It was roadtrip time.
Did I know exactly what I was in for? Nope
Quite honestly, all I knew was that there was going to be a lottttt of Roadtrip by Dream playing the entire car ride. I might be singing it in my sleep by the time we get back to Flordia.
Clay wanted to make the roadtrip as authentic as possible. Mans bought a minivan. When that thing pulled up to our driveway I just immediately died of laughter.
However currently, we were putting all of our stuff into said minivan. We had out suitcases if stuff we'd need for the 9 days and our own little bags that had stuff to do during the actual ride. My bag held: My laptop, laptop charger a phone charger, headphones, a water bottle, and a polaroid camera.
"Alright guys, everyone ready to go? Sure you got everything?" Clay asks from the drivers seat
We all respond with answers along the lines of "Yes" so off we go
"Ok first we're gonna go to a gas station and get some snacks" He says as we pull out the driveway
"Sounds good" I respond as I scroll through Pinterest
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"Alright guys, get whatever you'd like. Just don't spend too much and for the love of god do not get to much to the point where you're gonna throw up. I'm lookin at you, Willow" Clay says, parking at the gas station
"That was one time, Clay. I was like 9 and you gave me like 30 bucks and said to get whatever I wanted. That's like a dream come true to a 9 year old" I say as we all get out the car
"I didn't expect you to use all of it and eat it all in one hour. Mom was pissed and the car stank the whole trip" He mumbles
"If you throw up, we're making you walk to Alabama" Sap says angrily
"Okay, meetup here in, like, 5 minutes?" Clay suggests
We all nod and head our separate ways throughout the store. Me being me, I get my favorite flavored monster. Then I get my favorite candy and chips. Once I'm satisfied with my variety of snacks, I head over to the cashier and pay for everything. I pray that no one notices George or Sapnap.
Thankfully, we all make it out without being recognized. It's then when I realized what George had
"George, did you get a whole ass sandwich??" I question
"Yeah, what if I get hungry? We're gonna need to eat lunch at some point" He answers from the passenger seat
"George, you do realize that we're gonna stop to pick up lunch at a fast food place, right?" Sapnap asks
"Oh.."
The car bursts in laughter at his stupidity
"Have you never been on a roadtrip before??" Clay asks in between wheezes
"I thought it'd be a while till we eat!!"
"Can we just go to Alabama-?" I sigh
"Agreed" Sap adds on
"Alright alright, sweet home Alabama time" Clay says, pulling out of the parking space
"Damn Clay didn't know you felt that way about Willow.." George mumbles
Once again the car roars with laughter
"WHAT THE FUCK??" Clay yells
"YOU MADE FUN OF ME, I MAKE FUN OF YOU" George rebuttals
"YOU DID SOMETHING STUPID, I REFERENCED A SONG DUMBASS"
I sigh "This is gonna be a long trip"
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"SWEET HOME ALABAMAAAAAA" We all yell, filling the car with horrid attempts at singing
"I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE REST OF THE WORDS" I sing instead of the actual lyric
"You legally cannot be in Alabama without knowing it, get out the car." Sap says sternly
"Wait, we made it to Alabama?" I ask
"YES, DUMBASS, THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF SINGING THE SONG" Clay yells
"YOU'RE SO STUPID, WILLOW" George yells too
"GET OUT THE CAR, NOW" Sapnap adds in
Once they finally finish yelling I just look at them
I finally say "Not gonna lie, these interstates are not paved with memories right now"
Their mean demeanor changes as they laugh
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We were driving to the hotel after a long day of driving. All of us were tired out of our minds. Clay tried his best to stay awake at the wheel. George had been asleep for the last hour or so. And Sapnap tried to go to sleep and the car was beginning to be filled with loud snores.
I decided to try to sleep as well, but it was quite hard from the loudness of Nick. I grabbed my headphones and put on me and Ranboo's shared chill playlist to help lull me to sleep.
"We're Finally Landing" by Home fills my headphones
I look out the window, staring at the stars in the dark sky. Hopefully we'd be at the hotel room soon and I'd be able to sleep in a more comfortable thing compared to the minivan seat. Slowly but surely, I drifted off to sleep staring at the sky. The thing that I always somehow be connected to. With the help of the chill playlist that tuned out the snores of Sapnap.
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"WILLOW, WAKE THE FUCK UP!" Is the first thing I hear, making me joke up from the hotel room bed
"That's one way to wake her up" Clay says
"Fucking bitch.." I mutter as I calm down from the sudden yelling
"What? It was funny! You would've done the same to me. Now get dressed we gotta leave soon" Sapnap defends
I roll my eyes and grab my phone. Thankfully, Clay got me my own bed when getting the hotel. I didn't wanna have to sleep in the same bed with any of these idiots. The time on my phone reads 10:57am
"Sap, you dumbass, I told you to wake me up at 10:30. I only have 3 minutes to get ready" I get up quickly and grab an outfit
"Eh, it doesn't take long for you to get ready anyways. You'll be fine" George says as I close the bathroom door and change quickly so I don't hold our trip up
I get dressed and make sure I don't look too bad.
"Alright, lets go" Clay says as I walk out the bathroom door
We grab all of our stuff and out we go. I've come to the recognization that the trip was gonna me more driving than actually seeing landmarks. But that's the point of roadtrips, right?
"So where are we off to first?" George asks once we're all settled in the car
"We're gonna go see a waterfall"
"That's the most cliche roadtrip shit" I laugh
"We're in a fucking minivan and that's what's cliche roadtrip shit?" Sapnap argues
"Touché"
"If you don't want to see it we can go right back home" Clay makes eye contact with us in the rear view mirror
"What're you our mom?" Sapnap says sarcastically
"More like our shmom, amirite?" I put my hand up for a high five and Sap smacks my hand
"What the hell is a shmom?" Clay asks genuinely
"A shitty mom, get with it Dream" George answers
"Look! Even George knows what it is and he lives under a rock" Sapnap defends
"Nick, I think our mom is a Karen" I whisper absurdly loud
"We need a plan to kick her out" He whispers loudly back
"You know I can hear y'all"
"We're talking about George, don't worry" Sapnap lies
"Yeah, yeah you were. And I'm the Queen of England"
"Damn didn't know that Tommyinnit simped for you" I slightly mutter
"WHAAAAAT??" He yells as everyone else laughs
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"WAKE UP ASSHOLE WE'RE HERE" I yell at Sap to wake him
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, WILLOW, WHAT THE HELL" He jolts awake, just like me
"PAYBACK, BITCH" I say before hopping out the car
"Alright guys, this is the forest. We just gotta walk a bit and then we'll be at the waterfall"
"Nice, nice, nice, this is gonna be epic" I say, happy stimming slightly with my hands
"You guys needa get some pictures of me for insta" Sapnap says as we begin walking
"Yeah, me too" George adds on
"You lucky fuckers can post yourselves on instagram without having a big black rectangle covering your face.." I angrily mutter
"We just decided to face reveal, you guys are too much of wimps to do it" George argues back
"PUSSIESSSSSS" Sapnap shouts with hands around his mouth to make it louder
"Sapnap, you probably shouldn't shout 'Pussies' in the middle of a public forest"
"And you probably shouldn't have gave your viewers dnf content because now they legitimately ship it, but look at us now" He argues back and Clay goes silent
"George, we all know you're blushing, don't try to hide it" I say with a smirk
"I hate both of you so much" George mumbles
I put my fist up and me and Sap fist bump
We keep walking until suddenly Clay comes to a stop. Me and Sapnap were teasing George so we didn't realize why he stopped. That was until I looked up.
It was beautiful.
"Holy shit.." I mutter at the sight
"That's literally insane" George adds on
"It looks like it'd be a screen saver" Clay acknowledges
"Hell, it probably is" Sap chuckles
"Well, lets not stand here idiots, let's get a better view and some pictures!" I yell and run in front of them
I leave the boys behind and go to a spot where I could see the waterfall better. It looked so cool and the sound of it was incredible. It was loud, but peaceful. I liked it.
Eventually the boys finally got over to me. I grabbed my polaroid camera from around my neck and took a picture of the water fall by itself, and then one with me as well.
"Gimmie the camera, I want a picture" Clay tries to grab my camera
"Use your phone! I bought this camera, it's mine" I move the camera out of his reach
"Pleeeeease?" He begs
"Fineeee, but if you 2 want a picture too then you all have to do one together. Polaroid film don't grow on trees" I say, referring to George and Sapnap
"Well, technically it does because paper grows on tr-"
"Just get in the godamn picture" I cut George off
The boys line up and I take the picture with them in front of the waterfall
"Who's the mom now?" Clay teases
"Still you, getting your child to take a picture if you in front of something" I smirk
"Goddamnit, she's good" He sighs and looks away
"Atta girl! Get his ass!" Sap urges me
I do a lil dancy dance in victory
"Okay, instagram pictures! Willow, you do mine. Clay, you do George's" Sap demands
"Sir, yes, sir" I say as I grab his phone
I take some picture of him, making particularly sure that he looks good in them. I may be an asshole sometimes, but not when it comes to pictures. That's how you get memories. I even put my hand in some so he could credit me.
"My turn, my turn" I say excitedly
He grabs my phone and does the same to me. I immediately put up a peace sign, which is my go to for pictures for some god forsaken reason. Hopefully, he made sure that I didn't look like complete trash in the photos.
Thankfully, when he gave me my phone back, the photos looked good
"Group photo!" I shout to the boys
We all line up, Clay holding the phone since he had the longest arm, in front of the waterfall and we take a couple pictures together. It'd certainly be some great memories.
After around an hour of hanging around the waterfall, we decided it'd be best to make out way back to the car. We needed to get to the hotel in Mississippi and it was already starting to get kinda late. We took our last photos and headed off to the car.
"So first landmark, thoughts?" Clay asks as we buckle in (AN: safety first, bitches lmao)
"Super cool! If this is how the rest of the trip will be, I'm hyped!" I respond
"I agree, it was really cool" George continues
"I guess it was cool, my favorite part was making fun of George" Sapnap jokes
"That was also a very fun thing, I agree very much so" I joke along as well
Clay sighs "Alright, alright. We got a couple hours till we get to Mississippi and to the hotel. Do you guys wanna head to another gas station for snacks?"
We all respond with a "yes" and off we go
This is pretty cool so far...
Words: 2122
Date: June 14th, 2021
(AN: YOOOOO FINALLY AUTHOR UPDATES LMAOO This chapter was originally gonna be much shorter, but I made it longer bc it looked better :] super excited for what i have in store w this "arc" !! hope you guys are excited to and hope you enjoyed the chapter ! sorry for the updates bein a lil bit slower 😅 my break is also going to be soon, but i'll tell you guys when that happens ! another love is playing in my playlist and i am going to s o b. eat, drink, sleep, take care of yourselves bc ur fucking valid yo ! remember you are beautiful, smart, loved, and valid <33 bye bye my beloved darlings :]] )