hullo people, here's that update I promised. if you haven't figured it out or were confused:
•Thomas and Lafayette are cousins in this one
•James is short
•George runs an extermination business(and all the guys work for him)
•also, Peggy is agender in this story, they're engaged to Maria
thanks for all of your lovely feedback! it did motivate me a lot!
Alex was driving fairly well, considering the horrible breaks and the crazy amount tickets he had for his equally as horrible driving. They had all decided it was because he didn't want to wreck George's van.
Thomas was patting his boyfriend's back as he figuratively coughed his lung out saying things like, "It's okay Jemmy," and, "this isn't the worst coughing fit you've had don't cry."
Aaron and Marie were yelling at each other because Aaron believed Marie had cheated in their game of pool.
"You can't cheat on a digital game on your phone!"
"Yes you can, you French bastard, Peggy does it all the time!"
'Herc' was in the middle of trying to push them away from each other when John nearly flew off of his seat.
"That's it! I have an idea, dick heads, listen up!"
Alex put a hand on John's arm to steady him and asked what it was. James had momentarily stopped coughing. Aaron and Marie had stopped bickering. 'Herc' had refrained from trying to calm them down. The van spilled with anticipation.
"Let's just ask Peggy if we can crash at their place for a couple days. They'd totally help us out." John had taken out his phone as he said this, ready to pull up the contact.
Alex honked his horn at a car in front of him that in his opinion was moving to slow.
"John, do you really think they'd want
seven guys hanging around their place for two days?" John shrugged, looking to everyone else for feedback.
Marie, or maybe I should just stick to Gilbert for the rest of this story, nodded along to John's idea.
"They're really chill with most things."
"We could at least try," Hercules agreed. The majority of the van went along with the idea also, all except Alex, who was looking more worried now that no one was on his side.
"John, a road trip isn't that bad-"
John already had the phone to his ear. He shot Alex a playful glare and waited patiently for Peggy to pick up, which happened on the third ring.
"Yo, Peggster, the real OG, buddy, pa-"
"Gwash told me." Peggy sounded
annoyed, sounds of Maria asking who it was in the background. John mouthed a 'fuck' and slid down in his seat.
"Come on, please?" He tried.
"John, I taught him how to track the van. He'll know even if I let you." This time the 'fuck' was audible.
"Sorry. Send pictures once you get to Pennsylvania!"
"Yeah, yeah. Tell the fiancé I said hi." He shoved the phone in his pocket once they hung up and looked at the horizon, the sun setting and creating swirling pigments of color through the sky. There was no way getting out of this. Eliza and Angelica probably knew too.
"So, what'd they say?" Alex looked worried for him more that he was for the situation as he braked harder than he should of and had the others clutching their seat belts like their life depended on it.
"They know. The girls know too. If this is George's way of therapy, he should stick to his day job." Everyone in the van let out a sigh of frustration. Alex looked relieved, but wasn't happy either.
"We don't even fight that much. Okay, maybe we scared two or three of his customers off because of our arguing. Maybe a customer was sent to the hospital because of it. Maybe we got fire ants in one lady's pie because of it. Maybe, but it's not like we cause a big problem," Thomas explained angrily.
Aaron hit him on the side of the head, "Thomas, that is causing a big problem. We should use this time to reflect on our actions and pay our apologies to George when we get back." Then everyone laughed, especially the one that said it, Gilbert doubling over, James practically wheezing, Alex weeping, Hercules sounding like a bomb going off.
The figuratively drove into the sunset, laughing and all actually getting along for one moment of their lives.