The first hour of the car ride was very quiet. Nick had the entire back row to himself, so he decided to take a nap. Val also took a nap, but was often woken by a bored Chris.
Rhiannon was in the front quietly conversing with Matt. For the next two hours, they had talked about a bunch of things. A topic that the girl had wanted to bring up, was the fact that Joe would pay a visit, but she never did.
"Ok so top 10 memories with me." Matt asked out of curiosity.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Rhiannon tried not to laugh as Chris joked from the back.
"Chris shut up. Aren't you busy flirting with Val or some shit." Matt rolled his eyes and ran his hand through his hair.
"Woah woah woah there buddy. There are people in this car that don't know yet." Chris leaned forward and whispered.
"Don't you worry about me. She's already told me." Rhi turned around in her seat to look at him and smile.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"She told you?" Chris looked at her with wide eyes.
"Yup."
"I've been rooting for y'all since the 2nd grade. So don't even try to act like it's a bad thing that I know."
"Damn. She got you there." Matt said looking in the rear view mirror.
"Oh shut up Matt. You've been head over heels in love with someone who has a boyfriend." Chris rolled his eyes.
"Yo- What the fuck dude?"
"Damn." Rhiannon said looking out the window.
"Not cool man." Matt shook his head.
"Yo. Wait. She knows doesn't she?"
"Chris. You are the most oblivious person I know." Rhiannon turned around in her seat to look at him.
Seriously. One time when they were little, they had gone to Walmart and they went to the electronic section. It took him about 5 minutes to realize that they had walked away to look at the bikes.
"I second that." Matt raised his hand.
"I didn't asked to be fucking attacked by the both of you. Damn."
"That's what you get for looking like a fucking bafoon." Nick said sitting up.
"Shots fired." Rhi raised her eyebrows and laughed.
"Nick I know you aren't talking. Looking like a fucking bum trying to say that shit to me."
"Chris. We're on a fucking road trip. I'm not gonna fucking dress up to spend 4 hours in the back seat of a car."
"What the fuck did I miss?" Val rubbed her eyes and squinted at her best friend in the front seat.
"Me and Chris just found out that Rhi found out about Matts crush on her. And then Chris started fucking attacking me."
"Wait.. You guys just found out? Was I the only who knew?" Val questioned.
"I guess so." Rhiannon shrugged her shoulders.
"So wait. Val knew this entire time, but Rhi didn't tell me or Nick?" Chris leaned forward and looked at Rhiannon.
"Snacks anyone?" Rhiannon looked at everyone in the car, with raised eyebrows wanting to change the subject.
She had never done good with uncomfortable situations. She always shut down and ran away from the problem. She was surprised that she even sat through her parents tell her about their divorce. She knew that this couldn't be one of those times.
"Snack me up please. I'm fucking starving." Matt held out his hand, still looking at the road.
"Listen. I've got a boyfriend and I didn't want anyone knowing cuz I feel like the more people that know, the more guilty I'll feel. And I feel like now is a really good time to inform you that Joe will be paying us a visit while we're in New York." she said getting Matt a pack of fruit snacks.
"Damn. That bozo is really gonna show up on our trip?." Chris asked looking out the window.
"I guess so." Matt clenched his jaw while looking at the road in front of him.
"I'm sorry." she lowered her head trying to hide the guilt plastered all over her face.
"Sorry about the disappointment Matt. But how much longer til we're there?" Chris said impatiently, sitting back in his seat.
"About 30 minutes. You'll survive." Matt said looking in the rear view mirror at him.
"Yeah. Calm the fuck down." Nick chimed in.
"Not this one trying to speak to me again." Chris rolled his eyes.
"Chris, I've been nothing but nice to you this entire car ride." Nick pointed out.
"No the fuck you haven't." Chris turned around in his seat.
"Why? Because I called you a bafoon?" Nick made a face.
"Yes. That is exactly why." Chris stated.
This was gonna be a long 30 minutes.
A/N
i apologize that this chapter has taken me literally FOREVER to write. and i honestly don't know how i feel about this chapter either. BUT things are looking up! i only have a few days left of school so i'll definitely be writing a LOT more! see you next chapter 👀
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