A/N Ellipses make EVERYTHING better! (Ellipses = ...) And Alice is afraid of thunder storms! Along with a few other revalations... MWAHAHAHA!

Next day...

Alice woke up groggily. It was light out and she was the only one awake. She checked Brandon's phone. It was 7:15, so she decided to wake Brandon. "Huh?" he asked, waking up.

"I-It's seven fifteen, I think we woke up late..." Alice replied yawning.

"Might as well start driving." he said, yawning while turning on the engine.

"...I guess." Alice replied, half-asleep. Brandon quickly pulled out of the truck stop and turned onto the highway.

"Hey Alice." he asked, rubbing one of his eyes.

"Yeah?"

"Did you see what I did to Samantha?"

"...Yeah." Alice replied.

"Sorry then." Brandon apologized.

Alice looked at him surprised before smiling softly. "...It's OK." she said, casting her eyes downwards. "I've done worse things than that..."

"I know, it's just that I sometimes lose control..." Brandon said, looking away.

"It's OK. It's OK." Alice replied. "It's not your fault."

"Yea, but still...it's not ok..." he trailed off.

"It's better than what I did." Alice replied.

"What'd you do?" he asked.

"...I was the weapon the Kishin Lord used to kill Lord Death..."

"Really?" Brandon asked, raising an eyebrow. "At least it was quick."

"No. Not exactly. He's hard to kill, and believe it or not, there's something under that mask of his. Watching him die... that was the worst thing I ever saw in my life..." she said, lowering her head in shame.

"Hey, it's in the past. There's nothing you can do about it now." he said, putting his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Alice sighed. "I've tried to forget it. I really have, but Kidd looks too much like him. It's hard."

"Are you still feeling sick?" Brandon asked, trying to change the subject.

"Y-Yeah. A little." Alice replied.

"What are your symptoms?"

"I just have this really weird feeling in my stomach and I'm feeling a bit light-headed, but I'm sure it's fine." Alice smiled nervously.

"Possibly car sickness? Or maybe tightened neck muscles..." Brandon said, rattling off a list of possible illnesses. "Maybe we should get you some muscle relaxers."

"Don't worry. If I'm still sick by the time we get home, I'll have Nygus see what's wrong." she reassured.

"Alright then." he said. "Hold the wheel, I'm going to get something to drink." he said, putting on the cruise control.

"OK, Brandon" Alice said, making sure the RV didn't go into another lane. "Next time you want somethin' just ask me to get it for ya'! I'm used to it." she joked.

"Alright." he said, grabbing a soda and quickly returning to the seat. "Got it." he said, looking to put his soda can in the cup holder and accidentally touching her hand. "Sorry." he said, moving it.

"Hm? It's OK." Alice replied. They drove for a couple hours, until another state border was reached.

"We're a fourth of the way back." Brandon said, reading the state marker.

"That's a good thing." Alice stated. "The sooner we get back, the sooner I can figure out what's wrong with me."

"Are you sure you don't want some pills or something?" Brandon asked, becoming concerned.

"Positive." Alice said.

"Ok. Just if you start feeling worse, we'll pull over and get something." he said, still worrying about her well being.

"Really, I'm fine." Alice chuckled.

"Alright." he said, and returned his attention to the road. Brandon soon saw everyone ws asleep, but decided to keep driving through the night, listening to the radio that was on low volume.

Alice woke in the middle of the night. "...You're still driving?" she asked sleepily.

"Yea." he said, yawning. "Could you get me a Monster?"

"Sure." Alice said, getting up and walking towards the minifridge as quietly as possible and retrieving a Monster for him.

"Thanks." he said, opening the can and taking a sip. "You were right."

"Right about what?"

"This doesn't help at all." Brandon said, chugging the rest,of the drink and crushing the can. Alice chuckled quietly. "Why are you up?" he asked.

"Dunno. Sometimes I just wake up and can't go back to sleep. This is the first time it's happened since I came to this dimension, which is odd 'cause it usually happens every other day." Alice explained.

"I wonder why.." Brandon thought aloud, thinking of possible causes for insomnia.

"I always thought it was because of me being an ex-Kishin." Alice responded.

"Well, you do have a lot of energy, so that may contribute to your insomnia." he said.

"Hm, maybe." Alice said.

"You should at least try to get to sleep though." he said.

"OK, but if it rains, expect me to be up all night." Alice said. Then conveniently it started to rain. "...Goddamnit."

"Well, shit." Brandon said, and turned on the window wipers. "Like keeping this thing steady wasn't hard enough..." he mumbled to himself, decreasing his speed down to 60. Alice stared at the rain like it was about to murder her. "What?" he asked, noticing her horrified expression. There was a crack of thunder and Alice yelped, which sounded a bit like a hurt puppy. "Hey, it's ok. We're safe in here." he said, trying to reassure her.

"S-Sorry.." she replied, shaking.

"Here, put these in. They will block out the thunder." he said, handing her a pair of earbuds he had.

"Th-thanks, Brandon." she said, putting the earbuds in.

"No problem."

"I hate rain... so... much..."

"Why?" Brandon asked, confused about her hatred.

"I... I actually don't know."

"Maybe you have a bad memory involving rain that you suppressed." Brandon suggested.

"M-Maybe..." Alice said.

"Are you ok? You're stuttering a lot." Brandon said, becoming worried once more.

A flash of lightning appeared outside and Alice stiffened for a moment. "It's the storm..." she squeaked.

"Try to sleep. It should be over by the time you wake up." Brandon said.

"I-I'll try."

"Good. I'll wake you up when it passes." he said. It was hard with the rain, but Alice eventually fell asleep. Brandon decided to keep driving, and stopped at around 4:00, passing another state boundary. He then pulled into a truck stop and instantly fell asleep.