Meet Me in the Bathroom

Nice Try

"Oh shit!" Fab jumps off the roof and runs to the side of the road, frantically waving his arms in the air. "Here's one!"

A truck whizzes past Fab, leaving a cloud of dust behind it causing him to cough. "Dickhead!" he shakes his fist in the air and climbs back on the van.

"Nice try." I let out a laugh and Fab frowns.

I look down the long road and see something red in the distance. "Hey, I think we've got another one. Get ready, Fab! I'll help out this time!" I take his hand and we jump off the van, running over to the side of the road.

We start waving our arms in the air as the vehicle comes into view. "Hey! Stop, please!" We yell at a van similar to ours, but red.

The van pulls over and we let out a sigh of relief. A guy about our age steps out from the drivers side and looks at us with a smile. "Need some help?"

"Oh my god, yes!" I eagerly nod. "We're out of gas."

"Yeah, you got a spare can of gas in there?" Fab points to the van.

"We don't, but we could drive you guys to the nearest station and back?" the guy offers, running a hand through his brightly coloured hair.

"Fuck, really?" Fab grins. "Oh, man that'd be great!"

"It's cool, dude. We can only take two more, though." the guy says as he looks at Julian on top of the van, and Nikolai leaning against it.

"I'll go!" Julian jumps off the van and walks over to us.

"I will too." I say.

The guy nods and slides open the door of the van, revealing two other guys and a few guitars.

"Woah, you guys in a band?" Julian asks as he jumps in and starts examining the instruments.

"Yeah! We're heading to play a gig at a party later." says the guy. "I'm Jason, by the way." he offers us his hand and we shake it.

"I'm Julian," Julian points to me. "This is Jade...and we're in a band too!"

"I'm not, but they all are." I point to everyone else.

"Sick!" Jason exclaims. "You guys should come to this party and jam with us! The hosts a friend of ours and wants more bands to play."

"Fuck, really?!"

"Yeah, man!"

"We'll do it!"

"What?" Fab almost drops his cigarette.  "Jules we haven't rehearsed a song in weeks!"

"We'll be fine." Julian reassures Fab after introducing himself to the two other guys, Mack and Chris.

"I've got no drums!" Fab protests.

"They have a setup there, man." Jason tells Fab.

"Whatever. See you guy later." Fab climbs back on the roof of the van and sparks up another cigarette.

Julian and I squeeze in beside Mack and Chris and make conversation with the dude in the passengers seat, Michael. It's only a 20 minute drive to the closest gas station and when we get there, Jason hands Julian and empty gas can and he fills it up.

"Thanks again, guys." Julian says with a smile as he hops back in the van.

"It's no problem." Jason returns a smile. "We'll drop you guys back and then you guys can follow us to the party. Sound good?"

"Perfect." I give him a thumbs up.