Behind Their Smiles

Chapter 6

"That's great." Adam said.

"Yeah, I'm glad I will be committing a crime with my best friend." I said sarcastically.

"It'll be fine, what've we got to lose?" Molly asked. 

"Um, our lifes, our phones, our-" 

"Jase, I didn't need and explanation." Molly interrupted. 

"Well you asked." He said. 

"It was a form of a statement." Molly said in her smart tone. 

"That made no sense." He said.

"Okay, can we stop arguing and talk about tomorrow night?" I begged. 

"Well it takes 1 day and 7 hours to get there. I did some research and we need to get our hotel and get settled. Then we'll head out and eat. Then we're off!" Adam said. 

"Ughh." I said, with the feeling of my stomach turning getting worse and worse by the minute. Right then and there there was kind of a silence. Jase broke that immediately.

"So're you guys ready?" He asked.

"Yeah, I  guess." Molly said.

I grabbed my bags and got into the mini van. Yes- we had a mini van because we have so much stuff. According to Jase, it was a Dark Green, 2012 Honda Odyssey. It was not really that new though. It looked like it had been used for about 5 or 6 years- even though it had only been made 2 years ago. 

"Are we really going in this?" I asked in a bratty voice.

"You wanna walk?" Jase asked.

I said nothing.

"That's what I thought. Now shut up and get in." He laughed. 

The adrenaline was rushing to my head and I felt like I was going to pass out. I had a million things on my mind and the last thing I needed was passing out right before the adventure of my life. Notice how I called that an adventure? Well, I didn't know what else to call it in this case. So I just put the seat back and put my headphones in for a while. Yes, I thought. My favorite song was on. Talk that Talk by Rihanna. I love the way the beat goes. I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"What?" I hesitated taking my headphones out. 

"Sorry, but do you have another pair? I have a book on tape that I want to listen to!" Molly asked. 

"I think." I leaned over and shuffled through my bag. 

"You've got to be kidding me!" I rubbed my head.

"What's wrong?" Molly asked.

I leaned in whispered. "I forgot my pills." 

"Wait, what pills?" She asked. 

"I haven't told you? Well I haven't told anybody actually. My mom doesn't even know. My back was hurting so I went to the pharmacy to get a subscription, and I got some. The pain didn't stop- it actually started to get worse. So I went to the doctor. And they said I had some weird thing. I don't know and don't really care what I had, I just know I needed those pills. 

"Well, skipping a couple of days shouldn't hurt, right?" She asked.

"Yeah, I guess not." I sighed. 

I put my headphones back in. Then I took them back out.

"Hey, are we going to stay in a hotel?" I asked.

"Yeah, Motel 6." Adam answered. 

"Great." I complained.

"What?" He asked.