“Are you kidding me? That has to be a horrible decision for the school to make.” Mrs. C. started.

“Paula…please.” Mr. C. interjected making Mrs. C. shut her mouth. I smiled at how much fun it was seeing Mr. C. put his foot down when it came to his wife.

“We wanted to ask…well I wanted to ask if it would be alright for me to go with her on her trip?” Spencer said holding her breath waiting for her parents’ response.

Mrs. C.’s eyes widened and Mr. C. looked at us with a similar expression. I could feel my heart pounding as I looked from Mrs. C. to Mr. C. not knowing what was going on inside their heads.

“No!” Mrs. C. said shaking her head and crossing her arms. “There is no way I am letting you go on this ridiculous trip. Ashley will just have to find someone else to go with her.”

I looked at Mr. C. and pleaded with my eyes. “Please…I swear nothing will happen. I am paying for everything and we will be staying in hotels every city we stop in. Nothing is going to happen…”

He shook his head and took a deep breath. “I’m not sure about this. I trust you two but this is a big deal. I don’t know how comfortable I will be without being there.”

Glen suddenly sprung forward and scared me slightly when he spoke up. “I GOT IT!”

“What do you have son?” Mr. C. said with a raised eyebrow.

“The solution…you are scared to let Spence go alone with Ashley on this trip. What if I went along with them? I could keep an eye out on things and I…”

“Whoa…whoa…what?” I said looking at Glen with disbelief.

“Umm…yeah Glen…what are you talking about?” Spencer said looking at her brother with a sideways glance.

“Come on…” Glen said pleading with his parents.

“I’m still not sure…” Mr. C. said sitting back as he thought.

“Oh and Clay will be there too…you know Mr. Dependable…there’s no way anything will go wrong with him there.” Glen said trying to sweeten up the idea.

“Clay will be where?” Clay said now completely focused on the conversation going on around him. “Do I have a say in this?”