They Leave

"We're still going." Taylor finally said walking back up to the house.

"But what about Peter?" Hannah asked looking back at Peter with a pained look in her eyes.

"And Zack?" Chloe added, hopeful that Taylor would have them stay and then she could go back home with Zack.

"We're going." Taylor finally said. "If we stay Zack will just run away. We can't let him run away from an overly sensitive girl. If he does, it will just prove her right." Taylor took in a deep breath and continued "Besides, you guys have been dreaming and planning this vacation for months. It's important to see it through."

"The whole thing's been cursed from the beginning," Chloe said in frustration recalling how half of their friends had dropped out along the way and last night's disaster. "Should just go home," she mumbled.

"If it was cursed it start great and end wrong," Taylor said "You'll see, things will get better. This is going to be a very special week, I can feel it in my bones," she said glancing up at the sky.

"Geez, you gonna be a fortune teller now? What you need is to be boned?" Hannah said rolling her eyes, "Didn't they teach you the right way to use a bone at witch's summer camp?"

"I'm not a witch!" Taylor protested.

Hannah turned around to the girls in the back seat. "Did you guys know the Bishop's can trace their family all the way back to Bridget Bishop, the first witch at Salem, or was it Sarah Bishop?"

"That's not true." Taylor protested. "Besides, it's gonna be a great week" Taylor added trying to sound confident and bring back the conversation "it can't get any worse than it is. Right?"

"I guess," Chloe said not entirely convinced by the argument.

"And Peter..." she sighed looking at Hannah and back at the beach, "Peter will have to work this out alone this time. We can't babysit him every time he loses it."

She looked back at Hannah and added "You're right, we got to stop Peter from getting too drunk. But I'm not doing it alone. You're gonna help."

"Mmm, I know just the way we can entice him to stop," Hannah said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"Nooo, we're not doing that," Taylor whined at Hannah's antics of trying to solve everything with sex. "You're gonna stop drinking with him. Now everyone get in the car."

"Party Pooper," Hannah mumbled

"But... But..." Chloe said trying to find the right words to say, "Zack needs me... us. We can't just leave him."

"He'll be fine." Taylor said reassuringly to the younger girl and placed a comforting arm around her shoulder "I'll tell him we went to get you a new bathing suit and explain things to him. I promise he won't get mad at you after I tell him I kidnapped you. Send him a message too and tell him to wait for us, oh, and tell Gavin to watch out for him."

"Hannah tell Ashley to take care of both of them," Taylor said.

"Doing that right now," Hannah said getting into the passenger seat. She send a video message to Ashley explaining the situation and then typed the instruction to help Peter with his hangover. Taylor did the same with Zack while Chloe send her own apologies to Zack and then told Gavin to watch over Zack.

They silently drove down the road for a few moments, Taylor driving Peter's rented SUV while Hannah once again had her bare feet on the dashboard, Chloe and Meagan sat in the back seat. Each girl thinking about the events of last night and how things would playout for the rest of the trip. The silence was only broken by the near-constant crunching sound of Meagan eating from a bag of Pretzels.

"You know that's bad for you?" Taylor said looking at Meagan through the rearview mirror. "It's too much salt. You're gonna end up with high blood pressure."

"But I like salty," Meagan said defensively.

"She likes salty." Hannah shrugged but only Taylor noticed the thoughtful undertone in her voice and wondered what new sexual romp was running through her friend's head.

"Can we stop at Meechies or somewhere else?" Meagan asked, "I need to buy some more Pretzel."

"How many have you eaten already?" Chloe asked.

"A lot" Meagan replied, "I got this and one more bag."

"Have you tried the new ones?" Hannah asked her, "What are they called, Salty Rods? Pretzel Sticks?"

"Pretzel Rods," Meagan corrected, "Haven't tried them yet but they're supposed to be really good."

"Oh, they are," Hannah said with a grin.

"We're not going back to Azure Rocks," Taylor interrupted before Hannah said anything else and changed the conversation "We're going to Earhardt Ridge. We passed by a pretty big Mall on the way from the airport so I should be able to find you a couple of nice bathing suits and a few other things your mom forgot to add."

"But you said we were going to get my bathing suit," Chloe protested.

"I said I was going to get you A bathing suit, not YOUR bathing suit." Taylor corrected raising a finger. "Besides I'm not driving 3 hours home and another 3 hours back just for one bathing suit. Earhardt Ridge is less than an hour away."

"Zack would have taken me home." Chloe crossed her arms and glared at Taylor.

"Honey, Zack would have gone alone to get your dildo," Hannah said and smirked as the redhead looked away and blushed, "By the way when did you get one and why am I the last to know about it" she added staring at Taylor.

Taylor looked back at Hannah and decided to change the subject again "Really? No bra today? Again? You didn't learn anything yesterday?"

"What can I say" Hannah cooed as she leaned back on the seat and stretched her legs on the dashboard. "I gotta let these puppies free you know. We both like the way guys always look surprised when they noticed. And how else am I gonna find a nice little girl to play with? They're so hard to find. Besides It's not like we have a lesbian hiding around the cabin."

Chloe giggled at Hannah's remark and Meagan almost choked on her pretzel. Meagan had heard a few rumors about the cheerleaders, mostly they were about the girls' romp with guys but a few of those stories also involved other girls and Meagan had hoped that some of them might have been true. Hannah had been in many of those stories she had heard but never gave them much credit since Meagan had only seen her with boys that one year when she came back to Azure Rocks. The way Hannah had mentioned Trent before had made Meagan sure that Hannah was straight but now... now she was excited that maybe, maybe she could have some fun with the older girl unless she was just being a tease waiting for her to make a move and then make fun of her.

"Well..." Taylor said turning off the blacktop and onto the dirt road they had used yesterday. "It's gonna suck to be you."

"OH CRAP!" Hannah cried out as the car hit the first bump, her eyes shot wide open and she grabbed both breasts in her hands and braced herself for the rest.

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Narrator: Taylor later told me that for the next 20 minutes she tried to hit each and every bump and rock on Hannah's side of the road that she could.