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Sorry For The Wait!
It had taken Ana alost five eight minutes to do her "duties" in the restroom. Every time she passed someone on her way to the car, they would look at her with wide eyes and then laugh. Ana, confused as to what was so humerous, only stared back.
'What's up with them?' She thought, coming up to the car and opening the door.
"Took you long enough. What were you putting out, a waterfall?"
Ana narrowed her eyes at the back of Will's head, "Shut up and drive Turner."
"I will as soon you leave all the restroom's valuables here at the rest stop."
Ana scrunched her eyes in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
Liz giggled, "The tissue on your shoe, Mimi." Ana looked down at her shoe, and gasped.
"Oh my gosh! Is that what everyone was laughing about?"
Jack chuckled, "Most likely. By the way, love, if you wanted a souvenier to let you remind you of this trip, we could always get you a t-shirt or something. Stealing the toilet tissue is uneeded."
Maria narrowed her eyes, "Would you kindly shut up?"
"What's so kind about "shut up"? It's such a mean word...s, words. I think. Is "shut up" one word, or two?"
Ana growled, "Can I please shoot him?"
Liz nodded, "Be my guest; it would help the world so much if you did."
Will started his car up again and pulled out of the parking lot, "You two are so evil."
Liz picked up a cookie, "Thank you."
He laughed, "Not meant to be a compliment, love. Oh, and I need you two to tell me if I'm about to hit something." He backed up.
"Wait!" Will slammed on his breaks at Ana's command, "Will, you hurtful bastard!"
"What did I do?" He shouted innocently.
"You almost hit that poor little baby."
He looked out his mirror, "I don't see any kids behind me."
"Baby squirrel, you oaf!"
Will rolled his eyes and continued to back up, "Do you have to be annoying 24/7? Seriously-"
Liz screeched, "Will, stop!"
He slammed on the breaks again, "What now?"
"Aw, you were an inch away from running over that cigarette lighter!"
Will growled, "What's so wrong with that?"
"Because!" Elizabeth snapped her head around to face Will, "If you were to run over that lighter, a lot could happen!" She began counting on her fingers, "You could bust your tire by hitting the starter thingy, accidentally release gasoline onto the busted lighter, start a fire, blow us to kingdom come, then the smoke would rise up into the sky, bust more holes in the ozone layer, cause more global warming than there already is, which would cause a young pregnant woman to develop skin cancer, but is too stubborn to go to the hospital, where the doctors would tell her that she has cancer, which would eventually kill her and her unborn child, who had a childhood dream of becoming a famous musician by age twenty-six! Could you live with that, Will? Could you live, knowing that you destroyed a little boy's dream?"
They sat in a long silence.
"Uh. . .does this also mean that I don't have to deal with annoying college professors, my bratty sister, and Iraqi terrorists?"
"Yeah, if you're dead!"
He took a moment to think over Lizzie's words; he nodded, "Then yeah, I could live with it."
"William!"
He laughed, "I'm kidding, love. I'd be heartbroken if that happened."
Jack turned to the backseat and stared Liz in the eye, "So, you've concluded this whole thing by seeing a. . .cigarette lighter on the ground?"
Elizabeth nodded.
"Wow." He turned back to the front, "No comment."
"Back up, Will, slowly." Turner lightly pressed the accelerator, "Easy. Easy, now. Easy. Will, slow down, this isn't Nascar!"
He sighed, "Who woulda thought that I'd be qualified to Nascar at the speed of three miles per hour? I'm sure I would win the gold medal for sure." Elizabeth narrowed her eyes at his sarcasm.
"Just keep going. Easy. Easy. Easy. . ." She took a peek down at the ground from her window, "You're clear!"
"Finally! Thank you!" Will put the car into "drive" and drove away from the rest area, taking them back onto the highway.
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Thirty Minutes Later
Elizabeth sighed, "Taco Bell." A few minutes later she said, "Burger King." She continued with, "McDonald's." The list went onto, "Captain D's, Checkers, Dairy Queen, A Taste of Asia, KFC, White Castle, Fudruckers, Pasta Bella, Dunkin' Doughnuts, Chili's, O'Charley's, Red Lobster, IHOP, Ted's, Lucky Dragon, Ruby Tuesday, Applebees, Outback Steakhouse, Backyard Grill,- ,"
Ana growled in frustration, "Lizzie, why are you naming of resteraunts?"
"Technically, she's naming off places to buy and consume food into her digestive system. Taco Bell and Burger King could hardly be considered "resteraunts", love."
Maria flashed her eyes to the new voice, "Aren't you suppose to be asleep?"
"Aren't you suppose to be a famous stripper?"
"What? No!"
"Then why do you like to be so bad?"
She glared, "What does that have to do with anything, stupid?"
"My point has been proven."
"Jack, I'm confused; you confuse me. But, I wanna know, is Idiot your first language, or something? That seems to be the only language you know how to speak fluently."
He smirked, "Darn, you weren't suppose to find out!"
Ana glared, "Shut up, Jack."
Will laughed from the driver's seat, "Why must you always act like children? I swear, it's like a never ending comedy act with you two."
Ana sat back and munched on a Snicker's bar, "He started it."
Elizabeth smirked, "Yes, you are indeed world's biggest five year old's. But, I was naming off places to eat because I'm starving! Will, can you please pull over?"
Will sighed, "Again? Babe, did we not just get back on the road?"
"Yes, we did, but that was for Ana's "needs"! We stopped twice for her!"
"Hey!" Will piped in, "It's not my fault her beverages go through her like water through a pipe!"
Elizabeth leaned forward, pulling on Will's seat, "So you're telling me that Queen of the Toilet Bowl over here is more important than me?"
"Well, no!"
She violently shook his seat, "Then! You! Better! Pull! This! Car! Over! Right! Now! Or! Else! I! Will! Throw! You! Out! The! Window! And! Leave! You! For! The! Buzzards!"
"Ok, ok!" Will surrendered in fear. He knew not to messs with Elizabeth when her stomach was in control. It was basically like having a second Anamaria around; can you say "end of the world"? "Where do you want to eat at?"
Liz smiled triumphantly and sat back, "I would very much like to go to the White Castle, thank you very much."
Jack smirked, "You're too easy, Will. You gotta man up, dude; for example." He turned to the back seat and stared at Anamaria with serious eyes; he opened his mouth to speak. . .
"You lookin' at me, Sparrow?"
"No, ma'am." He turned back to the front with a smile, "See? If it was some other weaker man, you for instance,"
Will glared.
Jack continued, "The reaction would be more along the lines of 'No, I wasn't looking at you! I'm sorry; please don't kill me, and I promise to pamper you until I'm forty!' "
Ana's ears perked up; she smiled, "I'm gonna hold you to that, Jack. Your first day with me will be as soon as we get to D-man's world."
Will laughed at Sparrow's saddened state, "Aw, poor defensless Jackie."
"Aw, poor defensless Willie," Liz began, "You're gonna be doing the same thing. Don't you feel special?"
"Yeah," Will sagged, "honored."
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Twenty Minutes Later
"Welcome to White Castle, mis amigos!" The hispanic employee greeted Elizabeth, Will, Anamaria, and Jack as they came in one-by-one; they came up to the register, "You wanna try our special today? He asked in his heavy spanish accent, "We got, uh, the-"
"No thank you," Liz interrupted, "I would like your full Castle meal with a medium Mountain Dew. I want a side of fries, not too crisp though, and extra extra pickles." The cashier nodded and punched in her order with his greasy fingers.
"You want fries with that?"
"Is that not what I said?" Liz asked, annoyed; Will lightly pushed her to the side and took her place in front of the register before she punched the poor mexican man.
"Excuse her; she's a bit moody."
The cashier raised an eyebrow, "She's a bit young to be pregnant, eh?"
"Yes, she is, but that's not the case here."
"Oh," The dark haired man nodded, "You wanna try out special today?"
Will sighed, "Fine. Give me your special too with a medium Vanilla Coke. Jack, Ana, you want anything?"
Jack took the rest of Ana's Snicker and smiled, "Nope, I'm good." He took a bite out of the candy, and walked back to the car. Ana narrowed her eyes at his disappearing form and then turned back to Will.
"Me? I guess I'll go with two White Castle sandwiches, burgers, whatever the fudge it is, and a medium Sprite Remix." The cashier punched in her order as well.
"Is that all, mis amigos?" He asked. At their nodded, he pressed "Enter", and the total appeared as $18.75, "You're total is $20. 75." Will took out the exact change, not wanting to deal with extra coins in his wallet; he handed it to the cashier and waited. The hispanic stared at them with confused eyes, "Why you still here, mis amigos, your food's over there." He pointed to the next counter that read "Food Pick-Up" on the sign.
Liz immediately ran to the counter, but Will and Ana stayed; Turner responded, "We're waiting for you to give us the receit."
"Reciet?" He asked confusedly, "Oh, you mean the paper little paper that tells you how much you pay for things, eh?"
Ana narrowed her eyes, the sudden uncomfortable feel about this man surged through her body, "Eh."
"Oh, uh," He searched through his mind and came up with something quick, "We don't do that here. We, uh, are very honest people, who do not jip, and uh, we give the people what they want. We," He smacked his chest proudly, "can be trusted with food service."
Ana leaned over to whisper to her friend, "Will, how about we just go wait in the "Pick-Up" line with, Liz; this guy's starting to really freak me out."
"And you think waiting over there with Foodzilla's any better?" He asked, pointing to his aggravated girlfriend.
"Come on!" She yelled at the the workers, "How long does it take to slap frozen meat on a grill, put it between two buns, cook a few french fries, and put some stupid soda in a stupid cup? Move it, people!" Surprisingly, they did as she said and scurried around to fill the ranting teenager's orders.
"But," Will continued, turning back to Anamaria, "I agree that this guy..." They looked at the cashier who was grinning at them.
"Welcome to White Caslte, mis amigos!"
"...is probably on drugs or something, so let's go." Speedily, he and Ana raced to where Elizabeth stood, smiling happily with her tray in her hands.
"Come." She led them to a small booth, and everyone took their food. "Mmm!" Liz commented, "Whoever thought that heat-up meat could be so good?"
Ana took a sip of her Remix, "That's what happens you're hungry; you'll eat about almost anything. It happened to me before, that time I ate Pepper's dog food because I thought they were bread bits."
"Oh yeah!" Liz announced, "Estrella caught you, told you to get out, and never come back until you got some therepy." She and Ana laughed at the memory and went back to their food.
Will drank his Vanilla Coke, "This bread is so dry. Why couldn't you pick some place like Mickey D's, babe."
Liz swallowed her food and looked at him with confused eyes, "Mickey D's?"
"McDonalds, love."
"Oh!" She laughed at her own stupidity, "I thought you said "Mickey D's" but meant "Chuck E. Cheese"! You see, when you have two famous rats that hog up commercials like they do, it eventually boggles the mind."
Ana took one of Elizabeth's fries, "Well," She munched, "technically, your mind was boggled way before they existed..."
Liz narrowed her eyes and took a fry.
"...and I would put Chuck E. Cheese more in the "rat" category, than I would put Mickey Mouse. Seeing as how Mickey Mouse looks like a mouse, and has the last name of Mouse at the end of Micky Mouse, the mouse, which would probably make him a mouse, Lizzie." Elizabeth threw a french fry at Maria's forehead.
"Oh shut up, Mimi." Ana giggled, and Elizabeth took another sip of her Mountain Dew; she grimaced.
"Ew, the ice is all melted." She concluded in disgust, "I hate watery soda. I'll be back, guys!" Elizabeth shoved two whole french fries in her mouth, and went up to the counter with her cup; she swallowed her food when once she got to the register, "Um, excuse me."
The greasy hispanic man looked up from picking his belly button; he smiled, but did not comment on her disgusted response to his activities, "Oh! Welcome to White Castle, mis amiga! You want to try our special today? It's-"
"No thank you," She held out her cup to him, "I need a refill on my Mountain Dew please."
He quickly ripped down the sign that read "Free Refills" before she got a chance to see it, "That will be twenty-five cents." Liz reached her hand down into her pocket and pulled out a silvery quarter; she handed it to the cashier, and watched him smile happily. "Mountain Dew?" She nodded and handed him the cup.
"Ice, please." He sucked a piece of leftover chicken from his teeth, and swallowed it before taking his cup and walking to the drink machine. He poured the water Dew into the drain and placed it under the "Mountain Dew" container, pressing the "Push" button. Once it was filled up, he turned back to Elizabeth and gave her back her cup; he smiled.
"Thank you for coming!"
She looked down into her cup and scowled; she looked back up at the cashier, who was now busy finger picking his teeth, "I said I wanted ice too, Sir."
He stopped picking and smiled, "Welcome to White Castle, mis-"
"Give me the ice!"
He jumped slightly, "No need to get loud, amiga." The man picked up a large container of ice, about the size of a mixing bowl. "The ice maker just broke." He explained at her confused state, and poured the ice into her cup, "Oops, too much." He set the container down and stuck his "picking" finger into her cup, taking out some of the ice, and leaving her with one ice cube; he smiled and handed it to her, "Thanks for coming!"
She pushed it away, "Ew! I'm not drinking that, your nasty finger was in it; give me a new one!"
"That will be twenty-five cents."
"No! I demand a free one!" Liz complained, just as Will and Ana came over. They tossed away the tray and took Elizabeth by her arms.
"Come on, Lizzie," Ana struggled, "We have to go! Quit being mean to the cashier."
"No!" She protested, trying to wiggle out of their grip, but Will and Ana were too strong, "That disgusting pig owes me a soda! A soda with fresh ice!" Will opened the door, allowing himself and Ana to drag Elizabeth out.
"We'll buy you one at the upcoming RaceTrac gas station!" Will promised, "Come on!"
"Not without my Mountain Dew!" Ana and Will managed to drag her out the door. The mexican cashier smiled and waved "goodbye" to them, "Thanks for coming!"
Jack unlocked the car door and helped Ana haul Liz into the back seat, as Will hopped in the front. Maria buckled her friend's seatbelt, Jack retook his seat in the front, and everyone settled back; Jack smirked, "It didn't go so well, did it?"
"No," Ana responded, "You knew something like this would happen, didn't you?"
He chuckled, "Remember her tenth birthday when her dad burned the food and she had to wait for him to come back for more? She went bazerk!" He laughed, but Will and Ana narrowed their eyes.
"I hate you, Jack."
He put his pillow behind his head and rested in the seat, "Doesn't everybody?"
"Yep." Will put the key into the ignition and left the parking lot of the White Castle. "Everybody hates Jack." He turned the corner and led them back onto the highway.
Only a few more miles to go!
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AGTNR: The whole White Castle, mexican guy, and ice cube idea was inspired by Rabid Lawn Gnome. Thanks so much for the boost; my mind went dry for a while. I'm so sorry for not posting in so long, but the ideas deserted me and never came back. Hopefully, I'll think of something sooner. Ta!