Just Us 4

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"Everyone ready? Make sure you have everything. If not, we can stop by the store to get whatever," Michelle offered.
"You know Logan and I are ready mom," Roman said.
"Patton? Virgil?"
"We're good!," I yelled from the very back.
"Alrighty then! Let's get this show on the road!," Henry exclaimed as he started the car.

We all, except Virgil, cheered as we pumped out fist in the air. I sat in the very back of the SUV with Logan while Roman sat in front of us with Virgil. I unzipped my bag and took out an adult animal coloring book and markers. I usually color when I get bored or when I'm riding in a car.

I found a page with 4 cats playing together so I started coloring one cat's face. Logan looked over to what I was doing.

"What are you coloring?" He asked.
I held my picture up so he could see," Cats."
He seemed amused," Can I draw with you?"
I shrugged but smiled," Sure, and it's coloring. What animal do you like? I could probably find it in here somewhere."

He thought for awhile before saying," The Varanus Salvatore. It's not my favorite but I do like them."
"Huh?" I asked as I looked through the coloring book for the Various Sat-Door or whatever.
"Just find a lizard Pat."

I shrugged, looking back through the book. I finally found a chameleon on a tree and ripped it out. I handed it to Logan and put the box of markers in the middle of us.

I continued my coloring of the cat, which was orange and had a blue collar. That one was suppose to be me. It reminded me of myself because the cat seemed very playful. The other three reminded me of the others. The one playing with a yarn ball was Roman, the one clawing at its collar was Logan, and the one being attacked by my cat was Virgil.

I finished my cat and moved onto Logan's, coloring his collar black. Logan looked over at my picture and smiled.

"Are blue and black you're favorite colors?"
I shook my head, not looking up from the picture," No, they're all cats that resembles all four of us."
I pointed out each cat," See? The one that's already colored is my cat, the one I'm working on is you, that one is Roman's, and this one is Virgil's."

He nodded. I looked over his arm and saw that he was already half done with his drawing.

"Yours looks so cool!," I said as I pointed to the different shades of green on the tail.
He smiled a little," Thanks. I like yours too."

I smiled and continued my drawing as he turned back to his.
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It was currently 2 in the morning, and pretty much everyone except Michelle, who was now driving, Virgil, and I were asleep. I don't know why, but I like to be a night owl with Virgil other than against Virgil. Michelle was driving, and we weren't planning on making stops, so she didn't have any chance of falling asleep.

Virgil was now where Logan use to sit, since they switched seats while we did make one stop for snacks and bathroom breaks at a gas station. He didn't say anything, or do anything, besides staring out the window. He didn't even show any signs of being tired.

"You're not one bit tired?" I said to him, making sure not to wake the others.
He shook his head," I guess mom's fights with Kyle just drains all my sleep out of me like a wet rag."
I shrugged," That makes sense."
"You can't sleep either?"
"*Sigh* No. I mean, on school nights sure, but on weekends, I can pretty much be the night owl."

We heard light tapping on the roof of the car, Virgil and I both looked out the window. Soon, the light tapping became heavy pounding. It was a terrible storm. A windy one actually.

"I guess we're getting close huh?" I joked. Indiana weather is usually this muddy and rainy.
He smirked," I guess."

He kept looking out the window until we both heard thunder and saw lightning from Virgil's side of the car. He yelped in fear and scrambled over to my side of the car. I hugged him tight as he buried his face in my chest.
I kind of loved it when his Astraphobia kicked in.

I wrapped my arms around him and looked out the window. Rain was lashing against the windows and streaks of light could be seen above the shady clouds. Some kid at my school, who was religious, said that lightning only occurs when God makes a strike during his bowling game. I believe it. What's there not to believe?
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5am passed around and I still couldn't get in any sleep. The storm kept me up even later, but Virgil soon passed out with his whole body leaning against me. My arms were still wrapped around him. Earlier, Michelle switched with Henry, so now Henry was driving while Michelle got in a nap.

There was nothing else to do. I mean, I could draw another picture. No, then I'll probably wake Virgil if I move my arms. I could play I-Spy. Now that's just sad. Nothing else besides staring out the window, in the Black nothingness.

Don't get me wrong, I love coming to Indiana, it's just the car ride there that gets me.

When I looked back through the window, I heard a buzzing sound from behind me. I turned my head to see that a phone had got a text. It wasn't mine, Roman kept his phone in his pocket, and Logan always turns his phone off before he sleeps. And it couldn't be Virgil's because Virgil doesn't have a phone. He doesn't right? Right??

I carefully lifted my arm off Virgil and reached over to the phone. I looked at the text that was from... holy crap! It was from Daniel, one of Kyle's Poker buddies. I looked at the lock screen to see that it was a picture of Kyle and the rest of his friends, at a bar. Holy CRAP!!! I didn't do this, Roman and Logan couldn't have, so... oh my god...

Virgil stole Kyle's phone... We're so dead when we get back home...