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Then and Now Chapter 45 AJ laid still in the seat, he was still sound asleep dreaming that Krys had a feather and was tickling his face with it. His mouth began to twitch and Krys froze, silently praying he wasn't about to wake up. She wanted to finish her masterpiece. Jenn watched as Krys expertly applied the make up to AJ. His lips were now a bright red and thanks to Nina's purse, had silver eyelids with dark eyeliner. She started giggling as Krys started rubbing some body glitter on his shoulders. Krys turned to her with a deadly glare and gave her a nudge, nodding towards the front seat. So far they'd been lucky, neither Kev or D had turned around, they just hoped the guys would stay that way till they reached the second rest stop. Jenn sat back down next to Nina, "How's he look?" Nina whispered from behind her book. "He's never looked better. If he entered one of those drag queen contests, I think he could win hands down." Krys plopped back down in the seat, "Only if he shaved that goatee, and if he did, I'd have to hurt him. Darn guy started moving when I was retouching his lipstick..." "No!" Nina whispered, setting her book down and leaning forward slightly. Slowly she peeked over the seat and started shaking as she kept herself from laughing. "Oh...Krys...oh my..." she whispered, resuming her spot. Krys grinned wickedly, "Don't you think I could always have a career as a make up artist?" Jenn nodded, "That you could." Brian tapped his fingers on the wheel as they got stuck in the daily rush hour traffic. "Well me thinks we could be here awhile." he stated, turning the air conditioning on higher. Nick nodded, looking at all the traffic around them. "At least an hour. Anyone got any food left?" he asked, turning around in his seat. Han was sound asleep and Lis was writing something in a notebook. "Whatcha doing Lis?" She looked up startled, "Nothing, just uhm keeping busy." she smiled. "Oh okay, you girls have any food back there? We're caught in traffic and I for one am starving." Bri looked back, "Me too. I'll settle for anything!" "Let me rummage through the bags." Lis said, picking up her backpack and opening it up. A half full bag of snacks looked up at her. "Jackpot! What do you guys want?" Nick grinned. "Twinkies!" Rok burst out laughing, "I'd have bet money he was gonna say that." Lis giggled, "You two are crazy." she said taking out a couple things she wanted and passed the bag to the front. "Take whatever you want. I picked mine." The guys dug through the bags pulling out their snacks and making enough noise to wake up Han. "What's going on?" she asked, sleepily as she sat up. "Food time." Bri explained, handing her the bag. Han made a confused face. "We're stuck in traffic and looks like we're going to be here awhile." "Fun." Han said sarcastically pulling out a bag of chips. "Could be worse," Nick said, "We could be still giving each other the silent treatment." D changed CDs as they sat in traffic. He could recognize Nick's Durango a couple of cars ahead, at least they hadn't gotten too far separated. He was almost tempted to call Rok's cell phone but he wasn't sure if B's battery was working or not. Ang's truck was right behind him so he knew she wasn't lost. His eyes scanned the amount of traffic, it looked like it would be awhile before they moved anywhere. He leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. He had almost drifted off to sleep when he felt someone poking his arm. "Jenn, just go back to sleep." he mumbled. Kev glanced in the backseat then back at D. "Howie! Howie wake up!" he hissed, he didn't want to raise his voice. If he did he was certain he'd wake everyone up. "Kev, man there is no way this traffic is gonna move for awhile. Just sit back and relax...let me sleep I gotta drive another couple hours." D said quietly. "D open your eyes! There's something you've got to see." D sighed tiredly. "I'm sure whatever it is I can see it later, unless its Han and Lis throwing the guys out of the Durango or vice versa." Kevin sighed, "Its about Bone now this is something you have got to see." Grudgingly Howie opened his eyes. "This better be good." he mumbled sitting up. Slowly he turned around and stared wide eyed at his best friend. "What the hell?" AJ heard Howie's voice. "D, shut up! I'm sleeping here!" He said, keeping his eyes closed. He hoped he'd be able to fall back asleep. He'd been in the middle of a rather nice dream, he'd won a contest and was about to receive the certificate for quarter pounders for life. Howie cleared his throat. "Uhm AJ man I think you better wake up." Jenn slowly woke up, hearing the voices in front of her get louder. Lazily she opened one eye and saw Howie and Kev talking to AJ. "Oh man." She whispered. Carefully she poked Krys who was sound asleep. "Wha? No AJ not now I'm asleep!" she muttered, pushing Jenn's hand away. "Its me Jenn and Krys AJ's about to find out what you did!" she whispered. Krys suddenly sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Now this is something not to be missed." she said with a grin, pulling her camera out of her backpack. AJ sat up partially and noticed the way Kev and D were staring at him. "Come on fellas what is it?" "Uh well..." D started. Kev laughed and stopped himself. "Sorry AJ its just..." AJ was growing worried. "Its just what? What?" he said, his voice rising. Krys adjusted the zoom and sat there, grinning as she watched AJ try to get the truth out of his friends. "AJ turn around!" she said. "Krys?" he said surprised. It was the first time she spoke to him in days, quickly he turned around a bright flash went off. "What the??? Guys what did she do?" D laughed, "I don't know how to say it AJ...I guess the best way would be to show you." He said looking around for a mirror. Kev found one in the glove compartment.. "Now AJ remember, we had no part in this." He said holding the mirror back from his friend. "Just give me the mirror!" Bone said anxiously, shooting Krys and the girls a dirty look. "Okay man." Kev said slowly and passed it to him. He took the mirror and looked down at it for a minute before raising it. AJ looked in the mirror. "I've been violated!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. Next: Chapter 46 |