Hamilton Road Trip

Duct Tape

(Thomas's POV)
"Oh my god can you please just stop talking?" I yelled at Alex. Alex could be so, so annoying. I wished James where here. James would tell me not to be bothered by his obnoxious lecture on Yosemite's wildlife. If James were here he would lean in close and I would run my hands though his beautiful dark hair...
    "I'm just saying..." Alex continued rambling. Even Angelica looked annoyed. Lafayette, who was sitting in the front, was staring out a window, probably dreaming about Peggy.
    "Please. I am asking you nicely. This one time. BE QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!" I glared at Alex who KEPT RIGHT ON TALKING!
    "Look okay so maybe you're not interested but this is very important and useful and I mean we are camping there and.."
    I rolled my eyes. There needed to be a way to make this person be quiet. Right? Perhaps a blindfold. Or duct tape. I needed duct tape.
    "Hey Laf" I leaned forward and whispered, "Got any duct tape?"
    He didn't ask what for, just leaned down and got a roll of it from his backpack.
    "Use only a little- we need to spare it" He said and I nodded. Lafayette talked a lot, but even he realized that Alexander just needed to be stopped.
     "If it doesn't work, do anything you can. I swear, I cannot listen to this for any longer" Lafayette said solemnly, and I laughed.
    "I'll do my best" I said, rolling my eyes as I tore off a piece of duct tape.
    "Hey Alex" I said to him, and turned around to face me.
    Quickly I stuck the duct tape on before he could open his mouth.
    He stared at me, blinking. "It worked!" I cheered. Angelica looked backwards and let out a little laugh as she saw Alex.
    Turning red, he tore off the duct tape and yelled, "What the hell was that?"
    I rolled my eyes. "Well he's talking again"
His shocked expression turned to anger.
    "You will be begging for me to tell you all that useful information later when we're at Yosemite and you're the only one who doesn't know anything and you'll look stupid and I'll know everything and then I'll say I told you so and..." Alex rambled on, still clutching the duct tape in his hand. I rolled my eyes again. What would it take for him to just stop. talking?!
    It's time to get serious. I thought, smiling evilly. Checking to see if Alex was looking, I took out my phone and went to the chat.
                          GROUP CHAT
Thomas: everyone get on here I need help i'm dying
andPeggy: whats up
LAFAYETTE: the duct tape didnt work u guys!
Angelica: wow
Eliza: dont text & drive Ang!
Angelica: don't worry sis I got this
Eliza:...
Thomas: FOCUS U GUYS IM DYING HERE
Maria: kiss him :P
Thomas: OMG WTF MARIA U BETTER BE JOKING
Maria: chill. I was kidding. Mostly
Andpeggy: angelica u might want to look up we r behind u and ur car is swerving around like crazy...
Angelica: shush im looking at this cute red dress- its on sale!
Andpeggy: alright then just don't crash into us
Anglica: kk
Thomas: U GUYS? IDEAS?
Aaron: hey, what's going on?
Thomas: Aaron? Why r u on this chat?
Aaron: did u guys go somewhere without me again?
Thomas:... who was supposed to invite him?
Andpeggy:...
Maria:...
LAFAYETTE:...
Aaron: why am i always left out of things?
Andpeggy: I am too!!!
Thomas: umm.
                Thomas removed Aaron from GROUP CHAT
Thomas: that solves the problem. Now, for my ORIGINAL QUESTION... any ideas on how to get alex to stop talking?
Andpeggy: nope. Theres, like, no way
Maria: ya good luck. Just put in earplugs or something
John: What'd I miss?
Thomas: hey! That's my line!
John: :P
Thomas: U GUYS ARE USELESS I GIVE UP
Thomas left GROUP CHAT
Hercules: hi guys

    I rolled his eyes as he put away his phone. What was he supposed to do now?
    "And so, basically, the Acorn Woodpecker is found there, and..." Alex. was. Still. Talking.
    With nothing left to do, I shoved tissues into my ears, mashed my pillow into my face, and stayed there until the rest stop.

A/n: well ok this is super short chapter. I'm not exactly the best writer so this whole story is probably going to be really bad (just a warning) but it's fun for me to write it so yep. I'm on spring break rn so lots of time to write!