My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Break Down

This ride was taking forever. Ishi checked his phone for the time, and there was still about an hour left until they reached their destination. He was not looking forward to the rest of the time they still had left. After all, that meant another hour of not having anything to say to his seat buddy. All the while he had to hear the droning on and on of the people behind him. This field trip was off to such a great start, wasn't it?

It appeared his path was going to still be heading downhill, if it even went up in the first place. He heard his teacher say the words no one wants to hear. "Uh oh." The man said, as he felt a little bit of a rumble from their vehicle. Judging from the small amount of smoke entering their view, things weren't going to end positively here.

Their ride was going to have to take a detour, as a few minutes later, their bus pulled into a gas station.

"I'm sorry everyone." The teacher said. "I just need to check something, please wait on this bus and don't go anywhere." He hopped off the bus, leaving the murmurs of the students behind. Everyone else voiced out their concerns as if that would help things.

"Look guys." Ishi attempted to calm the crowd. "Just be a little patient, and I'm sure we'll be out of here in no time." Rinse's mother was right, teens really are in a rush to get to things. Though to be fair this time, being stuck here wasn't good for anyone.

"Can we at least get off to use the bathroom?" Someone asked. Others shared the same sentiment as the person who asked.

"I think we're old enough to wait a few minutes."

"We can ask the teacher." Youna disagreed with him, and since she was the rep, her words were the one to be listened to. Reluctantly, he got off the bus with her to ask permission from the teacher to allow everyone off.

"Actually, I was about to tell everyone they were free to get off." He explained to them that something appeared to be wrong with the bus. This didn't sound good at all, but they did as they were asked and told everyone the bad news. So while they didn't have to wait in this stuffy bus, the idea of being stranded was not well received.

They were about halfway on their trip, so turning back wasn't an option. But if they suffered much delay, then they'd miss out on a lot of the activities planned out for them. Worst of all for the entire grade, both Youna and Ishi were the ones who planned things out and had the paperwork along with them. So they weren't going to be the only ones suffering if they had to be stuck here for long.

"Ugh, the bathroom's were so nasty." One of the girls complained as she returned of the rest of the group. She was known in the class as the Ryugi, the one with a good sense of fashion. Personally, Ishi thought her to be one of the more diva types that people let pass because she was pretty. "This is all your fault." She turned her ire on him.

"Me? What did I do?" He didn't even know how to defend himself from such an accusation. "Last time I checked, I didn't sabotage our bus."

"Yeah, well you're the one in charge." So to her, and everyone else in the class, he was the one responsible for getting them out of this. As if he had any control over that.

In all honesty, he understood they were all frustrated because this field trip was one they were all looking forward to. If it got ruined, then they wouldn't have this so-called precious memory in their youth. Though this was totally not fair at all. Youna was also working with him and no one was getting mad at her.

"Hey teacher." He had come up with a quick, and very poorly thought out, plan. "Could you call one of the other teachers? Maybe they can turn around and help us out?" It was unlikely, since all the vehicles were filled to the brim. However, they could try to work something out with outside help.