A/N - thanks Marisa for reviewing :) love your constant encouragement.

This chapter is a little bit after the accident so enjoy, REDVINES on me :))

CHAPTER 5 – "Road trip"

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Ding dong.

Finally, thought Lauren. She'd been waiting for this day since last Tuesday.

Lauren got off the couch, grabbed her bag and opened her front door, revealing her five favorite neighbors. Nick and Dylan had to go back to Chicago a few weeks ago but it was understandable.

"Hey Lo." Joe whispered in her ear as he swooped her up in a hug. "How's the shoulder?" It had been almost a month since the accident but her shoulder still bothered her sometimes.

"It's doing fine," She whispered back. Once he let her go, she turned to the other four boys still on her front step. "Well are we going or not?" She asked them.

They all nodded and walked out to the RV parked in front of her house. They had all planned a trip three days ago to Los Angeles where they'd be dropping Darren off for Glee again. After that they were going to keep driving until they found something interesting to do. Lauren closed the door behind her, locking it; all her luggage was outside.

RV- /fleetwood-revolution

Lauren flung open the bus door and found the biggest bed, throwing her satchel on it, claiming territory.

"Uhh Lo? Don't you have suitcases to bring?" asked Joey, peeking his head through the open door.

"Duh, Joey."

"Well why are you still sitting there?" He asked.

"Aww, Jojo," She pouted. "Can't you big buff guys bring them in for me, pwease?" She smiled up at him.

"Whatever."

After nearly an hour of bumping, slamming and swearing, the boys filed on to the bus and chose their beds, still shocked at the amount of suitcases Lauren had. Thank wizard god the bus had a whole 'basement' thingy to fit all seven of her suitcases. The bus had an extra bed so the boys dumped all their games on it.

Joe and Lauren had the two beds next to each other, which were near the front of the bus. In the back were Darren and Joey and in between were the Brian's. Once everyone finished unpacking, they worked out driving shifts. Everyone but Brolden, had agreed that Lauren couldn't drive due to the fact that she was too short to reach the pedals, but she had to be co-driver for at least three people. She chose Joe, Darren and Joey.

First shift was Joe so he and Lauren got in their seats as Darren and Joey had an intense game of tennis on the Wii that was installed on the bus, the Brian's cheering on.

"Hey why don't we play some music?" Joe asked her, as they got on highway 101.

"Uhh, sure. Lemme get my iPod." She agreed, getting up to grab her bag.

When she came back all she had to do was pick a song and plug it in to the stereo. She hit shuffle and laughed out loud as the first song that came up was 'Boy Toy'.

"I can't believe you still have that!" Joe smirked.

"Well I can't let go of everything." She reasoned. Lauren soon found herself getting up and singing into an invisible microphone, dancing around with Darren, while Rosenthal filmed.

"HIT IT!"

Darren played their friend Meredith Stepien while he and Lauren performed the silly dance that came along with it. They were still shocked she remembered it.

"You know you are my favorite boy toyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy." She finished with a laugh.

"WOO! WOO! WOOOOO!" screamed Joey like a crazed fan girl. Lauren just smiled and waved her hand like the Queen of England, sitting back down next to Joe. Man, I'm glad they're back, she thought.

"I'm hungry." Claimed Lauren randomly. They hadn't even been driving for ten minutes from when she said that.

"We have food in the fridge." Joe told her.

"But I want to go out." Duh.

"Well we're not stopping so have some RedVines." Said Joey, trying to make peace.

"NO! I want to stop somewhere!" She pouted.

"And I said we're not." Joe said, with a tone of finality.

Lauren screamed and shouted, kicking the dashboard like a little kid. To stop her endless tantrums Joe struck a deal with her.

"Fine, but we'll stop at Monterey, that way we can go to the Aquarium, OK?" He asked Lauren. Everyone agreed and soon everyone was back to normal.

"Thank you, Joe."

"Whatever, brat." He teased. She stuck her tongue out at him and turned to her iPod, looking for a good song to play.

"Ooh are you going to play music again?" Joey asked, popping out of nowhere, scaring Joe.

"Jesus, Joey! I could've crashed!"

"Anyway," Joey ignored him, "Play Granger Danger, then we can have a duet."

"OK."

Lauren and Joey went in to the living room of the RV and grabbed random objects for microphones. Joe watched them through the review mirror.

"Here I am, face to face
with a situation
I never thought I'd ever see

Strange, how a dress
can take a mess
and make her nothing less than
beautiful to me

It seems like my eyes have been transfigured
something deep inside has changed
they've been opened wide, but hold that trigger
this could mean, dangeeeeerrrr

I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love.
I could be falling in love, falling in love, falling in loooooove
with Hermione Granger." Started Joey.

Lauren sang her part perfectly; she'd never forget these lyrics.

"What? What the hell is this?
You expect me to sing about her
don't care about her.

It's just a little makeup
Draco wake up
I'm mistaken

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeee is the HOTTEST girl I've ever seen
now, becaaaauuuuse she's like a girl I've never seen
don't know why I'd ever be so meeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaan
this could mean, dangeeeeerrrr

I'm falling in love, falling in love, falling in love.
I could be falling in love, falling in love, falling in loooooove
with Hermione Granger."

They turned to each other and began singing together.

"I wanna let her "

"I feel so queasy." Sang Lauren.

"But I can't let it "

"She'd laugh at poor Weasley." Piped in Joey. "C'mon Ron."

"Draco." Chimed in Lauren.

"You gotta let it goooooooooooooooo, you gotta let it gooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

"What? What the hell is this?" Shouted Lauren. She and Joey continued on like this, singing over each other till the end of the song.

After many Starkid songs, the team had arrived in Monterey.

"YES! Foooooooood!" Yelled Joey.

They found a suitable parking spot along the road and walked towards the collection of stores.

"Ooh, Godiva chocolate shop! Can we go in, please Joe?" asked Rosenthal, bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"No, let's go to Dippin' Dots! It's over there!" Pointed Darren.

"How about we split up?" reasoned Lauren. "Joe and I will head to Starbucks and what not, Joey and Darren can do whatever and you and B-Hol can go get chocolate." She told Rosenthal. "Then we'll meet up at the aquarium, okay?"

Everyone agreed and went their separate ways, Lauren dragging Joe behind her.

"So where are we gonna go?" he asked.

"Starbucks first then we can go check out the little shops. Does that sound good?" He nodded happy to go anywhere as long as it was with her.