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[Introduction] This is a story about five girls who are traveling across the country and who knows what will happen!

Here are some basic rules

1. first time you do an entry only do your bio which should include the folowing:

Name:
Age:
Apperance:
Personality:
Title/nickname:
other:

2. keep it pg-13 and add lots of plot twists

3. Have fun!!!

Friend 1:Glamgirl12
Friend 2:
Friend 3:
Friend 4:
Friend 5:

Name: Amy Finter

Age: 17 3/4

Apperance: 5'3 1/2 with dark brown hair that's about 3inches below her shoulders. Bright Aqua eyes with a bluish tint when she's near water. Generally wears shorts and a cute tang top with corny sayings on it.

Personality: In one word, fun. Very outgoing and has a great sense of humor. Can be sensitive at times and hates it when people are fighting. Gives great advice and is a very easy person to talk to.

Title/nickname:Ame,Amy-ame

other:Is a very good driver and drives most of the time but can absolutley NOT drive at night. Her eyes are way to sensitive. Usually her friends have to tell her to put a sock in it because she loves to sing along to the radio.

GoldenHopeisWorkinHard!

Name: Gretchen Bucket

Age: 17

Appearance: Gretchen is a tiny, short girl who has long, curly red hair, freckles, and fair skin. Her face has very soft features, and her eyes are a bright emerald green. She has a gorgeous bright smile, and two dimples in her cheeks.

Personality: Gretchen is very bubbly and outgoing. She loves to be the center of attention. Gretchen is caring and nurturing, and has a fondness for animals and nature. Gretchen's favorite pasttime is eating, and she's always hungry. She also loves to ride horses and swim at the beach.

Title/Nickname: Gretchen's friends call her "Litte Biscuit" affectionately (or LB) because of her tiny appearance and big appetite.

Other: Gretchen lives only with her older brother, Jeremy, who is thirty years old. Both of her parents died when she was 13, and Jeremy became her official guardian. She and Jeremy live on a beach villa that their parents left them, and because of Jeremy's stable, high-paying job, she was able to keep her two horses, Picadilly and Smith.

Name: Laura Beville

Age: 18

Appearance: Blonde strait hair. Usally in a ponytail short for her age but nicley highted.

Personality:Shy but loves to talk about boys and is veary funny. When its just her and her friends she will come out of her shy shell. Slow when it comes to jokes. loves fieldhockey.

Title/Nickname: Lar,Bev, Bevi, Bubble head (when people talk to her sarcasticly).

other: Laura lives whith her father. Her father took full custody when he divorced her mother. She visits her mom during holidays with her dad. has a dog named GoldieLocks.

Quaddy

Name: Kaillen O'Donahue
Age: 19

Appearance: Kaillen stands at a stately 5'10, with a slender, regal build and stance. She looks taller than she is, too, because of her long proportions (long arms, long torso, graceful neck, etc), and the way she stands- shoulder straight and back. While she isn't dark-skinned at all, Kaillen keeps her skin a dark (not with sunlight- usually the tan is sprayed-on 'cause Kaillen is predisposed to skin cancer) peaches and cream color. Strong-featured (ie high cheekbones, a stately forehead and chin, a proportional Roman nose, arched eyebrows and thick lashes etc), Kaillen is not really beautiful so much as striking. She has a full cupid's bow mouth in a soft pink, bright amber eyes that slant upward somewhat at the outter corners, and long wavy black hair to just below her shoulder blades. All-in-all, Kaillen is attractive, but her features aren't typically beautiful as much as they are very striking and attention-grabbing.

Personality: Kaillen is a people manipulator. She knows how to get what she wants from them and won't hesitate to use everything at her disposal to achieve her goals. With men, her favorite playthings, Kaillen easily straddles the line between vulnerable and confident, flirtacious and shy- she could have any guy melting at her feet within a matter of minutes. With women, Kaillen plays hardball- smiling and laughing, but all the while scheming. Her greatest gift is in being able to read people and know exactly what they think of a person and a situation, just by using facial and bodily signals. Kaillen has few true friends, but those that she does have are exempt from her manipulations- instead, with them she is eternally charming, laughing, and rebellious. She's a real enabler, especially when it comes to pranks and breaking the rules. Kaillen loves to laugh and feel good about life, and she is smart enough to keep herself out of trouble. She carries herself with confidence, but can come across as arrogant with everyone but those few people who truly know her.

Title/nickname: Kai (prounounced Kay) or Kaillen. If you aren't one of her good friends, you will call her Kaillen.

Other: Kaillen is often the night driver, given her sharp eyesight. She is a wonderful marksman and has been shooting since she was ten years old. Her father is in the military and she spent a lot of time moving around as a kid, but she got to spend a lot of time with him. Kaillen and her elder brother, Scott, are very skilled in personal combat and weaponry. At eighteen, tired of moving around, Kaillen moved out and settled down in an apartment. A few months later, Scott came to live with her (the two are close), and they've lived together without killing one another for a year.

Name-Tatiana Kudrow

Age-16 and 1/4 years.

Appearance-Tatiana has chestnut coloured wavy hair flowing to her shoulders, which she usually keeps in a loose twist. Her complexion is clear and dusky.She has penetrating dark eyes that are always coated with heavy make-up like the rest of her face. Her lips are pouty and glossed to perfection at all times. She is about 5'5" feet tall and people often suspect her eating habits.

Personality-Tatiana is a girl of many underlayers people generally tend to miss. She can be very artificial and bitchy. But she also has a very vulnerable side which she tries to hide from the world at all times. Tatiana is exceptionally kind to children and animals.

Nickname/title-her mother calls her Toto. Others call her Tatty or Tatiana.

Other- Tatiana is very cleverand has a talent of making people life. She has come from a broken family and has an elder brother, Jared. She looks a lot like her mother, who is a lecturer at a big University. Tatiana dreams of becoming a celebrity singer when she grows up and idolizes Lindsay Lohan.

It all started in 7th grade when five girls who called themselves "The Fab Five" made a life changing desicion. It was all planned, the year they all graduated for good they'd set out on a cross country trip that would hold memories to last a lifetime. They were all going to start saving their money and planning on certain destanations.

Over the years around ninth grade the idea fizzeled out, but was brought back to life in 11th grade at one of "The Fab Five's" famous slumber parties.

Ever since that day the girls had saved every newspaper cliping that looked like a suitable car, and mapped out every inch of their trip.

Now a year later, a week after graduation, five girls sit in Amy Finter's driveway in a purple SUV waiting to head out.

Now this, is where our real story begins.

GoldenHopeisWorkinHard!

"Look, you know I don't drive!" Gretchen was speaking to her laughing friends, who all looked at her with glee. "I'd have to sit on a telephone book to even see over the steering wheel!" With that the four other girls started to bawl with laughter. Amy even wiped a tear from her eye. No matter how big the exaggeration, the "fab five" could never resist a chance to make fun of Gretchen's tininess.

"Oh God, we know you can't drive, Gretch. We were just teasing you!" Amy laughed, tossing her keys from one hand to the next. "But, we do need you to go beg your brother for some more money. I forgot to count today's lunch into our expenses."

Gretchen smiled, and agreed. As long as she could remember, Jeremy had been at her beck and call. No matter what she needed she could get it from her big brother-who had felt a strong mix of love and pity towards her ever since their parents had died. If Gretchen needed a little money, it was no problem. After all, Jeremy's job let Gretchen enjoy the pleasures in life. He was earning quite a nice salary.

As she walked into the door of her house she said, "Hey, it's me!"

"Who else would it be?" Jeremy laughed. He was sitting in a chair in front of the plasma screen television-watching the local news. "Did you forget something for your trip?" he asked, never taking his eyes from the screen.

"Yeah," Gretchen answered. "Uh, I need some money."

Jeremy looked up. "That sounds important." He reached for his wallet and took out a couple of large bills. "Here," he said. "Is that enough?"

Gretchen didn't even count. She had only needed about forty dollras-much less than was just handed to her. "Thanks, big bro. I love ya!" She gave him a kiss on the forehead and rushed towards the door.

"Bye, little Gretch!" Jeremy called after her. "Have fun!"

"Oh, I will." Gretchen smiled to herself as she made her way back to the SUV. "I certainly will."

As Gretchen headed toward the car Laura decided that well she had to go...to the bathroom.

" Hey Gretch, can I use your bathroom? I kinda got to go." She asked her friend while everyone else was waiting to get going. Gretchen just nodded as she ran inside the house. When she came back out she went in towards the car.

"Hey lar can you hurry up? We need to hit the road!" Amy screamed out the window.

"I'm coming!" I replied as I sit down next to Kai.

"This stuff is ruining my face..its bringing out all these pores!!!" Exclaimed Tatiana, looking very closely into a compact mirror.
"Aaand, we have to care about that, because..???"Asked Gretchen in her usual straight forward manner. Tatiana glared at her incredulously., "Oh, as if you are gonna understand Gretch..ever heard of lipgloss?"
"Okay, so guys..chill, ok?I know this is stressful but try not to fly at each other's neck everytime there's an opportunity, okay?"Said Amy, always the peaceful mediator.
"whatever..."mumbled Tatiana, dabbing some more gloss on her already dripping lips. This trip was starting all wrong, she thought. All wrong.

Quaddy

Kaillen stared out the window, face leaning against her balled up fist and elbow against the edge of the windowpane, her amber eyes fixed on the distant trees. Next to her, Laura bobbed her head to whatever music poured from the headphones sitting over her small, tanned ears, but Kai had no real urge to turn her head and deal with Tatiana. The girl, graduated at sixteen or not, had to be the stupidest creature on the face of the planet. Kai had never been able to stand her; everyone knew it, Tatiana resented it, and everyone just tried to keep the peace.

In the front of the car, Gretchen sat shotgun, pouring over a map to the girls' first destination, wherever it was that Amy had decided to go in a flight of driving fancy. Being the majority day driver, Amy often made the decisions regarding directions and mapping; Gretchen had, naturally, decided that she had no decision in destination as she 'did not drive'. Kai, who drove from after dinner to whenever the collective decision was made to stop and check-in to a hotel, just went with the flow; it didn't matter if she had no care to go.

Tatiana was complaining that the air conditioning was ruining her well-coifed hair. Laura, the music too loud for her to have any semblance of connectivity with the rest of the car, remained oblivious, but Kai could see the shoulders tighten in Gretchen's shoulders. The fun-loving girl had no urge to listen to Tatiana's bitchy defense mechanism go into effect. Rather, Kai doubted that anyone wanted the trip to start; as the eldest, Kai decided to step in.

"Tatiana...will you deal with it? No one cares that you're not ready to step in front of a photographer's camera. Yes, we do understand that you want to look good, but seriously, you're sitting in a car. All day. Possibly all night. You don't need to look good for us, ok? In fact, we'd rather you not spend this entire vacation complaining."

Kai met Tatiana's glare and stared, unblinkingly. "We're serious, Tati. This is supposed to be fun. Fun. Not a chance to get discovered. And don't snap at people because we realize there's something more important than your hair and lip gloss."

"Oh...shut up, Kaillen. Quit being such a bitch and leave me alone. Some of us care about our appearance..."

Kai laughed, a barking peal that seethed with cynicism and patronizing irony. "Yeah. That's why we take showers, dress nicely, and brush our hair. You are sixteen years old, girly- quit trying to act like you're twenty."

"Who the hell are you to tell me that?"

"Uh...hrm...maybe the girl who's twenty in six months, unlike a sixteen year old who skipped two years because Mommy is a University Speaker. Honestly. Quit complaining and put away your lip gloss."

By this time, Laura had taken off the headphone and was listening to the argument between Kai and Tatiana. "Both of you need to stop aruging. Kai leave Tatiana be for once; we know you two don't get along, but we're on this road trip to have fun. Tatiana, please stop complaining about everything or we'll drop you off at the corner. Quit being a whiny Drama Queen and drop the act. The defense mechanism is getting on everyone's nerves."

Gretchen turned around. "I agree with Laura on this one. Let's just chill and decide what we wanna do first. Amy was thinking Charleston, down through Georgia, Florida, then back up and through the rest of Georgia, and then we can start heading through the rest of the Southern states. Everyone agree?"

Kai nodded. "Works for me."

It was getting late around 6:00pm and everyone was tired and cranky.

"Okay everyone it's time to make our first stop, The Days Inn. I pre-ordered a room that had a stocked fridge so we can chow when we check in." said Amy talking to everyone. "Sound Good?"

Everyone grunted or nodded in agreement.

One inside everyone plopped on their beds and Laura started cooking dinner for everyone. She was by far the best cook.

"Looks like were having pasta." said Laura opening the fridge.

Everone gathered around the TV and flipped through the channels while the waited for dinner to cook.

*Sorry this is kind of bad but I've been soo busy. Please forgive me!*

"Pasta for my peeps?" Laura asked as she was setting a mini table.

Everyone gathered around."Smells good!"Tatiana exclaimed.

I just nodded as we began to eat. It tasted good but something was wrong I just couldn't pin point it.Then she realized she missed her boyfriend Jake.....alot.

"Gawd, u guys, do you realize it has been the longest time since we played something really fun??"asked Tatiana suddenly, while she spooned in some pasta.
"Like what?truth or Dare??" Asked Amy, as she pourde some sauce into her plate.
"MAYBE!!"
"So, its settled, then???truth or Dare after dinner, okay guys?" Announced kai.
"Whatever.."Muttered Tati.

Quaddy

"Whatever? It was your idea, Tati," Gretchen admonished, shaking her head. "You can't just decided that something's worth a 'whatever' because people wanna play."

Tati shrugged. "I lost interest."

"Because I had some," Kai interjected. "We'll just have to accept that we don't like each other and be civilized." Spearing some Penne ala Vodka, Kai took a bite and chewed slowly, appreciating her friend's good cooking. "This is amazing pasta."

Amy nodded. "Definitely. You don't expect it from a Days Inn, but it's delicious." Everyone intoned their agreement.

"So, who's gonna go first in Truth or Dare?"

GoldenHopeisWorkinHard!

"Fine!" Gretchen said. "Someone ask me. Maybe we can get this game rolling."

"Truth or dare," Tati grunted, mocking the game already.

"Why thank you for asking, dear," Gretchen laughed, rolling her eyes. "I might as well take dare."

"I dare you to stop this stupid game," Tati continued.

The other girls glared at her.

"Fine, fine-I dare you to...." she stopped and thought for a bit. " I dare you to jump naked into the outdoor pool."

"But I'll freeze!" Gretchen exclaimed.

"Hey, I don't make the rules...."

"All right, all right," and with that the other girls followed Gretchen out of the hotel door and to the ugly square pool outside the hotel.

Mia laughed" I'm glad I didn't go first!"

"Shut up Mia!" Gretchen snapped back at her. She started to strip of her clothes.

"It's cold!" She shivered as she stuck her foot in.

"Just get over with." Tati smirked

Gretchen jumped in and started to shiver. As two young Hot boys walked out to the pool.

"Oh My GOD!!!!" She screamed and grabbed her clothes and ran to the room.

All the girls fell the floor laughing. The two boys just looked confused as they wispered yo each other.

“Well, she didn’t complete her Dare!” Exclaimed Amy, wiping a tear from her eye. Her stomach ached from laughing so hard.
“It was too crazy anyway. Who’s next? You, Tati?” Asked Laura. Tatiana nodded distractedly, preoccupied with checking the two guys out beside the pool.
Amy laughed as she winked at one of them seductively.
“You crack me up, tat! But you can’t fool around with ANY hot guy tonight. Even if Chad Michael Murray comes walking into this place. It’s our special girl’s night out, got it?”
“Ok-ay…”Tatiana mumbled checking out the guys for one last time before turning around to face her friends.
“I’m gonna take a Dare too.”
“Okay, so, I have an idea!” Announced Kaillen. This was her perfect chance to put Tati in her right place. “I dare you to do a Jingle Bell Rock in men boxers…in front of those guys.”
Amy and Laura started giggling. Tatiana merely raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow and demanded,” Where should I get the boxers from?”
“Oh I have some. I wear them at night!” Said Laura, rushing away to bring them. Tatiana stared incredulously at the silk shorts when she handed them over.
“But theses are huge…and UGLY!” She wailed as Amy started pushing her into the dressing room.
“I know, right?” Smiled Kaillen. She was thoroughly enjoying the whole episode.
In a few minutes, Gretchen(who had come back dressed and blushing), Amy, Laura and Kai witnessed Tati, who looked incredibly hot even in a plain black lacy bra and red boxers, walking stiffly to the two guys by the pool.
The one with the blond highlights raised his eyebrows at her. Tatiana could swear her legs had started melting under her shorts.
And then she started singing and dancing as sexily clockwork as possible till the end. Gretchen was lying on the floor, banging her fists on the tiled floor to stop from crying out with laughter. Kaillen, Amy and Laura were laughing as loudly as their stomachs could take.
‘I. Am. Gonna. Kill. You. Guys.” Hissed Tati as she tripped back to them, blushing fiercely.
“Aw, you were great tat!” Said Kai, grinning. As much as the 16 year old annoyed her, the trip wouldn’t have been half as much fun without snooty Tatiana Kudrow.

Quaddy

"Grammy calibre performance," Laura agreed, still recovering from her laughing fits. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she looked over at Kai. "Your turn."

"Hrm...Truth." Kaillen leaned against a wall, her arms crossed. The two boys at the pool shifted their gazes to her, but Kai ignored them; she knew it pissed boys off to keep them from getting what they wanted.

The girls groaned. "Loser!" Gretchen cried. "You're such a chicken."

"Hardly," Kai replied. "A game of Truth or Dare without the Truth is just...'or Dare'. And what fun is that?"

Tati walked outside, somehow conveying feminine wiles in pajamas and fuzzy slippers. "So...what's up?"

"You're asking Kai a question. A Truthiness question." Amy chuckled at the Colbert reference and everyone else smiled slightly. "Go for it."

Nodding, Tai looked Kai up and down and came to look up into Kai's face. The girl was almost a half foot shorter than Kai, making the entire scene very amusing. "Well then. Kaillen O'Donahue...answer me this..."

Tati looked around, eyes settling on the guys on the other side of the pool. "Those two boys...what was the first thought that came into your mind when you saw them?"

Kai chuckled. "Good question. Honestly, I thought they were hot. And then I thought that they were prolly so small, a lollipop would choke me before they would."

It was Amy's turn next. The only problem was she couldn't decide if she wanted to do truth or dare. If she did truth she might say something she didn't want to and if she picked dare she could totally embarass herself. She did have to admitt though the dares were hysterical.

She didn't have much time to think because she was bombarded by the other's wether she picked truth or dare.

"Hold on let me think," amy said.

"You've had enough time to think, come on!" said Kaillen impatientley.

"Okay,okay I gues I'll pick..." Amy put on a face as if she were still deciding.

"Come on" Laura said hitting her on the arm.

"Dare" I said hoping it wasn't too bad.

" If yout sure......" Laura smirked.

"Okay, that look tells me I'm gunna regrett this." Amy stared back at Laura nervously.

" I dare you to go to the lobby in your PJ's and kiss the old desk clerk dude!"Laura said trying to hold in a laugh.

"Okay." Amy said with a "not a big deal" sigh.
" On the lips." Laura said pointing to her own.

" No i'm not kissing the old man on the lips thats going to far." Amy shouted angerly.

" Please, Gretch over there went stalk naked in a pool." I replied getting angry myself.

After two minutes of silence. I walked out the door and went outside for a walk.
**************
After a mile or two I stopped to sit down when a guy my age with a gun came up and pointed it right at my forhead.

" Give me all your money and valuables on you."
He said while looking around to see if there was anyone else.
" No thanks, i'm good." I smiled thinking quickly.
" Do you want to get shot or not!" He shouted at me.
" Yeah I'd like it very much if I didn't get shot." I smiled yet again.

" Don't mess with me chic!" He bellowed.
" You know I don't like it when people yell at me." I crossed my arms giving him a deadly look.
" Ugh!I don't have time for this...." He rubbed his ,not loaded, hand threw his hair.
" Like I want to be here." I sighed
" Yeah, well if you give me your number I promise I won't shoot you." He then smiled lowering his gun.
" I guess that works for me." I also smiled and past him a card with my cell number.

" Aren't you gunna say bye?" He laughed.
" Bye!" I laughed walking back to the hotel.

Amy, Tatiana, Kaillen and Gretchen returned back to their room, a bit disconcerted after the mini-fight. It was not like Laura to push of like that.And in the middle of the night in an unknown place- it all made no sense. She was the shy, mediating, quiet one of them all.
"Well, now that Laura's pulled a Tatiana, what are we gonna do?" Asked Grtech finally, holding a shawl to her body.
"What does THAT mean?"Demanded tati, ears blowing smoke already.
"Just means that its generally YOU we'd expect to walk out in a huff, NOT Laura."
Tati rolled her eyes and muttered,"I'd never go for a sweaty walk if I'm angry at someone.Yuck."
Amy laughed."You are such a scream Tati!"
"So, dya wanna do something meaninful or dya wanna do something EVEN more practical and sleep?" Asked Kaillen, bringing over a tub of vanilla icecream and Oreos to the bed on which they were sitting.
"Not sleep, puh-lease NO!" Said Gretchen, biting into an Oreo dunked into ice cream." That's like, the last thing I want to do right now."
"I don't wanna play a game anymore, do you?" Asked Amy.
Everyone shook their heads mutely.
"Do they have a CD player here?"Asked kaillen, her eyes lighting up considerably.
"I dunno. Why?"
"Because I've got a killer CD, full of the most awesome dance songs ever!We can dnace to it, you know?Play actresses in an NYC premiere!"Exclaimed Kai, standing up with enthusiasm.
"You mean, you wanna turn 5 again?Get real Kaillen."Drawled Tati, carefully dunking a small peice of cookie into the icecream and then dropping it back into a tissue paper.
"You can't resist taking a cheap shot at me, can you?Dont play if you don't wanna, but you can't stop us honey/" Retorted Kai in a silky smooth voice even Tati got shivers on hearing.
" I'm not saying I won't play." She grumbled, playing around with the Kleenex in her hands till it was merely a few tiny, disgusting balls of paper, cookies and cream.
Kaillen grinned at Amy and Gretchen. They knew Tatiana had been conquered. She wouldn't be any further trouble.
"I'll get the CD. Gretch, why don't you go talk to the receptionist and ask him if we can have a player?" Said Kaillen. They left, leaving behind Amy, Tatiana and a boxful of Oreos and icecream between them.
Tati sneaked a peak at the food on the bed longingly.
"You can have a little peice, you know?" Said Amy.
tati shook her head hard." I can't. It'll just make me swell up."
"It won't. Look, Gretchen eats a whole lot more than any of us and she's STILL so tiny. You have a metabolism rate too, you know?You'll burn it down."
"No, I won't. I'll grow morbidly obese and people will hate me even more then."Cried tati, tera prickling her eyes. She fought to hold them back by shutting her eyes tight.
"Nobody hates you!We just think you can be more kind not so affected all the time. But we still do love you!" exclaimed Amy.
"You do?" Asked Tati, wipipng a tear away.
"Yeah!You wouldn't be here if we didn't!this trip wouldn't be fun without the Fab Five!Now, cummon, you need a hug." She said, enveloping Tati into a huge hug.
"Woah, homo alert!" Drawled kai. She was on the doorway, with a CD and Gretchen beside her with a CD player.
Amy and Tati pulled away with sheepish grins.
"OKAY guys!Time to party!"
Within seconds, the room was transformed into a red carpetted premiere, complete with costumes and all.
tatiana wore a red, slinky gown and silver heels, her glossy hair in a top knot with a few strands hanging around her face casually. Amy wore a blue velvet mini- skirt with a black leather halter top above, her hair falling in sexy waves all over her shoulders. Gretchen wore hers in a a dozen tiny braids and wore a full length yellow gown.Kaillen was dressed in a sea blue sarong and a bikini top.
"What are you?"Asked Gretchen, when she saw the measly amount Kai had left for imagination.
"Straight-from-the-beach-Kidman."She announced.
Even Tatiana couldn't hide her smile.TRhis night was gonna be wild!

Even Amy had to agree tonight was going to be a blast. The five of them looked stunning as they did the cat walk and jammed to the tunes blaring from the Cd player. They were jumping on the bed and acting like kids again when all of the sudden there was a knock on the door. Everyone stopped and Tati turned down the music. for a moment no one moved but finally Amy went over and opened the door.

"Hello, Can I help you" she asked?

"Yes," said the man at the door. Is there a Gretchen Bucket here?"

"Hold on" Amy said as she turned around to get Gretchen.

There was no need to wait because Gretchen had walked up behing Amy. She went outside in the hallway and shut the door.

It was quite for a coule of moments and Gretchen came back in.

"What was that about?" Tati asked.

"Nothing important" Gretchen replied.

With that they basically all shrugged their shoulders and it was time to party on!

Laura walked into room and thought her friends were crazy they were wearing out on the town outfits catwalking and dancing. They didn't even notice her come in.
She sighed " If you can't beat them join um." She walked into the closet put on her black one sleved dress put her hair in a bun and walked out.

Grabbed a flash light sinned it on her self and flipped of the music.

everyone looked at her with their mouths wide open.

" Ladies and Ladies presenting the wonderful beutiful Laura Beville" She then threw the flashlight on the bed flipped on the music and shouted "Lets PARTY!!!!!" Everyone laughed and daced.

The girls finally plonked down to sleep in the huge bare bed, snuggling in to make some space for the others.
"WHY couldn't we have stayed in a better place?"Moaned Tati, punching her lumpy pillow to make it more comfortable.Laura moaned in support."Yah, this place sucks big time..."
"Because you don't have a Plaza Hotel here, that's why MIss Hilton. This is the best I could manage!"Exclaimed Kai in indignation."AND we also can't blow up all our money on an expensive hotel. We have so much more to spend money for."
"Like what?"Wailed Laura, throwing the suspicious looking bedcovers away.
"Like food!"Said Gretchen, inviting a few grudging smiles.
"And gas, and so many extra costs you never account for."Added Amy,"Look, I promise, the next time we'll rent a better place, okay?"
"PROVIDED we dont spend a million dollars on the rest of the things."Murmered Kai.
"We never spent a single cent anywhere!"Said Tati, mentally counting the funds.
"AND we're still not so rich in the money department."Said Kai, yawning hugely."So now that we've got all our complaints outta our systems, maybe we can catch a wink?Amy's gotta drive tomorrow.And I honestly don't have any faith in drivers who hardly sleep for a few hours at night."
******************
After a few hours of sleep, the girls were ready to leave for their next destination.
"WHERE the hell is Amy when we need her?"Cried Laura, as they waited in the car without a driver.
"She's probably in the washroom."
Amy came hurrying out of the reception and climbed into the SUV.
"HEY, what!"She said, as her friends stared at her.
"nothing.Just keep goin, hun!"

They had only been on the road for like an hour and they already had to pull over to consult their map. Once they had that whole mess figured out it was on the road again.

Amy check the clock and said "Look's like we should be in Baltimore Harbor in about 2 hours."

All she got in response was grunts and graons. they had gottten up way early to avoid traffic and they had stayed up pretty late last night.

"Hey, I have an idea let's put on the radio!" Amy said cheerfully trying to lighten everyone's mood.

"NO!!!!" The other four screamed in unison.

But it was too late Amy had already turned on the radio,full volume and was singing along with it. This was going to be a long 2 hours.