The next morning the five friends climbed into Kagome's new Chevrolet Suburban. Kagome had bought it at the end of graduation, figuring it would be more fun and less of a hassle to have all her friends in one car whenever they went out together.
Inuyasha was the driver for this trip. Kagome sat next to him. Miroku and Sango were in the row behind Kagome and Inuyasha. Rin, being the smallest, was in the backseat. The trunk was packed with suitcases for everyone.
Kagome figured if things went smoothly, and everyone decided on the duplex, they could have a mini vacation and start scoping out the city. If things didn't work out she had a few days for the realtor to find them something better. She hoped for the former so everyone could have a mini vacation before all the changes in their lives and moving started happening.
The 3 hour drive to the small college town was smooth, and uneventful. The friends talked and laughed, listened to music, and updated each other on their lives. Kagome updated everyone on Ayame and Koga, not that there was much to update. They were following some leads, but nothing had come of it yet.
When the friends finally made it into town, they rushed out of the car. The ride was fun, but being cooped up in a vehicle for three hours without being able to stretch your legs and get your blood moving is not the most pleasant feeling in the world.
The group of friends made their way into the hotel they would be staying in while they were there. Kagome had booked 2 rooms for the trip. She had insisted the rooms be right next door to each other, with a connecting door between the two.
Both rooms had 2 queen size beds in the room. The boys would be in one room, the girls in the other. She figured 2 of the girls would have to share a bed, or they'd get a roll away, if they needed. She hadn't decided how that was going to work out, but she wasn't too worried. They were all friends after all.
They checked into the hotel, and carried their suitcases up to their rooms. They opened the connecting doors between the two rooms while they checked the rooms out, and put things away. The boys threw their suitcases in the closet and went into the girls room claiming they were finished unpacking, and hurry up because because they were starving. The girls rolled their eyes and told them to go really unpack because they wanted a chance to freshen up first.
When the girls had finished unpacking and cleaned up a little, they were ready to go. Kagome asked Rin where she wanted to eat since she had promised her she could choose. Rin was excited because she had seen a little diner when they had come in that looked like it would be fun to eat at. It wasn't too far from the hotel, only a couple of blocks. So, instead of climbing back into the car to get there, the friends decided to walk.
A/N Thank you, readers for being patient with me. I am feeling slightly better after my fall, and so I will reward you with an update. I don't know when the next update will be. I was trying to work on my story, and I realized it was going waaaay off track. So I had to delete quite a bit of what I had written. However, I think I figured it out, and am back on my true path for my story. I haven't caught up to where I was before I deleted, but I should be there soon. (I try to write a few chapters ahead of posting so if I need to go back and rewrite I don't have to repost.)
I just want to give a quick shout out to nerdgirl29. Thank you for reading my stories and reviewing and messaging me. I'm more grateful than you may know for all the reviews. It helps me keep writing if I know I have even one person out there that reads my stories. So, again thank you!