A Writer's Bucket List

Pranks on the Road

~~~ Short chapter sorry ! ((; ) x ~~~

Nicole's POV

"You can't go to Texas before you go to Arizona," Floyd rolled his eyes. Matt was laughing at the list in Floyd's hands.

"Are you judging the bucket list that we wrote in HIGH SCHOOL?!" Aur yelled at them both. I glared at them all.

"Well obvi-fuckingly what we jotted down as TEENAGERS isn't completely accurate," I added sarcastically.

"Little girls can't travel on their own, you see. You didn't even know how to put everything in order for a road trip!" Floyd's voice was dangerously flirtatious as he said this more into my ear than everyone else. I shivered. He's been acting so weird lately.

"I am not a little girl!" I elbowed Floyd while he was still behind me. That earned me a chuckle.

"So Arizona first then?" Matt's deep voice interrupted. Aur and Floyd looked over at me for approval.

"Well.. Yeah?"

"We'll leave in the morning then." Floyd confirmed.

"Are the tents in the van?" I asked.

"What tents?" Floyd asked, twisting around in an exaggerated manner.

"Oh my god. Are you being for rea-"

"No ! Nix he's just being a little douche. They're both in the van. I made sure before we left San Francisco." Aur assured me. I looked over at Floyd, a clear expression of annoyance on my face.

"Hey! A guy can only try and have a little fun, am I right?"

"Loser." I scoffed.

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"Sleeping ugly! It's your turn to drive!" I heard Aur yelling at me from the wheel. Id fallen asleep what seemed like a couple of minutes ago, but apparently it was four hours ago. She was getting out the nearest exit onto some truckers stop.

Floyd and Matt were asleep. So I decided to bug Floyd as soon as Aur and I switched seats.

I walked to the little cubicle to pay for gas. There was a big burly guy behind me waiting to pay. An idea dawned on me. I turned around.

"Mister?" I said smiling.

"Yes ma'am?" The mans voice was gruff, he sounded like a smoker. I hesitated before continuing.

"Um. You see my friends and I are on a road trip-"

"100 bucks on 3 please" the man handed a card to the cashier before facing me again.

"We're on a road trip and I wanted to make it .. Memorable." I continued.

"Mhm.." He grunted.

"Here is where you come in!" I flashed a huge smile at the man, in hopes his hard set expression would disappear. That didn't work so I just continued.

"Okay, well two of my friends are asleep, and I was wondering if you'd help give 'em a scare?" I kept my smile, awaiting the mans smile.

"An' watta you want me to do?"

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"Okay come on, quietly." I guided Leslie to the van. Leslie was the trucker's name. A big, burly man with the voice of a smoker named Leslie. Yes.

As I approached Aur I saw the expression I predicted she would have. Her eyebrows came together, and eyes got wider. I left Leslie a couple of feet away so that I could talk to Aur.