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Story: Runaways (Orphans 5)
"Did you see the look on that Duke's face when
Brooke put her foot down on the gas pedal?" Raven
said and laughed.
"The door whacked him hard," Crystal said. "I
wonder if he lost any of his own hair."
"I felt the wheels crunch on one of the bikes," I
said.
"They can't exactly go complaining to the
police either, can they?" Raven asked.
"Your ponytail guy sprouted wings," I added.
We laughed again and then grew quiet for a moment. "I think we make a pretty good team," I said.
"We're the super Orphanteers, aren't we, Butterfly?" She nodded, smiling.
"Let's get back on the road," I said and got
behind the wheel. "How about a song, Raven?" She thought a moment and began. Soon we
were all joining her in the chorus. We're all right, I
thought. We're going to be all right.
We traveled for nearly three hours before stopping for lunch and the bathroom again, this time in a
noisy restaurant. It was a little more expensive than I
had thought and I could see that Crystal was right
about how fast we'd spend our money. Despite using Gordon's credit card for gas, traveling was still going to be very expensive, especially on our budget. Thinking about ways to economize, I suggested fast food chicken for dinner and that was just what we
had.
By this time, because we had traveled all night
and most of the day, we were all feeling and looking
drained. Night was some ways off, but I didn't think I
could drive much longer.
"I think we're just going to have to turn in early
tonight," I said.
"Good idea," Crystal said. "Find what looks
like a dead end road," she suggested.
We had to go almost another twenty miles
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