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This was their big trip, their last hoorah before the adult world made them try to grow up. It was spring break before their senior year of college, and the four friends eagerly piled into Edward’s old Mercedes. It was his pride and joy. His dad bought him a Volvo in high school, but the Mercedes was the first car he ever bought himself. He took care of it obsessively.
It was some surprise but delight to his friends when he offered his beloved vehicle for their road trip. Their excursion would add a lot of miles on an already old car, but he insisted. He loved his car, but this was an important trip, and if the car survived, all the better.
He also hoped he would finally be able to express his feelings for his friend Bella. They had flirted with one another over the years when they met as freshmen, always circling around a relationship. He wanted to tell her now, before it was too late.
Bella sat in the front seat across from him. He was glad he would get to look at her the entire leg of this trip. He just hoped he wouldn’t get too distracted with her so close; Edward knew he would be looking at her as much as he could while he drove.
Emmett and Alice were in the backseat acting like assholes. When someone looked at Emmett, they expected a prankster, but not from tiny Alice. She looked so innocent and angelic ... and was the biggest prankster of the lot of them.
Edward learned a long time ago to always watch his back when Alice was around. He had accidentally naired his hair in the shower, put salt in his cereal, and walked around campus with a penis drawn on his face. All courtesy of Alice.
Bella actually cried when Edward’s hair fell out. He was so pissed but was able to laugh about it now. He was still amazed that he didn’t notice the off-putting smell of the Nair in his shampoo bottle until it was too late. In his defense, he had already washed everything else so the air in the shower was full of the scent of his body wash, effectively masking the smell of the depilatory cream.
He thought something was wrong with him until Bella sniffed his hair, or more like his scalp, when he came out in the living room in a panic. It didn’t even strike him that he was standing there in just a towel in front of the girl he had a crush on ... at least not until much later. Bella immediately identified the smell and her face turned bright red as she ran to her phone and angrily called Alice.
Edward mused that the whole quad heard Bella tear Alice a new one over that prank. He was just glad nothing was wrong with him, although he did miss his hair ... or what was left of it. There were tufts still attached in a few places. Shrugging his shoulders, he went back into the bathroom and used one of his razors to shave off the last bits of his hair.
It took several weeks for Edward to adjust to his new hair style. He was known for his messy head of bright auburn hair and barely recognzied himself in the mirror. Neither did anyone else. Several teachers asked if he was new to the class. The one nice thing was he wasn’t hit on constantly. The lack of hair seemed to make him invisible to most ... all except Bella. That suited him just fine. He would’ve continued to rock the chrome dome, except Bella commented she missed his hair, so he let it grow back in.
Emmett’s pranks tended to be more of a slapstick, physical nature. He liked to play with his food. One morning Edward woke up and shuffled down the steps only to find Emmett in the kitchen trying to make breakfast, at least that’s what Emmett told him. Edward had barely woken up and only had half a cup of coffee down before Emmett started giggling like a two year old and called Edward over.
“Eddie, come look! This is so awesome!?”
With eyes nearly crossed, Edward rose from his perfect spot on the couch and half-stumbled into the kitchen. His pace wasn’t quite fast enough for Emmett who continued to pester him that Edward was going to miss it. Edward had to blink a few times to really take in what he was seeing.
Apparently Emmett decided he was going to make omelets, but he was going to have a little fun first. After cracking a few eggs into a bowl, Emmett had cracked a hole in an additional egg and drew a face on it. He had the egg tipped so the white of the egg started to slide out, making it look like the egg was vomiting into the bowl of eggs. It was pure Emmett, who was laughing his face off at Edward’s perplexed expression.
“Very nice, Emmett,” Edward said as he took a sip of coffee and shook his head.
“Isn’t it cool? The egg drank too much last night and is puking his guts out. I guess he had too many jaegerbombs.”
Edward shook his head again, thinking to himself that his friend clearly had an overactive imagination, and returned to his spot on the couch until he woke up.
Back to the present, Edward hoped that Emmett wouldn’t play with his food too much on trip, although the vomiting egg thing was pretty funny.
Bella smiled at him as he ran his hand through his hair, once again full and shiny. Emmett and Alice were finally getting settled in the backseat, although Edward wondered if he would have to separate them before they reached their first stop.
“They’re like kids, aren’t they?” Bella mused with a snort.
“Yes, scary that one is going to law school in the fall,” Edward added as he pulled out of the parking lot and on their way.
“ROAD TRIP!” Emmett hollered out the window of the car, startling several people who were walking nearby.
Everyone erupted in laughter, setting the mood for their adventure.
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