We were on our phones, looking for a way to get to a bigger city since the car was busted. We finally found a shuttle service that people usually used when it was a group of them. We made it to Atlanta and got dropped off at the bus station.
"We gotta get some wheels. I'll ask someone if they know where a rental service is." Lauren said.
"No! Let's buy one. I got my cards with me." Lisa said.
"Hmm, not a bad idea. There's a lot down the street, right there." Z said, pointing down the street at a sign that read "Conway's Cars".
"Lets go then." Lauren said. We trudged down the street and made it to the car place, walking into a little shed where a cute, light skinned boy with green eyes was flipping through some papers at a desk. He looked up and smiled at us.
"Hi ladies. Can I help you?" He asked.
"We're looking to buy a car. No payments, just buy it out right." Lauren said.
"Alright, let's go outside and check out some cars then." He said. Was he staring at me? As we walked, he made conversation with the other girls, but kept glancing at me. We came upon a few cars before they settled on a 2013 Cadillac Suv.
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"Great choice ladies. This one is 15,000 but I'll give it to you for 13,500." He said, staring me in my soul.
"Excuse me, are you talking to me? Cause I'm not the one buying the damn car." I said. He chuckled.
"Excuse me for staring. You're very pretty." He said.
"Awwww!" Zendaya said, pushing me playfully.
"Thanks, I guess.." I said, moving closer to Normani. She always made me feel comfortable.
"I'll help out Lisa and Lauren. That way we can split it three ways." Normani said to the two women. Normani had a regular job, she was working at a studio in town, helping people with beats and background vocals. She made okay money with it too, sometimes coming home with over a thousand dollars. That always made me wonder if she was doing more than making beats and singing...
"Hey China." Normani said, snapping me from my thoughts.
"You okay baby girl?" She asked, smiling at me. I loved her smile...
"I'm great." I said back.
"Okay. Lauren, Lisa and I are gonna go sign the papers real quick." She said. Zendaya and I stayed by the car, leaning up against the hot metal.
"So, you like Normani, don't you?" Zendaya said, catching me off guard. How could she know that?
"What? What are you talking about Z?" I asked her.
"I'm talking about the way you look at her. It's cute." She said, looking at me.
"Zendaya you-"
"Don't worry babe. I won't tell anybody." She said, just as the others came out of the shed.
"China, girl, he would not stop talking about you. Go get that number girl." Lisa said, winking at me and putting her stuff in the trunk.
"Whatever." I said, climbing in the car just as Normani and Lauren did.
"Aw come on Chi. He was cute! And his daddy owns the place. He got some moneyyy." Lauren said, turning around and smiling at me.
"I have my own money. I'm not interested. How about one of you bitches go for it?" I said angrily.
"Oooooo! You mad, Chi?" Lisa asked.
"I thought you said you didn't want me to talk to you for the rest of the trip? Right. And dammit! I need my three showers a day! Being on the road sucks!" I said, averting the attention on the boy to something else.
"Calm down, sweetheart." Normani said softly from the front seat. I looked down at my feet and closed my eyes.
"You act like a lesbian China. I never hear you talk about-"
"Shut the fuck up Lisa." I said, turning and glaring at her. Lisa's eyes got wide.
"I fuckin knew it! I knew it! You always gave me gay vibes!" She said.
"Can you, uhm, shut the hell up and sit back? Who cares if she likes girls? Don't you?" Lauren said, actually coming to my rescue for once.
"What? No! It was that one time! Camila is kinda hot..." Lisa said.
"She was kind of a thot, Lisa. I had the bitch too. Hope you don't got somethin." Lauren said, laughing.
I tuned them out and stared out the window at the buildings and people going by. Lauren likes women, obviously. She's bi. I don't know about Zendaya. She was dancing with a girl at the club, and tends to latch on to women easily, but I've never seen her date a woman or say she liked one. Lisa is straight, for the most part, and I KNOW Mani is straight.
"China!" Zendaya said, pulling me from my thoughts.
"What?"
"The pride festival is going on right now, downtown. You wanna go? We're going." Zendaya said.
"I don't know. I'm kinda tired. Can we get a room? Y'all go, I'm going to sleep." I said.
"Aww don't be like that Chi! Go with me!" Mani said.
"Ugh. Alright. Fine." I said.
"Bet! Let's go get some gay shit from Spencer's!" Lisa said. We all looked back at her, except for Lauren cause she was driving.
"You know what? Lisa, that's the best idea you've had since we started this trip." **********************
