Hey So this is really just a repost...hehe lol okay so anyway I lied there's like 4-5 more chapters left...so um yeah...thanks to all who review...you know who you are! And to my ducky who helps me to write this! I heart you all!

We stopped off at a Wendy's since they were the only place open and started mapping out our quest home.

"I think we should drive all night." Media said.

"Are you guys going to be able to get rest while we're driving?" I asked.

"Just as long as you don't drive on the shoulder." Mush answered.

"Hehe, nah, I hate the little rivets they put there to wake you up." I said shuddering.

"AKA Brail Driving." Jack said poking me.

"That's why it's there, to wake you up." Dodger said.

"No duh!"

"My fries are cold," Ace said.

"Heah, let me see." Spot said stuffing a large handful in his mouth. "Yep, dey'er definitely cold."

"Yeah ya had to eat 10 of them at the same time to figure that out?" I asked.

"Nah, I was just hungry."

"COUGHWALKINGSTOMACHCOUGH"

"No he seems to be eating more since coming up here." Dodger said.

"Yeah, a little more."

"Ya mean a lot moh cookie thief." Blink said glaring at Spot with his good eye.

"Here have a cookie." Media said giving him one of the little ones that came with her meal.

"It's an animal crackah." Blink said.

"Well it's better than nothing." I said trying to be an optimist.

"Den you eat it."

"I wasn't the one complaining about cookies."

"Everyone loves my cookies." Media said playing with her ring.

"Yes it's still on your finger." Mush said.

"Angel, ya playin wid ya purity ring." Spot pointed out.

"What?"

"Ya playin wid ya ring now."

"Oh, nervous habit."

"Why ah ya noivous?"

"I'm not, but when I get bored I have random habits that I do. Like playing with my rings, cracking my knuckles I used to bite my nails."

"But I broke her of that habit." Media proclaimed proudly.

"No, having my wisdom teeth pulled broke me of that habit." I corrected.

"Yeah but you could be chewing them now but you don't."

"That's because it takes an action 21 days to become a habit, therefore I didn't dare bite my nails for a month thus breaking me of the nail biting habit."

"You went way too far into depth for that."

"Also a nervous habit." I said smiling.

"I need ta put aih in me tiahs." Blink said standing up.

"I'll go wid ya." Spot said.

"Don't get lost." I said being cheesy.

"Don't walk inta anything!" Spot said back.

"Shut up." WE continued talking and then Blink came back in.

"I can't get da little cap off ah da tiahs." He said a bit embarrassed.

"I can get it." Jack said heading out the door.

"Good, cause me hands ah cold."

"What's da problem?" Jack asked Spot who was kneeling on the ground glaring at the tire.

"It's bein stupid."

"It don't have a brain it can't be stupid."

'Yeah,"

"Ya tionin it da right way?"

"Nah I'se doin it wrong on poipose."

"Just chekin."

"I dunno, it's stuck."

"Anybody got a wrench?"

"Haha, only people out heah ah drunk."

"I meant in da back ah da cah."

"Oh, I didn't check."

"Will ya check?"

"You can't?"

"I'm tryin sumptin."

"What?"

"I'm tryin ta get da ting off wid me hands."

"Aight chill."

"I'se chilled I'se chilled."

"Aight we got a hammah, screw drivah, uh, not soih, oh heah it is!"

"Aight I can't get it ta budge so I'se gonna need da wrench."

"Dat would be why I got it."

"Good boy."

"I aint a dog Jack."

"I know, I'se just palyin wid ya."

"Okay…"

"Okay on da countah 3 push."

"Aight, why aint ya countin?"

"Gimme a second! Okay one, two, three push!" Spot pushed while Jack pulled and they finally got it to budge.

"Blink we got it off!" Jack called to no answer since they were outside and Blink was inside.

"Ah, I don't tink he hoid ya."

"Tanks."

"Ya welcome." Jack looked at Spot and smirked. "What was dat foh?"

"Calm down, I'se just glad we got da lid off."

"Oh, yeah."

"So, dat was fun dis week."

"Yeah, it was."

"Interestin."

"Vahy."

"We probably ouhtta be headin home."

"Yeah befoh it stahts snowin. And we got class too."

"Not till Monday."

"Yeah."

"The girls are getting…antsy, we should go."

"Yeah I tink Angel is reahdy ta be home too."

"Why do ya say dat"

'I dunno, just seems like she is."

"I know you ah."

"Yes I am." Mush said stretching

"Yeah me too."

"Did you manly men figure it out yet?!" Media and Ace mocked from the doorway.

"Yeah we got it." Spot said.

"They got it after all!" Media told the others. The group then piled into the cars waited for Blink to get the air and I led the way driving Media's car.

"On the road again, can't way to be on the road again." I sang.

"Angel stop it!" Jack said wanting to hit me but couldn't because I was driving.

"Why?"

"Cause dey sleepin da back seat."

"Oh, usually when they go back there it's not to sleep."

"I didn't wanna know dat!"

"Oh gosh you're getting as bad as Dodger!"

"No I aint."

"So when I go up to visit Dodger with Blink you want to come?"

"Yeah if I get da time off of woik."

"I can see to that."

"Thought dat."

"the privilege of having your dad on your work."

"Couldn't dat be bad sometimes?"

"Sometimes."

"Look a dead deah."

"AHH!"

"It's dead!"

"I don't care!"

"And I thought Media was bad."

"Let's just say I had a run in with a deer and I took it's legs off."

"Ahh, yummy, just messin."

"I figured."

"Did ya now?"

"Hm hmm."

"Mush keeps kickin in his sleep and me back is payin da price."

"So."

"I am so glad ya cah."

"There's not much I can do except let you sit in my lap which you aren't going to do."

'Why not?"

"I can't see over your head."

"I could tell ya were to go."

"How about I'll pull over and let you drive and I'll sit over there cause I'm shorter and I can scoot the seat up."

"Ya gonna have ta call and tell da oddah cah what ya doin."

"You call I'm driving."

"Fine."

"Hello sis!" Dodger answered.

"Ah, heya Dodgah."

"You're not my sister."

"I'se glad ya noticed."

"Why are you on her phone?"

"Cause she's driving and told me ta call."

"Okay what do you want?"

"We'se pullin ovah so I can drive."

"Okay, Blink pull over!"

"Ah tanks."

"Your welcome."

"Bye." Jack said hanging up. "Dey ah pullin ovah."

"Okay." I said going on the annoying rivet waking Media up.

"What are you doing to my car!" Media exclaimed.

"Mush was kicking Jack's seat and he was getting annoyed so we're switching."

"Mush stop kicking the, oh he's sleeping."

"Yeah that's why I didn't do that."

"Oh you didn't want to talk to a sleeping person?"

"Um, no."

"Aight Angel lets switch." Jack said as I put the car in park

"is he runnin ok?" Media asked.

"Yes your car is fine."

"You aren't stepping on the breaks too hard are you?"

"NO, go to bed."

"Fine just be nice to my baby Jack."

"What did I do?" he asked.

"Nothing, yet." Media said going back to sleep.

"She's just over protective."

"Yeah ovah everyting."

"What is that suppose to mean?"

"Nuttin."

"It meant somethin other wise you wouldn't have said it."

"Da goil is like da energizer bunny, or she tries ta be."

"Because she's over protective?"

"Dat doen't relate, sahhy."

"Yeah you lost me on that."

'Aint hahd ta do." He smiled.

"Oh shut up." We drove along for another 3 hours when I felt a knee in my back.

"I swear if he dosen't get his knee out of my back…"

"Annoyin aint it?"

"Yeah." I agreed as Mush shifted his position further digging into my back. I turned around and smacked his leg which happened to be his bad one so he woke up abruptly at first wide eyed then glared.

"What?" He asked.

"You were diggin into my back."

"Oh, sorry."

"You should be."

"Uh huh, can we pull over?"

"Why?"

"I need to get out Angel."

"No duh why do you need to get out?"

"My leg is driving me nuts which is why I keep moving so it's a win win situation if we pull over."

"Fine, Jack pull over." Just then my cell rang and it was Spot.

"Hello?"

"Why ya pullin ovah?"

"Mush needs ta stretch his leg."

"Aight."

"Bye Spot."

"Bye." He said hanging up as we pulled over again running over the rivets and awakening Media with a start.

"What the flip?" she asked sitting up.

"Mush needs to stretch his leg."

"Yes darn me and my leg." Mush said dryly.

"Well everybody keeps asking."

"I can't help it."

"Didn't say you could,"

"Anyway, one of you two needs to slide you butt so we can get out." Media cut in.

"Do ya'll want to move up front?" I asked as we piled out of the car.

"Um, can you babe?" Mush asked limping.

"Yeah, I need energy gum though." She said digging in her purse looking for it while Jack and I moved to the back.

"Yay I found it!" She cheered.

"Wow." I said astounded.

"An she's drivin?" Jack asked me.

"She's really good I swear."

"Baby come back." Media called getting cold. "Aaron!"

"Hold on woman!" he said back to her.

"Hehe, hurry. Please."

"Stretching…."

"Do it fasta before the rabbits attack us."

'"What rabbits?"

"I dunno, the evil ones that attch everytime Angel gets cold?"

'Uh huh." He said limping back to the car.

"Why are you so sore?"

"Uh it's just cramped don't worry hun."

"Are we leavin taday oh what?" Blink called from his car.

"Be patient!" Media told him before getting in and turning to tickle me and quickly driving so I couldn't get her back.

"You stinker!" I complained.

"Muahahah." She cackled in an evil villain sorta way. I was wide awake at first not use to Media's fast driving but drifted off cuddled next to Jack. I awoke to the flashing of a camera.

"You were wrong, she woke up." Mush laughed.

"Oh, hehe." Media giggled.

"What did you just do?" I asked sleepily.

"Just got your mug shot…right by Jack's."

"Let me see."

"All you have to do is look at Jack and you'll see why we did it." Mush said.

"Oh." I said seeing him drooling, I searched myself to make sure it wasn't on me.

"Hheheheheh." Media cackled.

"Ewww he drooled on me."

"You drooled on him." Mush said pointing to a wet spot in Jack's shirt where my head had been.

"Oops." I said.

"Almost home!" Media said.

"Yay!" I shouted hitting Jack in the head with my arm, and oddly enough he slept through it.

"Wow, he sleeps like a rock." Media said.

"Not usually, he must be exhausted." I said.

"Must be." Mush said.

"Yeah, my poor baby."

"Because he's sleeping?"

"No, because he's exhausted."

"He's been busy."

"Not that busy."

"What?"

"He hasn't been that busy."

"I wasn't talking about with you."

"I know that…what else was he doing to make him so exhausted. Other than talking to Media at 4 am?"

"Your guess is as good as mine."

"Whatever, I'm going back to sleep."

"Night Acorn," Media said.

"Night Med." I yawned.

"What are you talking about?" I heard Media ask Mush.

"Nothing, it's just been an odd week."

"We got engaged, how is that odd?"

"I'm not talking about that."

"So what were you talking about?"

"Just in general."

"Crappy liar award goes to you."

"I'm honored."

"As you should be."

"I'm going to bed."

"No, you have to stay up and keep me awake, and answer the question."

"I already told you."

"Nuh-uh."

"Well, no not just now. But you know what I told him."

"You tell me a lot of things."

"Do I have to call him?"

"Him who?"

"Who is the one person I refer to as "him" instead of using their name?"

"Uh, your dad."

"Yeah…"

"You told Jack about your dad?!"

"He wouldn't shut up and we were in the store so I couldn't ditch him!"

"You could have hit him with the cart and left."

"Angel would have killed me. And why would I do that anyway?"

"Because you hate talking about it?"

"Yeah but I have a feeling that he's gonna be around for a while."

"Jack or your Dad?"

"He's not my dad, and I'm talking about Jack."

"Ok, why would you call him?"

"The wedding…"

"Do you want him there?"

"No, because then I'd go to jail."

"Huh?"

"For killing him."

"Okay we'll figure that out later."

"There's nothing to figure out."

"I hate it when you start talking when I'm driving, then I can't look at you."

"That's why I do it while you're driving."

"You punk!"

"Yes"

"Yeah Jack's a pain in the butt, sometimes."

"Care to elaborate?"

"Uh when he won't shut up, and I can't run away because he's holding me."

"Yeah while bruising."

"Cease the fightage!"

"I'm not fighting."

"Well clearly not at the moment."

"Was that all?"

"Ooh Acorn and I are gonna move in together."

"Really?"

"Yep. Uh probably somewhere around campus."

"Is that wise?"

"Oh are you talking about when they riot because the team looses a game?"

"That and the keggers and nasty little creeps who need to die-"

"Okay I'm cutting you off now."

"Yeah that's what I was talking about."

"Speaking of you talking…what else did you and Jack talk about?"

"Stuff…"

"Like?"

"Uh Spot."

"And?"

"Angel"

"What about her?"

"You wanna know what Jack's thinking about her aren't you?"

"Well yeah, she's my cousin!"

"So ask Jack."

"No, awkward."

"And so junior high." I thought.

"Babe, no."

"WHYYYYY?"

"You know everyone thinks you're so quiet but once you get going you don't stop."

"Kinda like you."

"I don't ramble."

"I was talking about fighting, but anyway."

"I'm gonna ignore that comment."

"Okay so how much does he like Acorn?" I swear if she had a tail it would have been wagging.

"A lot."

"Aww, how much?"

"It's so cute, I never get to see you all girly."

"That's because she hates it so I can't do it in front of her."

"He…has been contemplating things."

"Darn you and your vagueness!"

"Welcome to my world babe."

"Well that's a low blow."

"No it's not."

"GOOD GRAVEY WOULD YOU TWO GET ON WITH IT?!!!!!"

"Stop avoiding the question."

"I'm not I already answered it."

"If you were like this with Jack, I'm surprised that he didn't hit you with the cart!"

"Whatever toothpick girl."

"Anyone else called me that they'd be bleeding!"

"Which is why I'm doing it while you're driving."

"Aaron, answer the question, how much does he like her?"

"What do you say?"

"Pleeaase?"

"Okay, he likes her more than I thought."

"Which is?"

"It's like they've jumped months ahead in their relationship with the level he's talking about."

"Ooh, what level?!"

"You are such a girl!"

"I'm glad you noticed."

"All right, but Media if you tell anyone, I won't buy you a puppy."

"NOOOOOOO!"

"Shhh. Okay, I had to have the 'talk' with him."

"The sex talk?"

"Have you met your cousin? No not the sex talk!"

"I didn't mean it in a bad way."

"There's only one way you can mean it!"

"I thought you talked to him about future reference or something."

"No, the other talk."

"Ummm, the DTR?"

"Yes Defining the Relationship."

"And?"

"He's still figuring some stuff out so I told him to wait."

"And he listened?"

"Excuse me?"

"Well it's just funny because you get along great and then a minute later you want to punch him!"

"I said smack not punch there's a difference!"

"Okay so what did he want to do that you told him not to."

"It's something that happened very recently."

"Uhm, prank her with bear crap?"

"Wha- never mind, no."

"Something recently that happened with who?"

"You and me."

"Jack wants to lecture her?"

"I'm not giving you anymore hints."

"No, one more!"

"Keep your hands on the wheel."

"Wha-ooohhhh."

"Yes, the light bulb has come on!"

"And you told him not to!?"

"Sh. He asked for my opinion and I gave it."

"But she'd say yes in a heartbeat."

"Which is why it's good for him to wait."

"I can see where you're coming from."

"Good to know."

"So I've been seeing your handiwork."

"Do I want to know?"

"No, with Jack and Spot and Jack and the girls."

"How do you know?"

"I have eyes."

"So does everyone else."

"But they don't have my brain to go with it.

That would be scary!

"You're driving on the shoulder again."

"That is not the shoulder."

"It's not your lane!"

"How's your knee?"

"Sucky."

"The cold weather may have messed with it."

"Yeah, it's not cold in California."

"No, but we agreed not to talk about it right now."

"I know."

"Then why did you say it?"

"I'm not talking about living there, just like a summer house or something."

"Well last time you brought up California, you said you wanted to move back."

"Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, just like there are times when you miss your home."

"Yes I miss my home, you miss the state."

"Yeah, your point?"

"There's a difference."

"To some."

"Have you talked to your mom?"

"Yes."

"When?"

"A while ago."

"Like a month to 2 months?"

"A month."

"Why's that?"

"Do we have to do this now?"

"No, I just thought it would be a good time because you can't escape."

"Then let's not do it now."

"You know I talked to you when my parents were being stupid."

"My mom isn't being stupid."

"Then what's the problem Aaron?"

"She met another guy."

"Not you dad is it?"

"Not my dad, and no it's not."

"So what's the problem with her moving on?"

"She's not, he's just as bad!"

"How do you know?"

"I can tell in her voice, it's the same as when I was a teenager!"

"Do you want her to come to the wedding?"

"Yeah, just not her guy."

"Hmm, maybe they'll break up."

"I doubt it."

"Why?"

"Because there's no kid there to fight over."

"Yah."

"Well now that I feel really depressed, how are you?"

"Not depressed!"

"Good."

"I'm sorry, I should have dropped it."

"No we need to start planning the wedding out anyway."

"Where are we going to honeymoon?"

"Not Michigan!"

"Well yeah, I wanna go someplace warm."

"Like what some little island or something?"

"Anywhere with a beach will be fine."

"California has beaches."

"You can't honeymoon in California!"

"Fine!"

"Let's go to Florida!"

"You go to Florida on Spring Break, come on."

"Uhm, New Zealand!"

"What?"

"I don't hear you coming up with anything."

"Jamaica, Bahamas,"

"Come on pretty mama."

"I don't want to go to Jamaica."

"The Caribbean."

"Maybe."

"Guam."

"Hell no!"

"Aruba, Bora Bora, Santigo!"

""Baby why don't we go…"

"Okay how about we just Google stuff and narrow it down from there."

"How about Russia?"

"And you complain about Michigan?"

"I was joking, You weren't."

Go to Kokomo.

"Oh Italy!"

"Where in Italy?"

"Sicily."

"You just like sayin it because it sounds like sissy."

"You know me so well."

"How about, Greece."

"Uh what's in Greece?"

"Uh, Greek stuff, and the Mediterranean."

"Mexico!"

"No."

"You don't want any Burritos?"

"Mexican food is actually very bland and nothing like what we have in America."

"How do you know?"

"I had Spanish in High School and we had a Cinco de Mayo party with food."

"Well you're food must have sucked, because I heard it was good."

"What about France?"

"Hmm, to commercialized."

"England?"

"Lame."

"What? Ireland?"

"What happened to warm beaches."

"They have these interesting windscreen things that block the wind and it makes it warm."

"MUSH!"

"Would you quiet down?"

"Sorry."

"Clearly, we can't think of any little islands right now, so we'll do it later."

"If you think about it, every land mass is an island because it's surrounded by water."

"I love you."

"Yay."

"Yay?"

"What it makes me happy."

"I'm glad."

"Je taime."

"See you'd fit in with France."

"Why because I know how to say I love you?"

"No, you could fit in anywhere."

"Aww, you're making me blush."

"Now if only other people saw you like this, then the wouldn't think you were a little tomboy."

"I have different sides that I show at different times."

"And I adore each one."

"Even my morning one?"

"Yes, and that is how I know it's love because I can deal with you in the morning."

"That's true, Acorn can't even do it."

"Can too."

"Which house are we going to?"

"Jack and Blink's."

"Do they know?"

"Yes I talked to Blink about it."

"Okay,"

"When do I get my puppy?"

"Not til after we're married, I already told you."

"You're bribing me with puppy dogs."

"Wow."

"Yes that is my evil scheme."

"Where (yawn) are we?" I asked sitting up.

"In Texas."

"It's a large state Media."

"We're 40 minutes away from Blink and Jack's."

"Cool. Jack wake up!" I said hitting his arm.

"Uhmnmda" He groaned as he rolled over.

"WAKE UP!"

"I'se up."

"It didn't seem like it."

"Why's it so urgent dat I be up?"

"Because we're almost home."

"So?"

"Well fine, go back to sleep if you don't care…" I smiled.

"Why ya gotta do dat?"

"Because it works." We drove along and eventually made it to Blink and Jack's.

"How long are we staying here?" Dodger asked.

"Why do you care, it's Blink's?" I said a little snippy from the trip.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the car seat." Media said.

"Yeah, well…"

"Uh-huh, we're not sure Dodger."

"So sleepy!" I said dragging myself into the house.

"Ya can sleep on da couch or me room." Jack offered.

"Bed!"

"Dat's what I meant."

"I know, that was my answer."

"Why ah you tiahd? Ya was sleepin." Blink said.

"More like laying there with my eyes closed for most of it." I said.

"When did you sleep?" Media asked.

"Uh…off and on."

"For how long of intervals?"

"I don't know, I'm allergic to my watch remember?"

"What?" Jack asked.

"I'm allergic to metal, it makes me break out."

"So why ah ya wearin rings?"

"Let me rephrase that, I'm allergic to non precious metals…these are silver or gold." I said pointing at my rings. "Why did you want to know Media?"

"It was just a question."

"I know, just usually when you ask me something you're wanting to know it for a reason."

"You should go grab that bed before Ace does."

"Yeah, good idea." I said dashing up the stairs.

"Do you think she was awake?" Mush whispered in Media's ear.

"We'll find out."

"How?"

"You underestimate my skills."

"Angel can BS when she wants to."

"Does it really matter if she heard it?"

"About Jack, no, what we were talking about, yeah."

"Well I don't think she'll talk about it even if she did hear about it."

"Ya know Mush, dere's still stuff ta unload!" Spot yelled.

"Why are we unloading here?" Mush asked.

"Because Blink is low on gas, so we'se gonna hafta pick up da oddah cahs."

"Which means that I'll have to drive people to their cars." Media said.

"Actually just to our house, Spot can come back with the truck and pick up the bags and Ace's car is at our house." Dodger said licking a blob of jelly off of her finger, apparently she'd been to the kitchen and made a PB&J.

"Okay, what kind of peanut butter is that?" Media asked.

"Uhm creamy."

"YAY!" Media said running to the kitchen.

"Yeah you can use my kitchen." Blink said.

"Merci, Blink."

"Was dat French?"

"Yeah why?"

"Dis goil came inta da hotel and she was speakin French at me and I couldn't undahstand hah."

"Do you remember any of the words?"

"No."

"Then I can't help you."

"Aight."

"So when did ya wanna go Media?" Spot asked growing restless.

"GMMIUMM." She said her mouth full of sandwich.

"Somebody translate dat."

"I tink dat was give hah a minute." Jack piped up.

"That was it!" Media said.

"Aight, finish ya sandwich and we'll go."

"Should I go get Angel?" Dodger asked.

"I would let her sleep, but that's just me." Media said.

"Yeah, she seemed a lil cranky." Jack said.

"A little?" Dodger asked.

"Aight, vehy cranky."

"Okay, we've established that she's grumpy. Who all is riding with me?"

"I am." Spot said.

"Me too." Added Ace.

"Just you two?"

"Wait, me too!" Dodger said.

"So it's just the three of you?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, let's go." Media said grabbing her keys and heading out the door.