, nightmare's can be real scary sometimes."

They drove on for another hour when they heard sounds coming from the back seat. Cory turned down the music and looked back. Tara looked as though she was fighting something, the seat belt was the only thing keeping her down. Scratches appeared on her arm very quickly by something invisible. The SUV screeched to a halt and Cory went to the back and shook her.

"Tara, wake up!"

She opened her eyes and screamed. "Cory?"

"Are you okay?" asked David.

"I'm fine. It was just a dream, I'm okay."

"That was one hell of a dream," Cory said as he looked at her arm.

"I'll go get some Band-Aids," David went to the back and opened his bag, pulled out a box of Band-Aids and tossed it to Cory.

Cory put some bandages on her arm and kissed her forehead. "You sure you alright, angel?"

"I'm fine," she said quietly, choking back her tears.

Cory sat in the back and comforted Tara.

"You guys hungry? There's a bar-b-q just up ahead." David turned the music up a little.

"Sounds good."

David parked on the grass by the diner, it didn't have a parking space of any kind. Cory helped the shaky Tara out and they went in. It was fairly small inside, only three tables, a man stood behind the counter. A "1st Place Best Chili" trophy stood a shelf behind him.

"Haven't seen you folks around here before. Out of town?" he asked.

"Yeah, we just came to visit some of my family. Hey, what's the special today?" Cory said looking at the short menu.

"We have beef stew, just made it, still hot. Fried chicken, ribs, hamburger."

"I'll have a hamburger. Tara?"

"Uh...I'll also have a hamburger."

"Ribs for me," David said.

"How would you like the burgers?"

"Well done," said Cory.

They sat down at a table and waited for the food to arrive. Tara cradled her chin in her hand and stared at the badages on her arm. Cory put his arm around her shoulder and played with her shoulder lenth blond hair.

"Is Tiffany your hot cousin, or Danny?" David asked with a smirk.

"What?"

"Which one is hotter?"

"If they weren't my cousins I'd say Danny."

"She's got the red curly hair, right?"

"Yep."

"Food's ready, guys," the man set the plates on their table. "Pay when you're finished." He walked back to the counter and flipped through a magazine.

The friends ate their food. David and Tara went back to the car while Cory went up to pay the man.

"That was some mighty fine cooking," he said as he took out his wallet.

"I'll tell the chef. Thanks and have a good day."