Graveyard Shift

CHAPTER THREE

WORDS YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW:
Hijab - a veil that covers the head and chest area; mainly worn by Muslim women.
Dayr - an area in which (as used in early Islamic, Arabic, and/or Persian terms) Christian monks worship.
Haraam - (when referring to food) what is not allowed for Muslims to eat or drink.
Kafir - an insult that is not nice in terms of Arabs, which literally means "non-Muslim" and translates to a person who does not believe in religion, or an "infidel."

CHAPTER THREE
"You know, I don't think I have ever seen you without your hijab on," Daren said as he looked at Kris, who sat on his right.
"Shit!" Kris nearly shouted. "I knew I forgot something!" Both Anna and Eleanor began to laugh loudly. Kris gave an evil glare at Anna who only continued on.
"How did you forget your scarf?? Anna chuckled at her.
"Ohhh, I don't know, maybe it was the fact that I was sleeping and then a person who wanted to play ninja SNUCK INTO MY ROOM AND SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!" She shot a look at Eleanor in the mirror and Eleanor laughed and shook her head.
"It's not my fault that you forgot your scarf. You did that all on your own," Eleanor shrugged.
"I did not do it! I am not responsible for this!"
"You sort of are. I mean, you could've just said you were going in the first place and then one of us would've probably reminded you. Probably not, but we could've. And isn't that what really counts?" Anna said with a smirk.
"Shut up," she pouted. "I blame every single one of you."
"In my defense, I wasn't there to sneak anywhere near your room," I said with a raised right hand, the other on the wheel. "I don't think I should be on that list."
"Nope, you are number one just because you drove them."
"On my command." Eleanor chirped in.
"Saying that makes it worse for you; do you realize that?" Daren said.
"Regardless of what you say, Krissy Kris," Eleanor began, "you forgot it because you're the one who wears it. You shouldn't have taken it off in the first place."
"I WAS SLEEPING!"
"A terrible mistake considering I was planning on bringing you and Anna on a road trip, don't you think?"
"Oh my God," she said exasperated and put her fingers to her temples. "Allah, forgive me, 'bouta put a curse on this girl." We all laughed as well as she.
"Sooooo, forgive me for saying this in front of a Muslim, but I want, nay, I need a delicious, meaty burger from the Christian vicinity the public calls In 'N Out and I want it now. I was promised this. I would love lemonade as well, thank you." Daren leaned forward, leaning his forearms on the middle console, poking his head between me and Eleanor.
"No offense taken. They don't use pork in their stuff, so it's all good in the hood." She nodded, sloppy bun bouncing.
"Oh my God, does that mean we can actually eat there?!" Daren suddenly gasped and smiled widely. Eleanor laughed at him.
"It's beef that is not made for Allah, Darren Greene," Eleanor replied to him. His face fell. She laughed again as well as Anna and Kris once he leant back in his seat, face still covered in despair.
"Awh," Kris said, "don't worry about it. You go eat; you go to your Dayr and eat them Haraam burgers." Anna, Eleanor, and I all laughed as Daren nodded graciously.
"After this I will possibly take in the consideration of converting into the Islamic religion."
"Dear God, what have I done?" Kris then ran a finger over her left eyebrow as Daren went on.
"I have seen the ways of how beautiful this peaceful religion is in the art of giving and being humble," he placed a hand to his chest and we all laughed. "I will not lie, because, as Anna put it earlier, it probably will not happen, but it is the thought that really counts, isn't it?"
"Shut up, Kafir." Kris then said with a shake of her head. We all laughed once again.
***
"I have an extraordinary talent in the art of story telling, that which involves urination. It focuses on me and how my having to pee really badly may just cause an explosion and get, not only my bloody liver on you all, but my bodily fluids as well; complete with urea." Anna said at twelve-thirty-four AM as we drove. Daren was nodding off, Kris already asleep on the door, Eleanor and Anna being the only two who were actually up with me.
"Well, at the next place I see where there is actually civilization, I will stop, and you shall release these stories of urination to a more equipped assimilation of surroundings, such as the great, white round one," I replied. "How does that sound?"
"That would be great!" She then piped happily. "Thanks."
"Or we can come to a compromise and go to In 'N Out, use their facilities, and-and sleep." Daren then slurred. "She's asleep," he said. "Anna, you're so pretty." He said. I laughed as well as Eleanor. Anna pressed her lips together and nodded.
"Aw," she said and patted his arm. "I know." We all laughed at that. "JK," she then said.
After thirty minutes, Anna was saying, "Yeah, I don't know if you know, but I have to pee," "Geez, I gotta pee," "Guys, I have a great story; it's called Anna Has To Pee," and "It's a funny thing, the process of urination-let me out, I GOTTA POP A SQUAT!"
I didn't really know what to say and Daren was finally asleep, so he couldn't help; not that he could if he were awake, really, but still. It was dark besides the headlights on the road and the reflective signs that we passed every so often. "How is it that there hasn't been one gas station in over forty minutes!" Anna complained. "I feel like my kidneys are going to implode!"
Eleanor laughed, "Just hold it. We're almost there." Which was something she had proceeded to say continuously without having an actual destination.
"IF I HOLD MY PEE IN ANY LONGER, I AM NOT LYING, I WILL IMPLODE. MY KIDNEYS WILL RUPTURE INSIDE OF ME AND I WILL DIE. DO NOT LET ME GO LIKE THAT. DO NOT LET MY PARENTS HAVE TO PUT DEATH BY IMPLODING URINATION ON MY GRAVESTONE. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU AND THUS WILL HAUNT YOU UNTIL THE END OF YOUR LIFE. I AM NOT JOKING." This immediately woke Kris and she blinked, out of sorts, with an impression of the door imprinted upon her face. She looked around, very confused, until she realized what was happening and remembered. Kris saw Anna and then sighed out.
"Why am I not surprised you have been the one to wake me from my nap?" She then yawned and leaned an arm on Daren, who was just completely conked. Anna ignored this remark, squeezing her legs together tighter or something that involved moving around behind my seat and shifting her legs in some way.
"I'm sure a gas station or something will be coming up real soon by now. I mean, it's been however long and we're in the middle of nowhere, which means that we are somewhere." I pointed out.
"Exactly! Thank you, William, for being intelligent, unlike our currently pee filled friend."
"I resent that!" She defended.
"What are we talking about here? I feel disoriented and left out at the moment; I need to decide if this is a good thing or not."
"Anna has to pee and keeps talking about it like if she talks enough she will have peed through her words."
"Ewwwww," she scrunched her nose and I laughed. "That sounds disgusting. That seems like you would vomit pee; ew, could you imagine that? Ewewewww!" Kris shook her head.
"PLEEEEEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS. I WILL PEE ON ALL OF YOU."
"Thanks, Anna," Kris said.
"WATCH WHEN YOU HAVE TO POOP AND IT TAKES TWO HOURS UNTIL WE SEE SOMEPLACE FOR YOU TO FINALLY GO. WE WILL SEE WHO IS LAUGHING THEN!" Eleanor and Kris laughed, and I stifled mine. "THAT IS IT. STOP THE CAR."
"What? No, I can't just-"
"WILL, I AM GOING TO URINATE ON ALL OF YOU IF YOU DO NOT STOP NOW." So, I stopped the car. The immediate sounds heard were her seatbelt unbuckled and zipping back into position before the car door was opened and she bolted. The next sound was grass and then, "THANK YOU, JESUS!" I jumped in my seat at that and Kris scrunched her nose whilst laughing awkwardly, unsure if it was hilarious or disgusting. About three minutes later, Anna was then back in the car and Eleanor shuffled inside of the plastic bag from before the trip even started. "I AM PEE RIDDEN." A tiny bottle of hand sanitizer was then tossed into the backseat at Anna.
"Ninety-nine point nine percent of germs are killed by a drop of that little sucker there. I knew it would come in handy," she said proudly.
"Better?" Kris asked, stifling her laughter as her face grew red. Anna merely nodded in relief.
Ten minutes more of driving, we saw a gas station and I slowly pulled over. We all stared at the vicinity before glancing at Anna. She stared at it and nodded before she let out a slow breath and silently looked down. "I peed in dead grass." Kris laughed loudly at her. Daren was still asleep.