Chapter 2--And I Feel Like A Milkshake

Mike and Jen slowly let go of each other.

"Oh Jen," Mike began. "You don't know how long I've been wanting to do that."

Jen smiled and looked down at her feet. "Me too. But I never imagined we'd do it in front of the restrooms!"

"So, now what are we going to do about Peter?" asked Mike.

Oh great! I completely forgot about him! Jen thought.

Jen just stared blankly at Mike. "Don't tell me you forgot about Peter!" said Mike.

"I got caught up in the moment with you that I did forget about him!" said Jen as she leaned her back up against the wall. "What am I going to tell Peter?"

"Well...He doesn't have to know," answered Mike as he leaned against the wall next to Jen.

"Oh no! It's like New York again! He'll find out eventually."
"Well this time we'll be more careful. Nobody has to know about this."
"I don't know, Mike. It's going to be hard trying to keep it a secret."

Mike looked at his watch. "Hey, we better get goin.' We've been out here too long."

They started to walk back to the Monkeemobile. Mike grabbed Jen's arm. "You didn't have to use the restroom, did ya?" he asked. "No," said Jen as she went back to the car smiling. Mike watched Jen go and quickly followed. When everybody was settled in again, Mike started the car.

"There. Feel better now?" asked Davy. "Uh-huh," was Mike and Jen's reply in unison.

Later in the afternoon, at around 6:30, they checked into a motel. They only had enough money for one room so Jen and Peter took it. Mike and Davy decided they would sleep in the Monkeemobile.

Jen, Peter and Davy are now in the motel room, while Mike was taking a nap in the car. Jen and Peter were sitting on the bed and Davy was in a chair next to them.

"So what is the point of this trip?" asked Davy. Peter and Jen shrugged their shoulders. "Whose idea was it anyway?" asked Jen. "I think it was Mike's idea and we all just went along with it," said Peter. "Speaking of Mike, where is he?" asked Jen. "I think he's napping in the car," answered Davy. Jen got up from the bed. "I need to go talk to Mike about something. I'll be back." She kissed Peter's cheek and went out the door.

Outside, Jen walked over to the Monkeemobile. She looked through the windows and saw Mike sleeping in the back seats with his wool hat covering his face. As she opened the door, Mike awoke and sat up in the seat.

"Jen, what are you doing here?" he asked as he centered the wool hat on the top of his head. "We need to talk about that kiss this afternoon," said Jen as she shut the door and sat in the middle seats.

"I was having a dream about you before you came in," said Mike. "What happened?" asked Jen curiously.

Mike literally jumped out of his seat to give Jen a kiss. She quickly pushed Mike away, knocking the wool hat off his head.

"Mike! What'd you do that for?" asked Jen as she looked through all the windows making sure nobody saw what had happened.

"You asked me what happened in my dream," he answered as he situated the cap back on his head. "But you didn't have to act it out!" said Jen as she was still searching for any witnesses. "Somebody could have seen us!"

"I'm sorry Jen. I couldn't help it."
"It's okay, but we have to be extra careful. Especially if you're gonna be jumping all over me like you did!"
"So what were we going to talk about?"
"Well--"

Peter appeared and knocked on the window. Jen and Mike jumped up with the "old Monkee scare." Peter opened the door with a big smile.

"Hey guys!" he said as he sat next to Jen. "Whatcha talkin' about?"

"Oh, uh, about the trip," answered Mike. "Yeah. We were thinking that maybe we should cut it short."

"Yeah, we're not going anywhere anyways," said Jen. "You're right," said Peter as he put an arm around Jen's shoulders. "So we're going home now?"

Jen looked at Mike and waited for an answer. "I guess so Pete. Man this was a waste of time!"

"I'll go tell Davy," said Peter as he got out of the car and jogged back into the room.

"You know what? We have bad timing," said Jen as she got out of the car and stood by the door. "Maybe we should talk about this when we get back home."

Mike nodded his head and got out of the car also. "Hopefully there'll be no distractions there."

The time is now 11:30 at night and they were on their way home. Davy was asleep in the middle seat again, Mike in the driver's seat, and Peter asleep in Jen's arms. Jen was having trouble sleeping. She had over a million thoughts running through her mind and she couldn't turn it off. She glanced up at the rear view mirror and at exactly the same time, her eyes met with Mike's. She quickly looked away and closed her eyes.

I can't fall asleep! What is wrong with me? How did I start falling for Mike again? I gotta stop thinking about him. I'm with Peter, not Mike. Maybe that's the problem. No, don't start thinking like that again! I love Peter, don't I? Or do I love Mike? I don't know what to think anymore!

She opened her eyes to look at Mike again but this time he didn't notice. She closed her eyes to try to fall asleep again.

END OF CHAPTER 2

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