Broken Glass, Broken Hearts part 100

Ok, so, first of all, I'd just like to say,

Part 100!!!!!!!!!!

And from here, we may proceed as per usual.

"Tyler?"

"Check."

"Barbecue chips?"

"Check."

"Mini candy bars?"

"Check."

"Jake?"

"Check."

"Map?"

"Check."

"Moo law?"

"Check."

"Selena?"

"Check."

"Milly?"

"Check."

"Keys?"

"Check, check, double check." Ed nodded, "Alrighty then. I think we're ready to mumba." He looked back at everyone in the back seat, "Ready to mumba, buckos?"

"Check," they all said in unison. He turned to me and grinned, "Looney Tunes, please, milady." I laughed and hooked up Ed's iPod to the car speakers, turning the radio dial to a silent station. "Good. Let's hit the road." And with that he turned, putting his hand on my seat as he backed out of Tyler's driveway. Linda waved goodbye to us with a wide smile, and I waved back, also smiling widely. "Finally," Selena moaned. Ed scoffed, "'Scuse me, ma'am, but when we've been driving for eight hours, you're starving, and we're on a deserted road with not a gas station in sight, you will appreciate my double checking on the barbecue chips." Selena snorted, "I doubt it," she replied, "I hate barbecue chips." Everyone groaned, except Tyler, who laughed, and said, in a very realistic impersonation of Fred Jones, "Ready to solve a mystery, gang?" I smiled and replied, "And what mystery is that, Freddie?" He grinned, "How much time will pass before Selena throws herself out of this car and onto the freeway."

"Now, none of that, Selena," Ed said, also grinning. Selena grunted and leaned against her seat, crossing her arms across her chest. "Shut up." Ed looked down at his iPod for a moment and quickly selected a song. He turned up the speakers and belted out, "Scooby dooby doo, where are you? We got some work to do now!" And with that, and a loud groan in response from Selena, we turned off onto the freeway, starting our road trip.

We left at about six, and after a few hours of singing along to Ed's "Looney Tunes", playing mad libs and hangman, and asking for directions to the nearest Build-A-Bear at every stoplight just to see people's reactions, Selena got bored and pulled out her iPod, Milly and Jake folded into each other around Selena's suitcase in the backseat, talking quietly and staring at the sky through the windshield, and Angela fell asleep next to Ed in the front, her head leaning against the window and her hands nestled under her ear. Ed hummed quietly along to the music and I reached into the barbecue chip bag and pulled out a handful of chips, staring out the window as the cars sped past us.

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