Not My Time

The Road Trip

"I can't believe our parents are letting us do this! They must be crazy letting us go on a 3-week road trip with no adults" I exclaim

"Well, we are almost college students so we are going to be on our own sooner than you think Kira."  My best friend Julia retorts.

"At least you are Jules me, I'm not so sure."

"You still haven't decided what you want to do?"

"No, I mean how am I supposed to pick one thing to do for the rest of my life."

"How about something history related, you love history, you did so well at it in school."

"Yeah, it was basically the only thing I was good at, but it is more of a hobby, not a career choice."

"Whatever we can discuss this more later, right now we need to finish packing because tomorrow we set off on an epic adventure just the two of us," Julia exclaims throwing her arm out wide for extra emphasis. Julia is one of those girls you don't want to mess with because her bad side is dangerous it is a side you don't want to ever see. She took Karate classes from a young age and she would often drag me along.  She has greyish eyes and short black hair and would match that with relatively dark clothes and makeup.

Sadly for some people, they have made the mistake of calling her 1 of 2 things, either emo, because of her choice of clothes and makeup or babyface as she looks fairly young for her age. it has caused many people bruises, broken noses, and for guys a world of hurt where the sun don't shine. That is also a reason I am her only close friend, some people have called her a wolf in sheep's clothes.

I, on the other hand, am the complete opposite well for the most part. I had long somewhat wavy brown hair and blue eyes. while Julia did take me to karate I am not the biggest fan of it and do not like violence. I ware more light clothes and very little makeup as I don't see the point of putting gunk on your face to make yourself look better. It is weird we are friends being opposites but you know what they say opposites attract.

But the thing is my parents trusted her to keep me safe and her parents trusted me to keep her grounded and to be the responsible one so I guess that is why they all agreed to let us go on this road trip.The trip is to the east coast for a full three weeks at the beginning of the summer just the two of us. 

The next day at about 8:30 we were loading Jules's car as it was newer and not an old clunker like mine. This wasn't the easiest task but it helped that we not only were best friends but also neighbors. of course, our parents were out there helping us and going over a checklist.

"You have enough clothes?" 

"Yes"

"Money?"

"Yes"

"Food?"

"Yes, how many times do we have to go over this checklist, what is this Kira the 5th time they have asked."

"Well, we wouldn't want you to forget something and ruin your trip." Jules mom explains

"I love you mom but we've got this covered we have been planning this out for months."

"Okay as long as you are sure." My mom says. We say our goodbyes and climb into the car. and pull out of our shared driveway.

"You ready for this Kira?" Jules asks glancing at me as she drives.

"You bet your butt I am."

"What the hell did you just say?"

"I said you bet your butt I am."