The Road to You

Chapter 2

  Starting a road trip towards the end of January wasn't a very smart plan. The roads were slick with ice and slush, traffic was thick, and people were always irritated. Always.

        Marley and Cass had both gotten dressed nearly three hours ago, and the girls were on the highway heading for Texas first. They wanted to try all the food and meet the people there before heading off. Mainly just the food though. The two knew that Texas was famous for having large meal sizes and large, basically everything. They wanted to get in on some of that, to be honest. 

        At the moment, the roads were surprisingly not that bad. They'd only slid once and it was because some asshole decided it would fun to switch lanes right in front of the their large, dark blue SUV. They'd nearly had their back lights demolished but luckily, Marley, who was driving, slowed down in time to prevent that. Not without some kind of consequence, however. She went on a fit of cuss words, honking her horn to get the point across that she was pissed.

        Other than that, there was no stressful events. Well, nothing major anyways. Traffic in general stressed Cass and Marley off in it's own terrible way. It scared Cass, but it made Marley angry. Really, Really angry. Most of the time it was bearable, though. 

        Cass sighed to herself, listening to the music playing and looking out the window. They had a nice playlist that appealed to them both. It was literally the same 10, maybe 11 songs. Currently the two were listening to Video Games by The Young Professionals. Outside there wasn't much to look at. Wet roads, snow built up at the edges, dead trees and other cars passed and flashed by quickly and Cass sighed again. 

        The heat in the car protected Cass and Marley from the outside cold, not that they couldn't handle it. Living in St. Clair kept you prepared for horribly cold weather. Especially last year, during the 2014 Polar Vortex Canada bestowed upon them. It was awful. Cass and Marley still walked through the knee deep snow, and trudged through a heavy snow storm just to walk to the corner store and get monsters. It most likely wasn't worth it but it at the time is very much was. 

        Cass  moved from her position to reach in the back and grab and fruit punch. "You want one too?"  She asked Marley, tearing the straw from the back and pushing it inside. Marley hummed a 'no' and turned down a side road. 

        "We're gonna stop at McDonald's, alright?" Marley said quickly after, speeding up to pass some slow idiot as she did. 

        "That's chill." Cass yawned, stretching. She accidentally squeezed the juice pouch  as she did so, and some of it landed on her tiger hoodie and blue jeans. Groaning, Cass set the pouch in between her legs as she wiped the liquid with her sleeve. "God dammit." She mumbled, cringing as it soaked through both her hoodie and her jelly fish sweater. Learning her lesson, she made sure to keep the punch from being squeezed too tightly again as he picked it from her legs and sucked a mouthful. 

        As the car neared the McDonald's off the highway, Marley slowed down slightly and turned the music down. "We're gonna do the drive through so tell me what you want now." 

        "Uh.." Cass took a minute to think, wondering what she was craving at the moment. "Medium fry, large coke, and two McChickens." She answered as they pulled in, waiting behind a few cars. "What about you?"

        "Yeah that's fine, and uh.. I think I'm gonna get the same to be honest, except instead of McCchickens, I'm getting a couple McDoubles." Marley replied, reaching in her hoodie pocket to retrieve her wallet. "You feel me?"

        "I feel you." Cass yawned before picking up her fruit punch and finishing it quickly. She squeezed out any remaining liquid and then tossed it into a plastic bag sitting on the floor. "So it this like our trash bag for now?" She asked, making sure it was inside all the way. Along with it now was an empty water bottle, a few candy wrappers, and another plastic bag.