road trip

➳ continuing

                               still on the side of the road

liv: car. i see a car. it''s a car!

[the two jump up and signal frantically at the car, which then pulls over behind them]

liv: go on, go talk to them.

luke: me? why should i talk to them. it's your car.

liv: just go.

luke: [raises hands in defence] alright, alright. [whispers] pushy.

liv: oi!

[liv watches as luke goes over to the family in the car, his hands moving around as he axplains the predicament they're in. he comes back in a minute with a small black petrol can]

liv: [claps] congratulations, my hero.

luke: [smiles slightly] this should last us 'til we reach the next town.

liv: [goes to hop in the passenger side as luke fills up the tank] i would think we had enough, you know? we stopped for petrol not too long ago, i think.

luke: [grins, as he gets to drive] we should make a record next time we fll up.

liv: if we remember.

luke: we probably won't, you know.

liv: oh well.

luke: exactly. as i always say; YOLO.

liv: [rolls eyes] you didn't even come up with that. you stole it from the internet. come up your own saying.

luke: i can't be bothered ot come up with my own saying. besides, i didn't steal it fro the internet. i got it from school, like, three years ago. ergo, i didn't get it from th internet.

liv: still, the people from high school would've gotton it from the internet, so really, you still got it from the internet.

luke: you're right.

liv: [smirks] i'm always right.

luke: [scoffs] you are most certainly not always right.

liv: oh yeah? tell me one time when i wasn't right.

luke: okay, well, there was the time you got like, forty-something per-cent on your maths test, so you must've gotton something wrong there. then there was the time you were giving us directions to a party, someone from uni, i think. anyway, we ended up at a girl scout camp. by the time we did make it to the party, it was pretty much finished, as almost all the population there was passed out. [laughs] then there was the time when--

liv: alright! i'm not always right. happy?

luke: ecstatic. maybe not. just very happy.

liv: oh i'm so glad.

[a comfortable silence falls on the car, as they drive down the once again empty strech of road]

liv: [murmurs] where is the next town anyway?

luke: do you really think i know? we didn't take a map, remember? i don't even know how close we are to the northern territory border.

liv: you know what i just realised?

luke: [glances at liv] what?

liv: we've already been throught two states!

luke: [waves hand in the air in a kind-of-but-not-really way] not exactly. we only live in the middle of new south whales and we haven't quite made it all the way through queensland yet, so...

liv: [huffs] ruin my good mood, why don't you.

luke: i'm only being technical.

liv: well just keep your technicalities to yourself. [crosses feet on the dashboard]

[silence]

luke: hey liv?

liv: hmm?

luke: i think you're right most of the time, you know.

liv: thanks, buddy.

luke: aww, you called me buddy!

liv: i can you you a lot of other things too, so i suggest driving.

luke: [continues to drive with a small smile on his lips]

liv: i also suggest you don't speed.