Roadtrip

Izzie´s POV

I know it might be a little stupid, given the situation we were in, but I was really enjoying the time I had with my best friend. Singing along to our music loudly, talking about all sorts of things. It has been like that with the two of us for almost all the 15 years we had known each other now. There was never an awkward silence or nothing to talk about, that had never been a problem. We could hang out the whole day, go our separate ways and call each other for an hour again in the evening. Even though the reason for this road trip was terrifying, it was kind of what we did. We have done this for the past 10 holidays we did together. Just get in the car and see where we end up. .

Mia knows me better then I know myself, and I know her pretty well too... I loved that we knew these stupid facts about each other... how she hated the picture on her driver’s license, that her mom always cut her boyish haircuts when she was younger and that that was the reason why she let her brown hair grow long nowadays, that she was scared of spiders, that car washes freaked her out when she was little and that her lucky number was 5.

I got a message on my phone and I felt my cheeks redden when I saw who it was. “Oh my God Izzie, please tell me you’re not still having contact with that slick creep of a Jason?” I kept quiet, I knew she would give me hell about it. “Well, are you?” I shrugged. I liked Jason, he was nice and incredibly handsome. “We are just texting, I only saw him once in the past week.” Mia sighed as if she was trying to explain something to a little child for the thousandth time. “Izzie, you do this all time, fall for slick types, you always end up getting yourself hurt. Maybe you should try and go sweet one for once, instead of the sweet talker.”

“I don’t fall for the guy, it’s just easier, no strings attached, they make me feel special, even though it’s just for a little bit. I’m not stupid Mia, I know they don’t want a long relationship. But did you ever think about the fact that I might not want that either?” I giggled a little
“But I have to admit, since all of this is staying at teasing, I am a little frustrated, I hadn’t had a good fuck in ages!” Mia laughed loud
“You are terrible, you know that?! Maybe you should try a ONS for once.”
“A what?” I snapped my face at her
“One. Night. Stand.”
“M, you know that’s not for me. But who knows, I never thought I would quit my job at that lousy diner either, so never say never.” I replied with a smile on my face.

Truth was, I had thought about it, I meant what I said, I got a little frustrated and with men like Jason trying to get into my pants, it was harder and harder to say no. I didn’t know if I could ever do it, I always over thought things way too much. I had always been the pensive one, even though I was pretty good at being crazy when I was around friends.

Mia on the other hand was always crazy. She could drink many men under the table and the most annoying thing about it was that she never ever got a hangover. I couldn’t even count the times she was all excited and chipper on the morning after, holding my hair while I was puking my brains out. It just wasn’t fair.

The first time I went to a party with Mia she got so drunk she puked all over her father’s car. But while I was sitting on the side of the road, watching her clean the car, she could only talk about the crazy shit that went down that night. How she danced on the table, how she did shots with the craziest guy there and how she almost ended up going skinny dipping in the pool. She was never the quiet one, but got even louder when she was drinking. I liked the drunk Mia, she was so much fun and didn’t care about a fucking thing.

That would be the solution for tonight, I thought. I would get her drunk, it would get her mind of things and she could just have fun for one night. Not caring about anything or anyone. That was exactly what she needed.

After another few hours we finally arrived. We were both very happy to finally get to San Francisco, it was a long drive and I couldn´t wait to hop into a shower to wash this day of me. “Are we going to find a hotel or what?” I asked Mia. Mia pulled over on the side of the road, watching her phone. “There should be a few affordable hotels in this neighbourhood, I mean, we can’t spend too much money. We have no income remember?” I nodded. I had some savings, but I think we will need it. We really have to get a job and make some money along the ride. But not tonight. Tonight we would forget, getting hammered and having fun. “Okay, let’s find a place to sleep then”

Matt’s POV

We were driving for more than a 7 hours, I could see that Zack already fell asleep in the back, Jimmy was drumming with his drumsticks on the back of my seat, Johnny was driving and Brian was searching for something in his bag…
“Ahh thank god there it is…” Brian announced.
“What?” I turned towards him.
“My beanie, I thought it was in the other bag, but I got it.” Brian held the black beanie with his Syn logo in the air like a trophy.
“Wonderful.” I said sarcastically.
“Alright, wake Zack up, I will read what the rules on this trip will be, now.”
I grabbed the folder and saw Jimmy and Brian turn towards Zack and began to pour water on his head to wake him awkwardly.
Zack jolted awake in his seat and stared at them angrily.
“Fuck you!” Zack glared at Brian and the water bottle.
“Matt wanted you awake I just did the deed.” Brian tried to justify his action and I rolled my eyes.
I began to read the letter to them,
“Alright listen up.

Rules for the Charity Race:

Dear Members of Avenged Sevenfold,

we are happy and proud that you are attending this race to help the charity organization behind this project.
You must be on your way to your first destination as described in the map. We will give you some small rules/guidelines we want you to keep in mind during this trip.

Contact person as signed in the documents is: Matt Sanders!” I turned around in my seat to look at Jimmy.“JIMMY? Why am I the contact person when you signed us in for this project?”Jimmy shrugged his shoulder,“You are the leader of us, I thought you would take this more serious than the rest of us…” I sighed, damn it!

“Rules/Guidelines:
-Weekly updates via small video messages are required, a message should at least include how much money you earned and where you are at the time being.
-You received a phone/tracking device, don’t lose / forget this device - it is a necessary item on the whole trip
-On the way checkpoints are marked on the map, for each checkpoint you scan on time you get extra 50 Dollars for your budget
-The deadlines for each checkpoint will be send to you via message on your phone
-Only the signed Members of Avenged Sevenfold can earn the money, it is not allowed to let others work for you
-No stealing of money, as mentioned before only earned money is allowed.
-Dayjobs will be provided by the organization in the cities of the main checkpoints, any others have to be provided by Avenged Sevenfold.
-Hotel rooms will be provided on the main checkpoints, if you will stray from the main route or do extra stops you have to provide the hotels from you earned money
-Food and Drinks during this trip must be provided on your own

These are the main rules for your trip, we wish you all the best and if you have any further questions, there is a hotline on your phone, under speed dial #1, where you can reach one of our employees who will answer your questions.

Best wishes and see you at the finish line,

Bruce Watson
-Organizer Charity Race-”
I finished reading and turned in my seat to look at the others, “Did you get everything?”
“What? I had my music on?” Brian pulled an ear bud from his right ear and looked confused.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I shoved the paper in his hand, “Read it!”
“Fine… whatever!” He grabbed the paper and I saw his frown getting deeper and deeper.
“Shit, we can’t let someone else work for us? And we have to fucking pay for our own food and drinks.. ah this sucks ass…” Brian complained.
“Come on, we got a little starting money, from them…” Zack said and counted the money from the envelope.
“How much is it?” I asked.
“250 Dollars.”
“A few beers for us on the first evening I would say.” Jimmy grinned not taking this serious.
“Oh yeah, let’s see which hotel they signed us in? Johnny? How long do we have to drive?” Zack yelled over to him.
“20 minutes and we should be there, I guess… look it’s getting dark already…” Johnny said and looked at the road again.
“Yes, then let’s check in the hotel get to our rooms and then over to the first Bar we can find…” Brian grinned. So no one was taking this really serious.. ah what the heck.. One evening of fun wouldn’t hurt!

Izzie´s POV
After checking 5 hotels, I was completely disheartened. Apparently there was this thing going on in town, which caused all the affordable hotels to be fully booked. We stood in front of the sixth hotel, looking up to it “This is the last one we check, if they don’t have a room available, we will go to the bar across the street, get smashed and we’ll just crash in the car tonight. It’s already 10.30 and I’m sick of looking” Mia said as she walked into the lobby.

“Good evening ladies, how can I help you?”
“We would like to have a room for tonight?” The guy looked at us with pity in his eyes
“I’m really sorry, but we are fully booked, we have the contestants of a charity race sleeping in our hotel, I’m so sorry I can’t help you.”
I sighed. It wasn’t even the bed I wanted, I could sleep everywhere, but I really wanted that shower.
“Okay thank you” we turned around to leave when the hotel employee spoke up again.
“I can’t give you a bed, but we have a room for personnel to get freshened up and change, I can offer you a shower?”

I seriously could kiss the guy. Ah hell, why not! I pushed myself up on the desk and gave the guy a kiss on the cheek. “Uh...” he stuttered.
“Well...” I looked at his nametag “Nick. You are a lifesaver! Thank you so much!”

After we both showered, we stood next to each other in front of the body length mirror. “Wow, M, you look hot!” She smiled, “You don’t look so bad yourself either”.

We decided to go to the bar across the street, determined to get our drink on. “What is this place even called?” Mia muttered. I replied immediately “Who cares?”
Mia chuckled “Funny name” I pushed her as I tried to read the sign... “21 club”, it would just have to do. We entered the bar and looked around, it was dark and crowed, it was perfect for our plans, party hard, getting drunk and just don’t care. I found us a spot at the bar. I ordered two beers and raised my glass.

“For tonight the only things that matter are booze and the company of dear friends. Everything else is left at the door and for tonight we forget.”
“Hear, hear” Mia replied loudly
I looked at her “Promise me you have fun and won’t worry tonight, there’s room for that again tomorrow, okay?” She nodded “Okay”
“Let’s get this shit on!” I said as I ordered two more beers and 6 shots of tequila.

“Cheers! “

Matt´s POV

It was already 11 pm when Johnny parked the Van on the parking lot of the hotel we were assigned to and everybody jumped out of the car and began to stretch, what a hell of a ride… and it was only day one.
“Alright, guys.. let’s get our shit, walk to the reception check in and-” I started but Jimmy interrupted
“Look, there’s a bar... ’21 Club’.... we can leave the Van and everything here and walk home after getting drunk, perfect!” He motioned to the other side of the street.
“Wait! Someone has to do the fucking scan of the checkpoint, and since you are the lucky bastard who signed us in on this shit, you have the honour to do that and we will head over to the bar.” I said and grabbed my bag and walked to the entrance of the hotel.
“Oh man.. for real? Why can’t Johnny…” Jimmy tried to argue.
“Shit, man I did all the driving, I earned my beer, you didn’t!” Johnny and the others also grabbed their bags and we all went to our rooms. They were situated next to each other on the third floor of the hotel and settled in.

30 minutes, a quick shower and a change of clothes later, we met in the main hall of the hotel.
“Come on guys, let’s get to the 21 Club, Jimmy you do the scanning and come over later?!” I told him with a serious look.
He held the phone in hand and looked for the checkpoint and how to scan it, while Johnny, Zack, Brian and myself walked over to the Bar…
Let´s get this party started!

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