The girls sat at the side of a New York back road and Sunshine cursed to no one in particular. They took the back road since they were told that was the quickest way to get to the arena from where they were at. The girls sat there at the side of the road for the next ten minutes before Sunshine looked in the mirror and glared at Josephine.
�Josephine Keera Horowitz,� Sunshine said in a calm voice. �Did you check the oil like I asked you to when we stopped for gas?�
�I forgot,� Josephine replied beginning to cower.
�Give me one good reason why I shouldn�t kill you right now,� Sunshine stated.
�Because I�m your best friend,� Josephine said.
�Whatever,� Sunshine said.
�Sunn,� Destiny said. �I checked the oil.�
�Then why the hell did the light come on?� Sunshine asked. �And why did it stop moving?�
�I have no clue,� Destiny said.
�And why are we smoking?� Venus asked and they looked out the front window.
�The radiator,� Danielle said.
�Now what?� Sunshine asked. Everyone just shrugged. �I guess we start walking.�
�What for?� Josephine asked.
�I ain�t staying here,� Sunshine replied.
�We ain�t that far from the main road,� Danielle began, �so why don�t me and you go and use the phone we saw.�
�Fine,� Sunshine said. �Will you three be all right here by yourself?�
�Yeah,� Destiny replied.
�We�ll be back,� Danielle said, as her and Sunshine got out of the Durango. Sunshine looked under the Durango and saw the puddle of oil.
�We�re leaking,� Sunshine pointed out. �No wonder the light came on. What else could possibly go wrong?�
�I bet that guy back at the gas station did it, when he was helping me,� Destiny said. �He seemed kind of strange.�
�Remind me to never go back there,� Sunshine said. �We�ll be back.� Sunshine and Danielle walked away.
�Who do you think they�ll call?� Venus asked.
�Probably Kevin,� Destiny replied. �He did tell Sunn if she ever needs anything to call.�
�At least we�ll get to see them,� Josephine said then to herself said, �And I can see Howie.�
�So while we wait what shall we do?� Venus asked.
�You can tell us the story between you and Howie,� Destiny replied, as Josephine looked at her very interested. �We all know there�s something going on. Right, Josie?�
�Right,� Josephine agreed. �If you say so.�
�There�s nothing going on,� Venus replied.
�Then why do you call him every time we stop?� Destiny questioned.
�I do not call him every time we stop,� Venus answered. �And he asked me to call anyway.�
�It seems he wants to be more than friends,� Destiny said.
�He�s not my type,� Venus said. �And I think you�re talking about you and Brian. Don�t you agree with me Jo?�
�Whatever you say,� Josephine said.
�Are you thinking of Alex?� Destiny asked, as Josephine just looked at her. �That is so cute. So is Brian.�
�Give me a break,� Josephine said. �There was a time when you didn�t like Brian. What changed your mind?�
�His sweetness,� Destiny replied. �And he�s really cute in person.�
�Nice reason,� Venus said looking out the window. �It�s starting to rain. Glad I ain�t out there.�
�Same here,� Destiny said.
�I hope they�ll be all right out there,� Josephine said.
�Who?� Destiny asked. �The Backstreet Boys?�
�Sunn and Dani,� Josephine said. �Quit thinking of Brian all the time.�
�It�ll pass the time,� Destiny said. �Like you�re not thinking of Alex.� Josephine just looked at her then back out the window. �Don�t even lie and say you�re not, because I know you too well.� Josephine just continued looking out the window trying not to listen to anything Destiny was saying and thought about Howard although she was with Alexander.
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�I am soaked to the bone,� Sunshine complained, as she and Danielle walked along.
�So am I,� Danielle said. �And it�s so cold.�
�You�re telling me,� Sunshine said. �Next time let�s fix the Durango ourselves and not have some stranger do it.�
�Deal,� Danielle said.
�So are you going to call Kevin? Or Nick?� Sunshine just looked at her.
�Kevin said if I needed anything to call. So I guess this counts.�
�Most likely. I�m sure he won�t leave us in the rain.� They walked a few more feet. �There�s the phone. Hopefully it works.�
�There�s only one way to find out.� They walked to the phone booth and they both went in to get out of the cold rain. �I should have gotten that cell phone instead of those clothes.� Sunshine picked up the phone and dialed a number. It rang a few times before someone picked up
�Hello.� Sunshine stayed silent a moment and again they said, �Hello?�
�Um�Nick, it�s Sunnie.� There was silence on Nickolas� end. �Are you still there?�
�Yeah; what�s up?�
�Is Kevin around? We kind of need some help.�
�You�re calling my cell and asking for Kevin?� She didn�t say anything. �Why didn�t you call Kevin�s cell?�
�Your number was easier to remember.�
�Right.� There was silence a moment then Nickolas said, �He�s busy at the moment. Is there anything I can help you with?�
�I guess. We�re kind of in a predicament.�
�And that would be?�
�My Durango broke down, it�s raining and cold, and we need a lift. Can you help?�
Sunshine listened to the noise in the background and Nickolas talk to someone before he answered, �Sure. Where are you at?�
�Outside of Buffalo. We�re on this back road called�hold on. Dani, what�s it called?�
�Um�� Danielle looked and said, �Sycamore Road.�
�Sycamore Road,� Sunshine said into the phone. �Someone said it was a shortcut to the arena so we took it and the Durango went kaphooeey.�
�Alright,� Nickolas said. �We�ll be there.�
�I didn�t mean you guys had to come. You have the concert to get ready for and I�m sure there�s a lot of work to be done. Anybody will do. I don�t want to keep you from your work. I�m sure you�re really busy and have a lot to do and need to��
�Sunnie, just shut up please. We�re taking lunch so we�ll be there. You have nothing to worry about. I�ll tell the others what�s going on and we�ll be there.�
�You already said that.�
�I know.�
There was silence and Sunshine said, �I�m going to hang up so you get here.�
�Alright.�
�Can you hurry? I�m not a big fan of New York. It scares me.�
�Sure. Later.�
�Later.�
�Bye.�
�Bye.� Sunshine waited for Nickolas to hang up and when he did she hung up the phone herself. �They�re on their way.�
�Good,� Danielle said. �Hopefully by the time we get back to the others they�ll be there.�
�Hopefully,� Sunshine agreed, as they got out of the phone booth and headed back.
As they started walking back they heard thunder in the distance and Danielle said, �I think we better hurry before we get struck by lightening.�
�Very funny,� Sunshine said. �I can already feel myself getting sick.�
�Me too,� Danielle said and they continued walking.
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