Long Story Short

Chapter Two

It was Thursday night and I just remembered to set my alarm so we could hit the road early when my mother walked into my room and sat down on the bed. She looked worried. I was wondering when this was going to happen, I hope she wasn't going to tell me that we weren't able to go to the beach this week.

"Meghan, I need to tell you something." She started "It's not easy for me to say this."

"What is it mom?" I asked worried.

"Well....I just heard from the police station that....Nevermind ill tell you when you get back, I don't want to ruin your plans for this week." She mumbled.

"I want to know, if you don't tell me i'll probably be worried all week." I said releived that she wasn't going to say that we couldn't go to the beach anymore but a little worried about what she wanted to tell me.

"Alright....I just heard from the police station that your father was arrested for attempted burgulary." She said  to me as if she couldn't believe it herself. I just stood there with a disgusted look on my face. I didn't wan to know anything about my father since mom kicked him out when I was little. I haven't seen or heard from him since.

"Well say something dear." My mother said to me.

"You thought that was going to ruin my week? I haven't seen him since I was five and he hasn't even  tried to contact me since then. Why did you think that would ruin my week?" I said sourly.

"Well I thought you... well I don't know , I guess I'm just a little tired is all." She said with a confused look on her face.

She walked of my room then and went downstairs. I walked into Rachel's room and told her the news. She was a little shocked but I told her not to be. It was no big deal.

"Did you set your alarm?" Rachel asked me.

"Yeah I did.Did you pack your bathroom stuff? We leave first thing in the morning." I said.

"Yeah I did and we should probably go put our suitcases in the car already so we can leave earlier."  She sugested.

"Good idea." I told her. 

We grabbed our suitcases and headed downstairs only to have my mother stop us and ask what we were doing.

"We are just putting our suitcases in my car mom." I said annoyed.

"Oh well don't stay outside too long it's already pitch black outside."

"Ok Mrs. Lefebvre we won't " Rachel said .

We walked outside and my mother was right it was pitch balck outside already. I unlocked my Voltswagon Beetle and opened the driver's side door and left it open so the light would shine and we could see what we were doing.

I put the two suitcases in first side by side and then put my duffle bag and her backpack in on top of the suitcases. I asked Rachel if she could go upstairs and grab my favorite feather down pillow off my bed so I could put it in the back seat of the car. When she came back with my pillow I put it in the car and then closed the door and locked it. Then we walked back into the house and got a midnight snack before going to bed.

When the alarm went off in the morning I turned it off and went to go wake Rachel up. When I opened the door she wasn't in her room so I walked over to the bathroom down the hall and she wasn't there either. I called out her name and she answered from downstairs so I walked downstairs.

"Hey Meghan. I couldn't sleep like I said." She told me.

"Oh I was wondering how you got up before me." I said as I laughed.

"Yeah she came down just five minutes before your alarm went off." My mother explained.

"Oh ok well lets go get dressed and hit the road then." I suggested.

"Wait Meghan don't you want breakfast? I can make you some pancakes or something." My mother asked me.

"Yeah sure. Can you make me some pancakes while I get dressed?" I asked her while I walked away.

"Me too Mrs. Lefebvre? I think that's a smart idea." Rachel said as she walked towards me. 

"Sure girls." Mom said.

Rachel and I walked upstairs and went to our rooms to get dressed. We came downstairs at the same time. 

"Pancakes are ready girls!" My mother exclaimed. We sat down and started eating at once. When we were finished we said thank you to my mother and then put our dishes in the dishwasher and went outside to the car.I started the car as my mother walked outside. I rolled dwon the window and  we shouted "We love you!" to my mother. My mother shouted " Love you girls too!" and then i Pulled out the driveway and headed towards the highway.

When we got to the highway Rachel turned on the radio and started singing along to the song that was playing. I started singing the song as well. After about an hour or so we stopped to eat and then got back on the road. Just thirty minutes after we got back on the road Rachel said she had to use the bathroom. I took the next exit to the rest stop and we got out of the car and walked to the bathroom. I didn't have to go but I went into a stall anyway. When we were done we washed our hands and left the bathroom. 

"I'll meet you at the car Rachel, I'm going to get a drink from the vending machine." I told Rachel.

"Alright, can you get me a strawberry fanta while your over there?" She asked me.

"OK, I'll be back in a minute." I told her.

When I got to the vending machine I found the strawberry fanta and bought two because that was what I was going to get anyway. After I bought the drinks I turned and bumped into a girl who looked about 16 maybe. 

"I am so sorr..y! " I exclaimed.

" It's alright." the girl said.

I walked away. When I got to the car I turned around and looked at the girl. She was wearing shorts that looked like she was wearing nothing but underwear and a sweater. I had to quickly look away because I noticed her butt cheeks were showing. I got in the car and turned to give Rachel her soda and tell her about what just happened.

"You see that girl by the vending machine?" I asked her.

"Yeah, what about.....oh. She needs to go find her pants." She said and laughed.

I laughed along with her and then started the car again. We left the rest stop and were on the highway again. Traffic was good because we left early. By lunch time we had stopped again and went inside a restraunt to eat. While we were eating I noticed that the girl we saw at the vending machine walk in and order her food. I looked over at Rachel and whispered "Rachel look it's that girl from the vending machine." 

 "OMG your right." She whispered back.

"Look she took your advice and found her pants." I Laughed. Rachel turned to look and then burst out laughing which caused the girl to look this way. We ducked behind a plastic plant and she smiled and turned back around. I was confused. Why did she smile? It looked like she smiled because she thought something was funny. I couldn't be sure so I let it go.