What If? V

"Oh, come on." he snorted. "One girl turned you down out of the millions you've actually dated." he smirked. "I think you'll bounce back from this fairly quickly."

"We'll see." he shrugged. "I'm gonna call it a night, since I have to be on the road tomorrow." he told him.

"You're so bummed over this chick that you're gonna go to sleep?" he chuckled. "You're in love."

"I really liked what I saw and I figured maybe once I got to know her, we'd see that maybe we have a lot in common." he told him. "I'm not as bad as people make me seem, I wanted to show her that some guys are actually decent in the world."

"From what Ellie told me, she doesn't have a problem with guys. She has a problem with you. She said Lacy gets the player vibe from you."

"Yeah, she says that and doesn't even get to know me before judging me." he shook his head.

"It's not like you have a squeaky clean record with women." he snorted. "Look, if you're that serious about it, then lets invite them on the road with us. It'll give me some time to spend with Ellie and from what she's told me, Lacy's not gonna let her go off with some guy alone, so she'll have to come."

"...you think it would work? I don't want her to just mess with her phone the whole time, like she did tonight."

"She'll be there to make sure I don't maul her friend but she's got to talk to you some time." he said.

"I hope so." he said. "Alright, fine. Let's do it." he nodded.

"Lets just hope Ellie agrees to go." he chuckled. "Otherwise it's a no go. Still depressed over the love of your life?" he teased him.

"So depressed that I'm gonna eat ice cream." he snorted.

"You can go eat your own ice cream at your place." he snorted.

"You suck." he snorted. "Let me know what your future baby mother says." he teased as he got up from the couch, ready to head out.

"Get out." he snorted.

"Jerk. Bye." he said and just left, going back to his place.

A few weeks later, Ellie agreed to go with Scott and Punk on the road and she convinced Lacy to go, even though Punk would be there. It was hell to get time off of work, but they managed. They were all currently driving to another state for the guys' next show. Ellie was in the front with Scott, who was driving, and Lacy was in the back with Punk. Of course.

As usual, Lacy was on her phone. She texted Ellie. you would make me sit back here with him.

Ellie took her phone out and chuckled a bit to herself. If we make a pit stop or something, then I'll switch and sit in the back. He's not really doing anything though, why does he bother you?

Punk was just staring out the window as Colt drove.

Please keep in mind that I'm mad that you didn't tell me Punk was coming until they were already there to pick us up.

Scott looked over at Ellie. "You okay? Need anything?"

And I apologized. Be nice Claire, he's not being a jerk or anything.

Ellie glanced over at him. "I'm good." she said. "But...do you think if we pass a store or something, we could stop? I just want something to snack on." she told him. That way she could switch with Lacy too.

I am being nice, his head is still on his shoulders, isn't it

"Sure." he said. "I saw a sign for a rest stop a few miles back. Says it's not for another two hours, though."

Lacy bit back a groan.

Well, that is a good thing.

"That's fine." she said. "Not like we can do anything about it." she chuckled a bit.

"If you get off of one of the exits, maybe there's a food place or something that we can stop at instead." Punk spoke up. "If you're super hungry. If not, we can find a gas station or something with a convenient store."

"Um, like I said, I can wait. I don't want to hold us up and make you guys late for your shows."

"I doubt a stop at the gas station is gonna make us late." he chuckled. "But if you're okay, then we can keep going."

....what do I do? Still wanna switch or what?

Punk shook his head. "Dude, just pull over. Ellie, let's switch seats." he told her. "I'm not going to make the rest of this car ride uncomfortable and that way everybody is happy. It's why you want us to stop, right?" He sort of figured that was the reason.

She bit her lip. "....sorry."

"Well I'm not uncomfortable and it's important that the driver is comfortable." Scott said as he kept driving. "I'd like it if Ellie sat up here with me. Whoever is uncomfortable with the seating arrangements needs to put their big kid pants on and just deal with the remaining four hours we have left in the car."