Campfires & Rainbows

Chapter 38

"Ugh, we have been driving for hours! Where are we even going?" Riley complained for the hundredth time.

Nobody bothered to answer.

But she was right, we had been driving for the last ten hours.

Page told us not to worry, to enjoy the scenery and act like it's a "fun road trip."

We passed Kansas City, Topeka, Colby, Goodland, and we just passed Kanorado like 10 minutes ago.

So, it's basically a road trip, but it's not fun. I'm hungry, grumpy, probably smelly, and I don't have anything with me except my phone and the clothes I'm wearing right now. Also, my hair tie broke and it's really hot. It's so hot, I'm tempted to get scissors and chop my hair off. Except, I don't have scissors, the closest thing there is the plastic fork on the ground in front of me.

I'm not that desperate...yet.

Instead of being separated by the last name like last time, we're on the busses by cabin groups. On this bus, we have the Wolves, the foxes, and the Rattlesnakes.

Unfortunately, Quinn's group isn't on this bus. Ugh, I miss her. I haven't seen her since our last rest stop which was like 3 hours ago. Anywho she's not here so I'm sitting next to Page, who's sleeping. So are Tiny, Mia, and Nicole. Meg looks like she's dozing off.

I was looking at my Pinterest when one of the Rattlesnake kids yelled out, "COLORADO!"

I looked outside and sure enough, there was a sign that read, "Welcome to Colorful Colorado." Under it, it read, "Unless you're Californian, in that case, Colorado sucks. Now go back home and tell ALL your friends."

The sign made me smile, I'm guessing Colorado doesn't like California?

A few minutes later, Tiny finally woke up, "Where are we?" She yawned lazily.

Tiffany smirked, "Tiny..." She knelt down and looked into her eyes, "I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Nicole and Natalie broke into laughter, I smiled at the reference. And Tiffany looked pretty proud of herself. While Tiny, she just looked as innocent and lost as ever. It was kinda cute annoying actually.

"Then, we are we?" She asked in all seriousness.

I rolled my eyes and sat down. "We're in Colorado," Tiffany explained.

"Colorado!" Tiny shrieked standing up."C-COLORADO!"

"Sit down!" I hissed, the whole bus was staring at her now.

Her eyes welled up, "B-but we cant be in Colorado. You guys are fucking with me. Right...right?" she rose her voice.

"Yes, we're in Colorado, now sit your ass down," I snapped at her.

"B-but, we can't be." She shook her head as if she were in a horrible dream. Looking around her out the windows, her eyes wide and panicky. I almost felt bad for her, almost.

"Oh, my God! Stop being a drama queen and sit the fuck down!" Brittany screeched at Tiny.

"THANK YOU." I slumped back into my seat, God Tiny was exhausting.

I looked back up, Tiny was sitting down, trying hard not to cry, looking like she was holding in a panic attack. Tiffany was trying to calm her down. Riley was staring at me, "Did you just agree with Brittany?"

"Yes." I shrugged giving her a bad attitude. Honestly, I don't care, I'm in a bad mood.

"You're acting so much like Brittany lately."

I scoffed.

"No, seriously, you've been bitchier than the bitchy queen herself."

I squinted my eyes, "That's your sister you're talking about."

"I know, and she knows she's a bitch. She has her own reasons for it. You on the other hand probably don't. So, you better stop with the attitude," she warned.

"Dude, chill, I'm just a little grumpy. I haven't slept, eaten, I smell like shit, and my safe haven just got burned down."

"So? It's not all about you. Every kid in this bus has been through that. We've all gone through that, and no one is being a bitch. Except, you."

"Right, sorry." Sarcasm practically drowned out my voice.

"You're unbelievable." She rolled her eyes and threw herself back onto her seat.

"Whatever." I closed my eyes and got myself comfortable, maybe I can take a nap.

"You know what I noticed Devin?" Riley came back.

"Hm?" I hummed not bothering to open my eyes or stir from my potential nap position.

"You're only a bitch with Tiny when Tiny is a topic, or when Tiny is in the conversation."

I didn't respond.

"Is there something going on between you two? You're not as close as you used to be. Actually, I haven't seen you talk in a while."

"I JUST talked to her."

"You yelled at her, and it wasn't very nice."

"Well, maybe she should stop being a cry baby and a drama queen!" I said loudly...too loudly.

I heard someone break into a sob and run into the bathroom.

"I'm guessing that was Tiny."

"Yeah," Riley breathed.

"Typical," I mumbled loud enough for Riley to hear.

"So, there is something between the two of you."

"No. Not at all. What makes you say that?" I sat up innocently, blinking at her.