What do you have? A Shotgun! No!

Britain, Canada, and America had arranged to leave in the same car from the UN meeting; they were all staying at America's New York residence. For reasons neither Canada nor Britain had understood or cared enough to find out, they weren't using America's car - or even Canada's - but, rather, Britain's rental. They walked from the General Assembly of the United Nations building in New York, New York, to a parking garage nearby, and America was suspiciously quiet for a suspiciously long time (about five seconds, it damn near worried Britain). Then he got a mischievous look on his face.
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No actual shotguns in this story.

Shotgun is a North American term for the passenger seat.

Got this idea from some slight discussion with Chat GPT. AI's a real one, it's honestly so helpful. The conversation (or the bulk of it, at least) will be in the second chapter merely to give credit where credit is due.