A/N: Hey again! Well, here's chapter five! It would have been done sooner, but I went to church last night, and was tired when I got home. Well, anyways, I'm glad you guys like my fic! Here's the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't FFX. I'm not smart enough to think up all those games.

Chapter 5: Shortcut

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Tidus quickly turned off the bridge and onto the interstate, catching his passengers completely off-guard. This resulting in all of them being thrown into someone or something.

"Tidus!" Lulu shouted, pulling herself away from Wakka. "What are you doing!" She didn't appreciate being thrown into her fiance.

"Yeah!" added Rikku. She had been thrown into Aurons side. She wouldn't have minded being thrown into him under different circumstances, but this one hurt!

"Ah, don't ya think ya could'da hit the brakes, brudda?"

"I'm sorry you guys," Tidus replied, gripping the wheel tightly. "It just kinda came up on me."

Yuna, who was pulling herself from the window, turned to her comrades. "I'm sorry. It was my fault. I wasn't payin attention to where we were."

"But I'm the one driving," Tidus interrupted. "I should have seen the turnoff."

"No, I'm suppose to help you navigate-"

"It was an accident," Auron spoke up. "It wasn't anyone's fault. But, please, next time warn us before you decide to throw everyone in one direction." He felt Rikku move back to her side of the seat, and realized that sh was lighter than he thought she was. It hadn't hurt at all when she was thrown into him.

"Right. You're right," Tidus said.

"Lu, are you okay?" Wakka asked, using the nickname he'd given her when they were about seven.

"I'm fine, Wakka." She moved closer to his side. "Are you all right?"

"Ya, I'm all right." Sure, his side hurt a little bit, but nothing earth shattering.

Lulu looked at him, eyebrows arched.

"Really. I'm okay," Wakka reassured her, taking her hand.

Lulu sighed and gave Wakka's hand a squeeze. If she'd learned one thing about Wakka in all the years she'd known him it was this: He'd never admit to being hurt.

"You're lucky I wasn't hurt, Tidus," Rikku joked. "Auron broke my fall. If he hadn't, I would have sued."

"Hey, you got in my truck on your own free will. I'm not held responsible for you," the young blond joked back.

Rikku laughed and leaned back into the seat. Being thrown agaist Auron had been kind of nice. He was warm, and soft, and he smelled really good. And, he had broken her fall. But, that wasn't what was nice. Just being against him was nice. She'd had a thing for him since the pilgrimage, and that had been a little over a year ago. She sighed, wondering if he would ever return her feelings.

"Are you all right?" asked the object of her thoughts.

"Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Rikku replied, her peppy self again.

"Well, you know...you just seemed rather...sad," Auron said, rubbing the back of his neck.

Was he blushing? No, he couldn't be. Her imagination must be playing tricks on her. Auron didn't blush...did he? "Oh, you know, I was just thinking." She smiled, and to her delight, Auron returned the gesture.

"Care to share?"

"Maybe someday," mumbled Rikku.

"Hmm?"

The young Al Bhed regained her composure and responded, "Just about the trip." She lied throuh her teeth, but she couldn't help it. She couldn't let Auron know that her thoughts had been about him.

"This should be fun," Lulu said. Seeing Rikku squirm in her seat, she had decided to come to her friends resucue.

"Yes. Relaxing in the spa, going shoppin.." Yuna trailed off, sighing happily.

"Is that what were going to do?" Tidus asked.

Yuna laughed. "I'm sure we'll do more."

"We have got to do the spa. I want to look absolutly beautiful for my wedding," Lulu said, admiring the lovely diamond on her left hand. "I've herad that the effect of those treatments last a long time."

"You already look beautiful, Lu," Wakka said, earning a kiss from Lulu.

"Ahh..." Tidus teased.

"Oh, the next turn-off is about ten miles up," Yuna told everyone. "Let's all look for it."

"Really. We don't want a repeat of last time," said Rikku. She had grown bored with the laptop since she'd beaten Auron and was now flipping through the channels of the built in t.v.

"Actually, the next turn-off is right up here."

"What do you mean?" asked Yuna. "It says here," she pointed to the map, "that the next turn-off isn't for another ten miles."

"Yeah, but this is shortcut," replied Tidus, turning the Navigator off of the interstate and onto the highway.

"Oh no," Wakka moaned from the back seat.

"Tidus, the last time we took one of your 'shortcuts' we were lost for hours," stated Yuna. Why couldn't he just follow the map?

"I know, but, Sweetie, trust me on this. This will get us there a lot quicker," Tidus told her, oflashing her one of his trademark smiles. He knew she couldn't resist his smile.

"Let's just try it," Yuna told the truck full of her friends. "Maybe it really is a shortcut."

Her response was a bunch of moans and groans.

"Fine. But when we get lost, I blame you both," Auron said.

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