Terri sighed, watching Ryan and Alivia's embrace from the window. Of course he likes her... she thought, letting her lips fall into a small frown for a little while, a rare happening. Well...she does kinda come onto him hard. Maybe he was just being polite? And I still have a chance with Kaiden, right? Unless he likes Ashley... The girl noticed him trying to wake her up, and let out another sigh.

"Might as well check out where we are, hmm?" she asked herself, and forced a smile as she marched off the bus. "Woah." Terri immediately realized how far away they were from any civilization at all, then coughed. I really should do something about those two... she thought, looking over to Shalene and Gianno. But I gotta admit, they make a cute goth couple! The girl smiled. She loved watching cute couples together, then felt jealous, and wished she could do that (Well, not smoke, nescessarily) with the person that she liked.

Benji looked up as someone walked over to him. He smiled, one of his shy half smiles and then sighed. "Yeah, I'm just not in a talkative mood. By the looks of it, I'm the only one who is actually worried about this mess," he glanced around at all the people. "Then again, I always worry. We'll just walk to the store, and then call someone, and we'll either get another bus and go to Florida or we'll head back to South Carolina... Either one is fine with me," he mumbled. His eyes wouldn't concentrate on the girl that was in front of him. He hated making eye contact because it unnerved him.

 The bus driver sighed, and then backed up as a bunch of teenagers started surrounding him. How did he get himself in this mess? He really needed a raise. "Okay, well, I guess we start walking. I doubt we'll make it to where we need to go before nightfall," he said, glancing at the sky. It was already dusk, and he knew that the teenagers weren't going to walk around in the middle of the night, in a forest. Hell, he didn't even want to. "I'll open this, and you people can get your things," he said, as he opened the storage compartment on the bus.

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 Ryan grinned down at Alivia and then Ashley appeared and he grinned at her. "Hey, Ash, did you enjoy your sleep?" he asked. "I would've woke you up, but I was too busy telling people that we have bus troubles," his grin turned into a smile. He glanced as the bus driver opened the storage compartment.

 "Uhm, like, dude, we really don't need to take all of our stuff if it's going to be a long walk. We might need the lunchboxes though, and maybe a few other things," he said, glancing into the storage compartment, trying to see his stuff. He didn't, but all the suitcases had names on them, so it wouldn't be hard to find.

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 "Just get your things. Leave whatever you don't want here. We'll eventually come back for the bus anyway," the bus driver said. He then pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and took a long draw off of it. "By the way, kids, call me Mr.Smotherman," he said, finding it appropriate to introduce himself.


((OOC: Sorry my posts for Benji are so undeveloped, he's a new character, and all that...))

Kaiden watched Ashley race off the bus. What is her deal? Instead of trying to answer his thought, he just shrugged his shoulders and walked off the bus. Every now and then he would catch himself looking at Terri, but once he would notice what he was doing he would quickly look away and blush a little. He was still deciding if he had a crush on her or not. It was very rare for him to have a crush, but when he did have one, nobody knew about it and it was very easy for him to keep it a secret.

When he heard the announcement that they were going to start walking, he went to the storage area of the bus and got his backpack. Obviously he was going to leave his suitcase on the bus but his backpack had the essentials in it. He hoped they would be back soon though because the backpack only held one pair of extra clothes. He played with the thought of putting more clothes in it, but then he scratched that idea and waited for everyone else to grab their stuff.

When Kaiden properly adjusted the backpack on his back, he walked over to Terri. "Well this is fun. We are stuck in the middle of nowhere and now we get to take a long hike on the side of the road. This is way better than Florida." His sarcastic tone was so noticeable that anyone could pick it out and tell it was him. He laughed at himself as he waited for her reply.

Ashley gave a smile as Ryan talked to her. "My um nap?" She said with a little quiver in her voice, thinking about the dream. "Yep, just a normal everyday nap." She said as she watched Ryan look to the bus driver. She to turned around and looked at the bus driver. She gave a sigh, this was going to be a long walk. "We should take at least one change of clothing per person," She said as she walked up and found her suite case right away. "I don't know about you guys, but we don't know how long we will be here and I don't feel like wearing the same cloths the whole time," She said as she took her suit case put it on the ground and opened it up. Thank fully she had packed her gym bag . She had almost decided not to bring it, but she had wanted to put her wet clothing in.

She took her gym bag out and then looked through what she had brought. She decided to bring a one pair of navy blue jean shorts, and a pair of normal everyday jeans. She also decided on her favorite Green Shirt, She also took out her brand new Shirt she had just bought She looked through her items hoping to find a hoodie, but she hadn't brought any, she gave a sigh. She hoped it wouldn't be cold but you could never know with the way things were turning out already. She packed the normal things as well, underpants, bra, and the deodorant. She looked through again making sure she had everything she wanted. Just before she closed it she looked down at her feet, she had flip flops on, she sighed again and then opened up her suite case and found her shoes she had brought, and quickly put them on her feet. She put her flip flops in her bag just in case. She looked at her gym bag. It was bulging because of everything she had, but she knew it would stick. She closed up her gym bag and put it on her bag. She was amazed at how light it was. Though it looked heavy it was surprisingly light.

Ryan sighed, and grabbed one of the smaller of the two duffel bags, and then threw it over his shoulder. It had clothes, as well as his lunchbox in it, so it would work perfectly for the long walk ahead. He was glad that he dozed once or twice on the bus, so he wasn't tired or anything.

"So, bus driver, are we gonna have to sleep on the ground tonight, if we don't make it to the store in time?" He asked, arching a brow at the bus driver.

"Yeah, probably. And we won't make it to the store. It's miles away, as in, probably near a hundred miles," Mr.Smotherman sighed.

"What the hell? You expect us to walk that far?!" Ryan snapped.

"We have to. We'll take as many breaks as we need though," Mr.Smotherman answered.

Ryan rolled his eyes. "That's bullshit," he mumbled.

Benji sighed and walked over to the bus, and grabbed his backpack, and his lunchbox, and he opened the backpack and put his Mp3 player and lunchbox in it, before strapping the backpack over his shoulder. 

He glanced at the jock who was arguing with the bus driver and sighed. There was nothing else that they could do really. They had to walk, and they had to get to a store. There was no way around it.

((OOC: I've got to do my quests and get offline, which means no more posts from me. I have a big trip tomorrow, so I won't be on most of the day, if at all tomorrow, so yeah. And no finding a random store in this roleplay. There are no stores, that's not part of the plot!!!))

Ashley looked over at Ryan he was arguing with the bus driver. She felt like she needed to do something before Ryan or the bus driver snapped. She closed her suit case and put it back on the bus as she held her lunch pale. She walked over to Ryan and touched him lightly on the shoulder. She shrived as she did touch him. She could feel the muscles just on his shoulders she loved... no... to think about the other ones. "Ryan" She said in a whisper as she turned to face him. He was so much taller then her, to her he was a giant, after all she only stood about 5'7". "there's no point in arguing it's just going to tire you out." She said as she looked up to him. she caught herself looking at his lips every time she did she quickly looked back up to his eyes. "Focus on his eyes" She told herself. She tried to lighten the mood a little, she could tell that things were getting bad. "If worse comes to worse I can give you a piggy back ride." she said with a small laugh, and a wide grin.

She laughed at his sarcasm, playfully hitting his arm. She picked up her bag, not needing to take anything out of it. It only had a pair of denim short-shorts, a tanktop, and some money. Terri had been planning on buying clothes and souvenirs when she got there to fill her bag. Silly me...I should have brought some food or something.. she thought, sighing silently.

"Oh, it's not that bad... a hundred miles is just a mental obstacle...it's probably not as far if we start moving!" she told him, grinning. Terri paused for a minute, then sighed. "Oh, who am I kidding? We are so lost!" She groaned, brushing her hair back with her fingers.

"Chill girl! We will be fine. It's just a little walk through the park." He smiled, put his arm around her shoulder and gave her a little hug. Then he let go and walked towards the bus to see if everyone was ready to go or was almost ready. "Alright people let's go! We need to get moving so we can try to get somewhere before it gets dark. Does anyone need any help?" He hoped that everybody was up to walking a long distance. He tried to keep positive for the people who might be a bit worried. Just to make sure he had everything, he double-checked his backpack. To make sure nothing would happen to his i-pod or phone he stuck those into the front pocket. He basically couldn't live without his phone and if something happened to it, he would have to replace it. Just like he had to pay for the trip and anything else he wanted.

((OOC: Terrible post. Sorry!))

Kiri found herself on the bus picking up her things. It was painful having to leave her Violin on the bus. but it would be too much of a burden. She pulled her green medium sized duffel bag over her shoulder and sighed. "Hundreds of miles my butt..." She said quietly. She looked around her ,it was getting colder so She decided to put a coat on.

"I need help!" Alivia jumped at the chance of Kaiden's offering, and hurried up the steps of the bus. She came back with her purse, which was bulky but certainly not a hassle. "I'll carry this. Can you get my suitcase?" She slipped him an irresistible smile, and thumbed to her bus seat's window. "It's the pink one. You can't miss it." Her hair lightly blew in the breeze, and the goosebumps were visible as they surfaced.

OOC|: Can't do much more right now, I have a strict time limit on here tonight D:

Benji sighed as the people started walking, after getting a bunch of things out of the storage compartment. This was not going to be fun, walking for so long, but he would have to tough it out. He glanced at the people and then around the area. They would have to follow the dust path. He hoped they could get somewhere by nightfall but he seriously doubted it. "Are, are we going?" he glanced at the bus driver.

"Yeah, kid, let's go," Mr.Smotherman got in the front of everyone and began to walk, and Benji followed.

 Ryan smirked down at Ashley. "Girl, you know I would love to ride you," he grinne.d He knew how perverted he sounded, but he didn't care. He really wasn't all that perverted when it came to girls and whatnot though. He was a virgin, and all the girls that he had dated, had broke up with him after the first make out session, just to go and brag to their friends about how they made out with the quarterback and the hottest guy in school. He just really wanted someone that would really want to be with him, and love him, but he knew that it was impossible. He sighed, thinking about it, and his eyes turned sad for a moment, but he quickly smiled.

 "Let's go," he smiled at Ashley and then began to walk.

She held up her hand to her mouth. She was speechless. "Girl, you know I would love to ride you," Rang though her head like crazy. She actually blushed from it, as she remembered the dream. Though she knew better he was the biggest jock after all he probably had a lot of experience with women. She looked away from him as she thought of this. Alivia was the girl he should date not her. She had never had any experience with a boy before, hell she hadn't even kissed anyone! She watched as everyone started to pack up and head out, she looked up at Ryan. "Hun, I guarantee you couldn't keep up with me." She said in a joke as she flung her hair over her shoulder and walked in front of him slightly.

She frowned when she saw Ryan and Kaiden both talking to other girls. And what Ryan said made her jaw want to drop. I would love to ride you? How perverted was that? It made her want to hurl, but it also made her want to be the girl he said that to. I should have known I'm not really the 'girlfriend' type. Just the 'friend that's a girl' type. Terri's whole body was buzzing when Kaiden gave her a one-armed hug, but that's not a 'I like-like you' hug, it was a 'cheer up, buddy' hug.

The girl kicked a pebble as she started to walk, holding the strap of her bag with one hand and letting the other dangle. Her thumb rubbed the fabric as a nervous distraction. She walked up to Benji, who seemed like a poor little kid. "Hey Benj, what's up?" Terri asked, grinning.

Kaiden gave Alivia a questionable look. "Wait, you are bringing your whole suitcase? When I asked if people needed help I meant help with like getting their stuff together or carrying small stuff." He immediately knew that her suitcase was huge and heavy without even getting onto the bus. "I mean why don't I just carry you while I'm at it." He was about to refuse completely to carry her suitcase, but then he gave it a second thought. Not only would I look strong and be working out but I could get some attention and some love from Alivia. This is basically a win win situation. A smirk appeared across his face and then he spoke again. "Ok Alivia, I will carry your suitcase. But if it gets to heavy, don't be shocked if I leave it behind." He walked onto the empty bus and started looking for her suitcase. As he looked for the pink device that was probably going to break his back, he could not get his mind off of Terri.

Shalene shrugged, then looked over at Kaiden and Olivia, chuckling quietly. "You wouldn't leave the suitcase of the poor little princess," she called over to them, rolling her eyes in Alivia's direction. "Leaving her make-up bag behind might kill her." She quickly bored of mocking the two, however, and exhaled a puff of smoke as her gaze followed Gianno over to the storage compartment. When he returned, she smiled brightly, happy to have someone she didn't dislike to talk to.

"C'mon, let's try to find this shop everyone's talking about," she said, grabbing his hand as she spoke. She wasn't the shy type at all, and the nicotine had put her in a good mood. Before her headache kicked in again, she wanted to have some fun, even if that fun was limited to trying to find a store in the middle of nowhere.

Ryan grinned. He could tell what Ashley said was probably said just to make her look perverted. "Come here," he said, and pulled her close, and whispered in her ear. "Just to tell ya, I'm not a perverted freak. I've never even made it all the way with a girl, so you don't have to put on an act." He glanced around afterwords to make sure that no one had heard him, and then grinned. "You can't tell anyone, got it? Jocks are supposed to have slept with a lot of girls, not as many as I have," he spoke in his regular tone now, and grinned down at Ashley. It felt so good to get something off of his chest for once, and Ashley didn't seem much like a gossiper.

"As I said, Ash, you better not say anything though, I don't want to get made fun of for it...." he repeated, once he'd started walking again.

 Benji jumped, startled when Terri came up to him, and spoke. "Oh, uhm, hey, Terri," he mumbled. Terri was one of the few girls that Benji actually thought was pretty, and cute, and it made him nervous to talk to her. Of course, he didn't like her or anything... Or did he? Of course he didn't. Benji didn't crush on people, ever. That was just something that he didn't do. 

She blushed as Ryan pulled her in close. She had Drempt of him holding her for a long time. She blinked in surprise as he told her his secret. She looked at him and smiled. never even made out with a girl? She was surprised but at the same time she was happy. She looked at him as he waited for her to answer him. She looked at him and nodded. "Don't worry, I wont say anything," she said as she walked up to him again.

She inched herself as high as she could go, standing on her tip toes. "Just so you know, I think that's cool that your not like the rest of them." She said as she fell back on her heals. "And I have never kissed anyone." she said in a soft voice. She quickly walked a head of him. She couldn't believe she had said that. She couldn't believe she had told him what she had denied for the longest of times. She looked over her shoulder she noticed she was getting a head of him. She quickly stopped and walked back by him. She shyly grabbed his arm. "Come on, I want to get there first." she said as she looked over her shoulder with a smile. "you know for all the good stuff." She said with a wink. She hoped he would understand she meant the drama.

She overheard the conversation going on between Ryan and Ashley, which was immediately followed by Alivia's absurd jealousy. Glancing over her shoulder, she stared Ryan in the eyes, giving her popular you're in for it stare. She returned to look at Kaiden, and smiled flirtatiously. "Thanks honeybunny." Alivia followed him, climbing up the stairs of the bus. Upon hearing Shalene's remark, she promptly allowed her middle finger to rise in her direction, as she continued down the aisle with Kaiden. "It's right there." She smiled, and dragged it out from under the seat. Surprisingly, it wasn't too huge, and light considering this is Alivia we're talking about. "The heaviest thing in there is my hair straightener. But, I'll grab that." She unzipped the suitcase, revealing outfit after outfit. She picked up the straightener and popped it in her bag, then smiled. [b]"Thank you babes."

She turned around too check on what Kaiden and Ryan were doing, and she frowned with dismay. I knew it... Ryan likes Ashley. Why would he be pulling her off to tell her something like that? And Kaiden. The way she's talking to him is obvious. Unless...No, that's ridiculous. she thought, sighing. She came out of her train of thought, remembering Benji.

"Isn't this whole thing awful? I mean, we're going to get there eventually, but just not as soon as we may think." she smiled, shrugging. Terri didn't really like-like Benji, he was a little too sensitive for her taste, but as a friend he was fine. She liked to make jokes, sometimes fake-insulting her friends, and she wondered if he'd be able to take it. "What were you looking forward to in Florida? I was excited about the amusement parks! I was so going to get on the tallest ones...as long as they are the kind that are in little cars. It must have sides, or I'll be afraid I'll fall out!" she giggled. "But I usually can't tell if I'm upside down or not, since my eyes are closed the whole time!"

Benji smiled at Terri. He also watched as she glanced at both Kaiden and Ryan, who were each talking to different girls. He asumed that Terri liked them, and felt bad that they might not like her back. He frowned for a moment, at his thoughts, and then glanced back at Terri.

"Yeah, this is pretty bad, but I think we'll make it," he mumbled. "What was I looking forward to about Florida? Definitely the beaches and sun," he grinned. "Amusement parks are fun, too. But if I close my eyes on a ride, it makes things worse," his grin turned to a half smile.

 Ryan nodded at what Ashley told him. "It's okay. It's good, actually, because when the first kiss moment finally happens for you, it'll be really awesome," he grinned. He was about to speed up with Ashley, when Alivia turned and glared at him. Why was she mad? She was with Kaiden at the time anyway, so there was no reason  to be jealous. He rolled his eyes, and then turned to Ashley. "Hold on," he mumbled. 

 He then jogged over the Kaiden and Alivia. "What's up? Whay are you mad at me?" he asked, arching a brow.