Road Tripping

01

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"I'M WAKING UP,
To ash and dust,
I wipe my brow,
And I sweat my rust.
I'm breathing in
The chemicals,"

I dramatically inhaled and exhaled. Ah, how I love Imagine Dragons.

"Im breaking in,
Shaping up,
then checking out on the prison bus
This is it,
The apocalypse,
Whoa oh oh,"

Radioactive is such a great song. Truly a classic.

"IM WAKING UP,
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES,
ENOUGH TO MAKE MY SYSTEM BLOW,
WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE,
TO THE NEW AGE,"

My sudden outburst had frightened Puffy, who was curled up on the floor of the passenger seat. He arched his back and nimbly jumped over the backseat, into the boot.

"Aw, Puffy!" I shouted, "come back here baby!"

Im like 99% sure Puffy hates me, but I love him anyway. I'd been on the road for a while now. My Uni fund had covered motels and petrol easily. And I felt free. I didn't want to be doing anything different.

As I banged out the closing line to Radioactive, my car glided past a sign that read 'the city of Glieston.'

I'd never heard of Glieston before, which surprised me because it was quite large. Not like capital city large, but two-story-buildings large.

"Hmm," I hummed as I pulled a shopping list from the centre console.

Puffy food
Water
Snacks/meals
New magazine

As I Criss-crossed through Glieston, I eventually found a supermarket.

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I couldn't help but giggle at my chubby kitty that sat in the trolley, taking up the entire seat that was allocated for children.

"Excuse me, mam," I turned to see a guy that looked to be in his twenties, and obviously worked for the supermarket.

"I'm afraid you're not permitted to have your cat in our store."

I furrowed my brows.

"Why are you afraid? And Puffy's not my cat." I said seriously.

Reason 100380 why I love roadtripping —you can literally screw with everyone.

"Mam, please remove your ca—"

"Dearie me, Puffy! Do you hear the way this gentleman is speaking to you? We shall tell daddy about this! His millions of dollars will be sure to shut down this store immediately! It would surely postpone my wedding with Zac Efron, but I just won't be able to sleep at night knowing this store is promoting discrimination!" I deserve an Oscar for that performance.

The man's eyebrows immediately raised. Speaking of eyebrows, his could use a good pluck.

"I-I'm so sorry mam, please continue with your ca—I mean Puffsy."

I scowl at him for getting Puffy's name wrong.

"You shall refer to us as princess Laila the brilliant and sir Puffster the great." He worriedly nodded, before starting in the other direction.