The Road Trip

9

"I'm just gonna say it. I wanna go home." Lisa said, just as they'd passed the border into Georgia.

"Oh come on. We just got started. It's gonna be different from here on out, I swear." Lauren said, driving again.

"Different? We got shot at and held up at a store Lauren! And the first one was because of YOU. I'm with Lisa." China said. Zendaya remained quiet, staring out the window, a glare permanently on her face.

"Don't be a bunch of babies. I've been shot at and robbed plenty of times, I'm still alive. I got a idea! Let's go to a poetry club!" Lauren said.

"Like a place where they do spoken word?" Normani chimed in.

"Yeah! That should be fun! Right?" Lauren said cheerily. None of the women said anything.

"I think I broke my hand." Zendaya said after a few minutes.

"What? How?" Asked China.

"Punched the floor." She said.

"I thought you didn't believe in violence? Even though you hit me all the time." Lisa said.

"It's a floor, Lisa. And I only play around with you." She said seriously. The car got quiet, only the sound of a weird screeching noise could be heard under the hood.

"What the hell is that?" Normani asked. Lauren shrugged and kept driving. All of a sudden, the car jolted forward, making Lisa fall into the seat with China and Zendaya.

"What the fuck?" Lauren said, pulling over to the side of the road. She stopped the car just as it clicked off on its own. A plethora of groans could be heard from the women, as Lauren got out to see what it was. She pulled the hood up and smoke hit her in the face.

"Shit!" She said, stepping back. Zendaya got out of the car and looked under the hood too.

"Damn. Cars dead." She said.

"What? My mom gave me this van brand new last year! It can't be dead! We can put a new battery in, right?" Lauren asked hopefully.

" 'Fraid not Jauregui. We gotta get a new car." She said.

"How the fuck you know anyway?" Lauren said, crossing her arms defiantly.

"I know a lot of stuff." She said, playing with her fingers. She only did that when she wanted to ask something.

"What Z?"

"What are you up to, Jauregui? You may be able to fool everyone else, but not me." She said. Lauren just smiled and patted Z's shoulder.

"Don't worry." Was all she said. Zendaya frowned and wrapped her arms around herself.

"What's up? It's hot out here, let's go." Lisa said.

"Lisa, the fucking car is fucked up. Or else we would've already left." Lauren said, going through her phone.

"Ugh! All the more reason to go the fuck HOME." Lisa said, throwing her hands in the air and huffing.

"Okay, so I don't have road side assistance or no shit like that cause.. hell, this car doesn't even have insurance. So we're gonna have to walk to rest of the way to the nearest town." Lauren said, slamming the lid down and going to the trunk.

"Get ya shit ladies. We're gonna take a little walk." Zendaya said to the women who were still in the car.

"Man, damn! Who wants to walk in the heat on their period?" China said, getting out of the car. After all the women cleaned the car out of their things, they began to walk down the highway. About ten minutes in, Lisa yelled,

"All these fuckin cars and NO ONE will stop and give us a ride?!"

"Chill Cim. The way this trip is going, we're bound to get picked up by redneck cannibals." China said.

"We only have two miles to go, quit your bitching." Lauren said, smiling.

"Fuck you psycho. It's hot out here!" Lisa yelled, taking off her shirt, revealing a toned stomach and bright pink bra. Lauren stopped in her tracks, making Normani run into her, then China run into Normani. Zendaya was behind Lisa, her eyes wide.

"Lise, I know you see this mark on my-"

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALL ME?!" Lauren said, dropping her bags. Lisa dropped hers too.

"You think I'm scared of you?! FUCK you Jauregui!" Lisa yelled.

"Fuck you, you spoiled, stupid, slut!" Lauren yelled back.

"Whatever, you fucking psychopath! When people ask themselves a question, they don't usually answer themselves!" Lisa yelled, stepping closer to Lauren.

"And when people use the bathroom, they don't usually take all of their clothes off, idiot!" Lauren shot back.

"What the hell...?" Normani said, making China chuckle.

"I...am NOT stupid!"

"And I'm not crazy!"

"Ladies stop it, please." Zendaya said.

"Oh shut up! You fake ass Buddhist. Talkin about turning into light. That's the dumbest shit I ever heard." Lauren yelled at Zendaya. Zendaya laughed, which caused China and Mani to chuckled too.

"What the fuck is funny, Europe? What's really funny is you being scared of dirt." Lauren said.

"Bitch! Mani laughed too!" China said.

"I'm not in this." Mani said, putting her hands up.

"FIGHT ME BITCH!" Lisa yelled just as China, Lauren and Normani started to bicker back and forth, Zendaya just watching, still laughing at what Lauren said about her. Lauren turned to the girl without words and stepped forward, her right fist trying to collide with Lisa's face. What no one knew about Lisa, is that she was actually a boxer. A pretty good boxer. She would play fight with Z all the time and let her win because she knew for a fact, that she could actually hurt the woman. She moved out of the way, ducking Lauren's hit and punched the dark haired girl in the stomach, making her fall to the ground in pain.

"You dumb bitch.." Lauren said. Lisa kicked the girl in her rib, making the other three women step back and wince at Lauren's screech she let out.

"I'm not stupid." Lisa said calmly.

"I'm gonna fuck you up Cim! I'm gon-"

"No you're not." Lisa said, crossing her arms. Lauren got up slowly, and swung at Lisa, who grabbed her arm and cracked it to her back, making Lauren kneel on one knee and curse loudly.

"Okay okay stop it you guys." Normani said.

"Say sorry." Lisa said.

"Fuck off!" Lauren yelled, so Lisa cracked her arm back further.

"Apologize!"

"Suck my dick you slut!" Lauren wouldn't budge. Zendaya grabbed Lisa's arms and Lisa looked at her like she was crazy. Z didn't let her go though.

"Stop." Was all Z said, looking a hurt Lisa in her eyes. Lisa pushed the green eyed  woman away from her, making her fall in the dirt. Normani tried to help her up but Lauren shook her off angrily, grabbing her bags and stomping off down the road. China and Normani did the same, sighing at the stupid argument and fight that just occured.

"Let's go Lise." Z said.

"I'm not stupid."

"Yeah, I know. I heard you the first fifty times."
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