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There was a part of him that absolutely couldn’t understand why in the world he had ever agreed to this, but at the same time he was kind of excited.
He was about to spend a week with his best friends while sightseeing and having their last hurrah before move in day. Before they parted their ways to move on to bigger and better things.
They would each be apart after this. And they had to make the most of these last few moments they had before college.
“Alright so-“
“I swear to god if you tell us everything we have one more time I’ll throw you out the window…” Craig groaned from the back seat as he leaned against the window, making sure he didn’t disturb Tweek who was asleep on his shoulder, curled up against his side with his arms wrapped around one of his own.
“Okay, okay… fine. But-“
“No.”
“Craig be nice,” Token glanced back at him from the rear view mirror.
Craig said nothing, instead putting in his earbuds and going back to zoning out everything that was being said around him.
He didn’t hear Clyde talking, even if he was quite the louder talker, he didn’t hear Jimmy telling his jokes even though he was sitting right next to him. But Craig would smile and nod whenever the brunette looked in his direction with a smile on his face. And of course he didn’t hear Token or the music he was playing from the front seat.
But the road signs passed them by and Craig watched how they passed by a road sign that welcomed them to Utah.
What exactly was in Utah, he had no idea but it was a state they needed to pass through in order to get to their desired destination.
Which is somewhere Craig and his friends never could've imagined ever going in a hundred years.
But here they were, sitting in a car for what seemed like forever as they made their way to Las Vegas. In retrospect it would be neat to visit everything that the city had to offer, but at the same time they were seventeen, eighteen years old and they wouldn't even be allowed to enter any of the casinos.
However knowing Clyde he probably had a bunch of fakes made for them in order for them to pull it off.
“Don’t worry, they look totally real dudes!” Craig was absolutely certain that’s something Clyde would say to them in order to calm Tweek’s nerves.
He wasn’t going to question it, he probably wouldn’t even accept it. Gambling damn near destroyed their town years ago and he wasn’t about to risk losing it all.
“Does someone else want to take over driving?” Token glanced back at Craig from the rear view mirror.
“Don’t look at me, Tweek’s sound asleep and holding my arm hostage.”
Token sighed and looked at Clyde who seemed way to giddy with excitement when the two made eye contact.
Craig could see the hesitation cross Token’s face. He could see all of the other possible ideas running through his head and hear the gears turning to try and dig himself out of the potential hole he had just dug.
“Don’t worry buddy, I’m an excellent driver!”
Token sighed once again and pulled off to the side of the road, putting the car in park and getting out.
Clyde tripped over his bag, tripped over his own feet, and damn near ran into the driver’s seat before shutting the door while Token took his time. He looked at Jimmy through the passenger side rear window, which the brunette rolled down and offered up a smile.
“Want to sit in the front?”
“Oh god n- n- no! Have- have you se- se- seen Clyde dr- dri- drive?”
Then Token cast his eyes to Craig who, once again, made it obvious that Tweek was holding his arm hostage by pointing to his sleeping boyfriend.
So with no other options left Token shuffled into the passenger side seat and shut the door. He looked at Clyde and put his hand over the gearshift when he saw Clyde reach for it.
“If you speed you no longer get to drive, if you crash my car you pay for damages, and if you so much as try to drag race anyone I’ll make Craig throw you out of a window.”
“Hey!”
“My car, my rules.”
Clyde grumbled something to himself about Token being a ‘killjoy’ and a ‘buzzkill’ before he pushed Token’s hand aside, put a smile on his face and simply said “don’t worry bro, I got this!”
“For everyone’s sake I sure hope you do.”
Craig held on to Tweek’s pant leg, his blunt nails grabbing at the fabric while his other hand clenched onto his bag beside him. He and Jimmy shared a look just as Clyde revved the engine and fist pumping into the air, “aw yeah let’s get this party started!”
“Clyde-!”
The brunette shifted the car into drive and took off into the road without giving anyone else in the car a warning. Token grabbed at the handle above his head while gripping the center console tightly.
This was it. This was going to be the longest possible car ride of their lives. He never should have agreed to this. He never should’ve let Clyde drive. He wasn’t even too sure why he was the one who volunteered to be the one to even drive his car in the first place.
But after the initial fear and panic set in and slowly faded everyone suddenly felt a sense of peace. All eyes went to Clyde who seemed to be intently focused, his knuckles turning white from how tightly he was holding the steering wheel.
Token turned around and looked at his friends, keeping his voice low for the sake of not waking Tweek and for the sake of Clyde not hearing, “do you think he’s okay?”
Craig shrugged, “I kind of like it. He’s quiet, he isn’t trying to kill us, and I’ve never actually seen him this focused before so I say we just let him be.”
“Maybe he’s fre- fre- freaked out.”
Token raised a brow, “explain.”
“He’s driving your car, you told him you would have me throw him out of a window, and let’s just say your car is the nicest thing any of us have ever been in besides your house.”
Token rolled his eyes before taking a peak at Clyde who was keeping his eyes on the road and getting over to follow the directions the GPS was giving him before looking back to Jimmy and Craig.
“Let’s just see how long he can go for and then I’ll take over, deal?”
“Deal.”
Token sat forward again and looked at Clyde before messing around with the music they were listening too. Craig turned to Tweek who was waking up and running at his eyes as he yawned. But he seemed to be wide awake when he realized who was behind the wheel of the car, “Jesus Christ who let Clyde drive?!”
“Honey it’s okay,” Craig did his best to soothe him. He wrapped his arms around Tweek lightly and pulled him into a hug as he kissed the top of his head. “We made sure he understood car safety before we let him drive.”
Craig could see Clyde muster up a smile as his grip on the steering wheel seemed to loosen, “I’m being safe Tweek, I promise.”
“Good I’d rather not die today thank you very much.”
Tweek’s comment got a good laugh from everyone in the car, even Clyde managed to smile and join in. His grip on the steering wheel loosened as he seemed to finally relax.
Sure this was going to be a long road trip but it was certainly going to be a memorable one.