Only Way Out

Chapter 16 car shenanigans

The best trips you ever have are usually with your non biological family. Sometimes these trips are bad. Sometimes they're good. And sometimes, they're just like this one.

"Larry???" Sal says.  I finally wake up in the car. It's a huge van that we all rented. I'm in the back with Sal.
"Sal?...where am I?..." I ask
"In the car duh." Todd says in the second row with Megan and soda.
"Do you need us to take you to a doctor? Or a hospital?" Maple asks sitting shotgun with Neil driving.
"Yeah if you need us to we can we're just going on a road trip right?" Neil asks
"Well my grand parents used to have some land out near the coast so we sorta need to get there when we can but if we have delays then it's ok. We're all more important than getting there" Sal says rambling a bit
"N no I think I'll be ok...." I say
"You sure?"
"Yeah I just-" I gag a bit
"Bag! We need a bag!" Sal yells. The rest of the people in the car freak out a bit then finally find a bag out of Megan's diaper bag.
"No no I I think I'm good.........no nope I'm not I'm gonna- " I grab the bad and let out all my lunch in it.
"Shit..." Sal says freaking out a little bit
"I'm ok" I say
"Did you eat anything red? Or drink anything??"
"Uh...no?" I say then look in the bag. "Oh cool blood!"
"What?!?!?" Travis says
"Blood I puked up blood again"
"Neil hospital" Sal demands
"No no it's ok really I just need my medicine"
"Are you sure???" Sal says fidgeting a bit.
"Yeah I'm sure. It happens all the time trust me"
"Jeez..." Ashley says
"Jesus Christ" Travis says
"Here" Chug hands us my meds and water.  With sal's help I take it then lay down on his chest. Sal is still fidgeting a bit.
"Do you need?-" I ask but get interrupted
"No! I'm fine!" Sal proclaims. Neil stops the car at a gas station.
"Maple could you get the weed gummy bears out of the back while I fill up please" Neil says. Maple just nods gets out and grabs them and just hangs with Neil for a bit.
"Uh...what do I do with this?" I say and hold up the puke bag
"Oh god get that out of my face!" Travis says
"Seriously larry try not to throw that everywhere" ash says
"Can I have it??" Soda asks
"You are a gross little kid" Chug says
"Everyone just shut up ok???" Sal yells.
"Sorry..." I get out of the car and throw away my puke bag. I don't really know what goes on in the car as I stood around with Neil but I do know there was some yelling.

Yelling in the car:
"Great now look what I fucking did!" Sal yells
"Sal just chill you're ok" ash says
"Shut the fuck up ashley!!! Ok? Just shut the fuck up!!"
"Sal really you need to calm down everything is ok" Chug says
"It's not!! He's dying on me! I'm gonna fucking loose him!" Sal starts to cry a bit.
"You're not going to loose him man. If anything he'd loose you" Todd says
"You're not helping" Sal says
"Nobody is going to loose anybody ok? everybody is ok we're going to have a nice vacation and it's gonna be great" ash says
"But he's so sick....I've never seen someone so sick before and he's just fine with it. I don't understand how he can be so fine with something like that."
"He's strong" Chug says
"Probably the coolest jackass I've ever met" Travis says
"He's like a super hero!" Soda says
"Yeah a superhero..." Sal says
"Dude I'll be honest. He's inspiring. He's so cool strong and happy. Yeah he's got emotions but everyone does. Not everyone can deal with illnesses and still do the things he does" Todd says
"Yeah he managed to make me a better person. Me?!? Like honestly I hated people. Nobody wanted me and I didn't want anybody. But now...thanks to him I'm friends with all of you" ash says
"Yeah he got me to be able to go places again!" Soda says
"He helped me with my social anxiety...let me realize that not everyone hates nerds" Chug says
"He helped me learn that my parents don't matter when they yell at me. I mean I kinda knew that but he helped with all of the panic attacks and crying because of them. He helped with everything" Travis says
"We've all helped each other but...I'll agree he's helped us the most. He's our super to the glue that holds us all together. The rest of us are the glue. Without him we're strong yeah but not incredibly strong" Sal says
"That's deep man..." Todd says
"Yeah...I know" Sal says while sniffling and wiping his eyes.  Neil and maple get back in the car.
"Woah are you guys ok?" Neil asks
"Yeah we're fine...just thankful for larry" Chug says.
"Uh? Ok?" Maple says
"He's our hero" Travis says
"Well he is pretty inspiring..." Neil says
"Yeah...he did help me back up after I lost my job" Maple says
"And he helped me out when I got the flu even if he caught it afterwards"
"I've honestly never met someone so insane. He's just like someone I've seen in a dream.." Sal says
"Are you crying?" Maple says
"....yeah" Sal breaks down
" on no!!" Travis says. Everyone gets out and just hugs him. Everyone except Megan and soda.

I walk back to the car after washing up in the bathroom and buying a coke.
"Uh?...guys? Is everything ok?" I ask. They all just run to me and hug the hell out of me. "Guys???" The finally let go of me
"Thank you larry..." Chug says
"Yeah thank you" ash says
"Thank you man" Todd says
"Thank you lar bear" maple says
"Thank you larry you really are amazing" Neil says
"Yeah thank you larry little super hero" Travis. Says. Sal hugs me again while crying.
"Thank you so fucking much Larry Jonson... without you we all wouldn't be here. Neither would karma or soda or even the baby probably. Thank you" Sal says. I tear up a bit
"W what did I do? All I did was throw up. Was I that cool?" I ask still confused a bit. Everyone just laughs a bit.
"You're just the coolest person we've ever met" ash says
Everyone agrees. Soda teleports outside of the car. 
"She's speaking!!!" Soda says
"What???" Neil and Todd say.
"Look!!" Soda says. We open the door to Megan.
"Lar geee!" Megan says laughing and holding her hands out to me. That's not her first word but hey. It's cute.