"I’m bored," Nicole complained as she hung her head over the edge of the bed in Sam and Brooke’s motel room. The four of them were in yet another nameless midwestern town on their way to Brooke’s aunt’s house in Texas and aside from small diners and miscellaneous little tourist traps that they stopped at when the whim hit, they hadn’t spent much time having `fun’. Nicole was desperate for a little mindless fun and she knew the other three girls with her on this strange trip were too, she could tell by the bored expressions on their faces.

"So am I," Lily agreed. She was sitting further up on the bed half-asleep even though it was only five in the afternoon. There was nothing on the television to keep her interest and they’d taken the day off from driving because she’d been sick the day before. She felt fine and like Nic was up to doing something more than sitting in the motel gathering dust.

"Want some cheese to go with that whine?" Sam asked sarcastically from the table where she was playing cards quietly with Brooke. Brooke snickered and reached for another card. She set down a set of 6, 7, 8 in clubs and smiled at Sam who groaned.

"Crap," Sam swore as she noticed she was quickly losing the game.

"Very funny, Spam," Nicole shot back as she rolled over onto her stomach and reguarded the two girls at the table. Brooke had a pile of cards on her side and Sam had three. Nicole smiled. She loved to see Sam lose at things like that.

"What would you suggest we do?" Brooke asked absently as she watched Sam stick her tongue out the side of her mouth as she concentrated on her cards and thought. The poor brunette journalist was going to lose, again, and just didn’t want to admit it. It was cute, in Brooke’s opinion.

"I don’t know," Nicole sighed. "Anything’s better than sitting around here going grey."

"How about going out to eat?" Lily suggested. Nicole groaned.

"I don’t know if my figure can handle another greasey spoon, Lil," she complained sourly. Lily chuckled and laid down next to Nicole.