Dialtones

Chapter Seven: Travel.

Song Of The Chapter: Skinny Dipping by Stand Atlantic.

A Couple Of Weeks Later...

"One more. One more annoying sound from these bastards without my cigarettes, and I swear," Alec thought to himself. "I'll kill them."

Alec was running around Leahs house, trying to find his pack of cigarettes that he knew for sure he had somewhere. He just didn't know where that somewhere was. "Hardly..." He mumbled to himself and began to climb the stairs and make his way to Leahs room. Maybe he left them in there earlier.

Leah was standing at the foot of her bed, trying to make sure that she had everything she would need for Florida, and the whole sixteen hours it would take to get there. She looked up from her bag and smiled at Alec. "You okay?" She asked.

Alec shook his head. "Have you seen my cigarettes?? I can't remember where I put them and it's driving me nuts." Leah thought to herself  for a minute before walking over to her dresser and grabbing the pack of cigarettes that was sitting on top of it, throwing it to Alec.

Alec sighed in relief. "You're a lifesaver. I locked the boys in the basement." He said as he walked over to the window, opened it, sat on sill and lit a cigarette before taking a long drag out of it, as Leah burst out laughing. "Is that why the house is so quiet???" She asked and Alec nodded.

"Leah, they were driving me nuts. David has the keyboards blasting, Tico is crying to Bonnie Tyler, and Jon and Richie are kicking the shit out of each other." He said.

Leahs eyes widened and she ran out of her room and down the stairs. She ran down to the basement door and unlocked it, only to be hit with an airwave of muddled sounds.

{Leahs P.O.V}

I walked down the stairs into my basement slowly. The noise was starting to give me a headache and it was only seven am. Jon and I had to leave soon if we wanted to have a chance of getting to Florida today.

Alec was right. David was going wild on the keyboards, Tico was crying and Jon and Richie were beating the piss out of each other.

I walked through the chaos and unplugged the keyboards before standing Tico up and putting away the Bonnie Tyler record. We all stood and looked at Jon and Richie.

David and Tico looked at me. "You're not really gonna, are you?" David asked and I raised an eyebrow at him as I rolled up my sleeves and walked to the two boys.

I grabbed the two of them and pulled them apart. "Jon, upstairs and make sure you're ready to leave. Richie, go make yourself and- whoever else wants it- some coffee. You need to chill." I said before following Jon back up the stairs to my room.

He was now standing with Alec at the window.

"Are you sure you're gonna be able to handle the drive?" Alec asked him. Jon nodded. "Why wouldn't I be able to? It can't be that long, right?" He asked. Alec burst out laughing. Jon looked from Alec to me and back again. "Right?" He asked. I shook my head and managed to hold back a laugh.

"L-Leah, how long is the drive?"
"Sixteen hours."
"... Oh God."
"Get ready, rockstar." I laughed and picked up my bag.

"I'm gonna bring my stuff out to the car, I'll be back." I said and walked back down the stairs and out to Jon's to car, grabbing his car keys out of the key-dish by the front door as I passed through it.

{End Of P.O.V}

As Leah closed the trunk of Jon's car after making sure they had everything they needed, it was now 7:10 am and she felt someone behind her. It was only when they poked her in the ribs and said "boo" as she squirmed away that she knew it was Jon.

Jon laughed at her reaction and she playfully hit his shoulder. "You know I don't like that!!" She said and Jon laughed again. "I know... that's why it's funny." He said. Leah rolled her eyes and laughed as he opened his arms to her and she hugged him. "Are you sure you're ready for this drive?" She asked him and he nodded.

"Yeah, of course. It's sixteen hours with you. How bad could it be??" He asked and Leah laughed. "I guess you're just gonna have to find out."

A Couple Of Hours Later...

Jon was in tears laughing as he drove down the highway. "Wh-What do you mean?! Lassie was such a happy movie!!"

Leah was laughing too. "I swear!! I was seven or eight years old, and I stuck my hand to the Stanley Range in our kitchen back at my ma's place in Ireland and told everyone I was electrocuted by the fucking counter and then I cried at Lassie." She said.

"The counter?!!" Jon laughed harder. "Leah, honey... no." He laughed and she shrugged. "I was seven, okay?" She laughed.

(A/N: This is a true story. I deadass burned myself, used that excuse and cried at Lassie afterwards. And for those who don't know what a Stanley Range is, this is it>)

By the time that Jon and Leah made it to Florida, it was almost midnight. Leah was now driving and Jon was just managing to stay awake in the passenger seat. Before he knew it, they were pulling up outside a house he had never seen before that he guessed to be Merediths. Leah noticed a car there that she had never seen before, but she just went with it anyways.

Herself and Jon got out of the car, grabbed their bags and went to the front door. "Is Merediths mom gonna kill us for being here so late??" He asked and Leah shook her head. "Nah. Linda knew we were gonna be here late." She said as she knocked on the door.

A couple of seconds later, they were greeted by Linda. "Leah!! How lovely to see you! Both of you come in." She said and she stepped aside.

"It's lovely to see you too, Linda!! Thanks so much for having us. This is my friend Jon that Meredith told you about." Leah said as her and Linda shared a quick hug before Linda gave Jon a quick welcoming hug and they spoke for a few minutes.

"So... where is she??" Leah asked. Linda smiled.

"In her room, dear. I trust she told you where you were both staying?"
"Oh yes. Thanks again."
"Yeah... thank you for having us."
"Oh it's no problem. Go ahead, go see her."

Jon and Leah made their way up the stairs and put their bags in the room they were staying in which was a spare bedroom that had two beds in it. They then crept across the hallway and to the door of Merediths bedroom, which was cracked open a little bit.

Leah stook her head around the door and smiled. "Well, what's the craic?" She asked.

Before she knew it, she was tackled in a hug on the floor.

Jon watched as a boy, not much shorter than he was, stood up and walked over. "I'm Chuck." He said. Jon smiled and held out his hand. "I've heard about you. I'm Jon." He said as they shook hands.

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