Equilibrium (Vexxieverse Series - Part 5)

Somewhere Quiet (Z)

Zayn
May

No one was ready to go back to the real world, so they rented a luxury RV and planned to road trip home from Jule's house in Washington. They got to test it out on the drive from the rental lot to her place, which was only about two hours away. After their visit, they'd take the coast down to LA and let Harry experience a few places on the way since he'd never been. Zayn suspected they might have trouble convincing him to leave San Francisco, though. It was kind of his vibe.

It was a rare day in Washington state where rain was out of the forecast. It was still cloudy, of course, but since there was never a cloud in LA, it was kind of refreshing. Cozy even. Reminded them all of where they came from.

Before they moved to America, Zayn and Louis would spend days like this holed up in Louis's room after his parents went to work because they had skipped class. Zayn would draw comics while Louis memorized scripts for whatever theater gig he'd been trying to audition for that month. Acting was never in Zayn's interest, but he'd run lines with Lou anyway because he needed the practice and Louis never made fun of his shit performances. Not even once.

Also, unlike LA, the traffic actually moved in Washington.

"Put some clothes on, Harry! This thing has windows!" Louis yelled across their RV.

"I have clothes on!"

Zayn looked back from the passenger seat to see Harry dancing with Liam to Lizzo in the tiniest hot pink shorts. He also had a fleece Louis Blue blanket over his shoulders like a cape because it wasn't actually all that warm out. They were doing their best lip sync performances up and down the living room area while Louis watched from the sofa. He had his hands behind his head and his legs stretched out on the cushions while he enjoyed the show.

"Give him a break, it was a 14 hour flight. He's reached his limit on being strangled by clothes," Zayn said in the rearview mirror. It was true but also, Zayn liked the view. If they got pulled over, Harry would just flirt his way out of a ticket, anyway. Besides, he was technically clothed and not breaking any indecency laws.

"Whatever, you two are making me tired just watching you. Why are you so hyper?" Louis asked while he dug through Harry's bag. "Has anyone seen my cigarettes?"

"You can't smoke in here Lou, it's a rental." Niall reminded him.

Liam and Harry turned away from Louis and had a suspicious snicker, plus a few whispers. Never a good sign. They came back from the back bedroom and each had an empty can of cold brew with added espresso shots in their hands.

"You had coffee?! Guys it's like 8:00pm, you'll never sleep tonight!" Louis groaned. "Where did you even get those?"

Harry snatched Liam's can from him. "The airport had vending machines, and you guys took forever to pee," Harry shrugged and tossed the cans into the trash after he crumpled them with his fist.

"We wanted to be awake for Jules!" Liam went back to his dancing without a care in the world.

Niall was driving because the last time Louis was allowed to drive, he broke the rental when he accidentally jumped a median while he was pretending to be a race car driver on an open road. Also, the rental before that, because he wanted to see if he could do a donut in the snow because, 'it was just a parking lot and they got the insurance.' Oh and of course, the one before that where he wanted to see if a sedan could climb up a mountain like in the commercials and he popped the tires on the rocks. Louis wasn't allowed to drive rentals anymore.

"You don't need to smoke right now. Just wait until we get there. Oh!" Harry dug through the same bag and got supplies out. "Do my hair. That will keep your hands busy." He pushed Louis's knees apart and plopped down between Louis's outstretched legs.