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Cairi didn't enjoy driving in her craptastic 1970's Chevy Impala. It was quite the decent car once upon a time, but having sat in a garage for over a decade with no maintenance and only coming out of said garage with a battery swap and oil change so Cairi had a car to drive made it be quite the beater. It constantly whined and puttered in ways that made it sound like it was going to give out at any moment, yet it never seemed to for the longest time. Really, it made Cairi a nervous wreck, ideas of all the possible downfalls that could happen to it while driving fluttered through her mind pretty much every five miles. Aile made it a lot more bearable, often distracting Cairi enough to at least think about other things, though Aile loved to talk smack about any driver on the road not going over 100, and often made comments about it to Cairi as well, if more politely. There was no way in hell she was going to go over 75 though, past that it made even more unbearable sounds that shook Cairi to her bones. This all changed just as they crossed Michigan state lines however, and not 10 miles away from the border, the car made a final noise that sounded like the gears suddenly grinded up against the belts before finally stopping all together. Cairi coasted it as far as she could before finally coming to a stop on the side of the mostly deserted two lane road. When it finally came to a stop, Cairi buried her face into the steering wheel and shook her head, sobbing a little. "Oh noooooo, what are we going to doooo..." She wailed softly. Wondering how they're going to travel to the depot now.
Aile sat in the passenger seat of Cairi's pile of junk which could loosely be referred to as a vehicle, making snide remarks about each and every driver that they end up behind, slowing them down at all. "You see this assclown?" she says at one point, pointing at the van in front of them on the freeway "This guy has nobody in front of them, he could easily speed up to 80 at the very least!" she says, rolling down the window and sticking her head out, using one hand to hold her hat on "HEY, FAGGOT, DRIVE AT A REASONABLE SPEED OR GET OFF THE FUCKING ROAD! MY MOTHER IS DEAD AND SHE CAN DRIVE BETTER THAN YOU!" she screams, using her free hand to bang on Cairi's roof as if that could be heard over the rushing wind as they drive along the road. She eventually flips the person off and sits back inside the vehicle, rolling the window back up "See, this is made worse by the fact that the other lanes are being slowed down by speds and fuckwits going the exact same speed as this complete autist!" she says, throwing her arms up. When the vehicle finally breaks down on the very edge of the state line, Aile lets out a nervous laugh "To be fair, we have been waiting for this to happen for some time now. Want me to get out and give the engine a few good whacks~?" she says, giving Cairi a half-smirk half-smile, and a wink. "Elsewise, you can stand by the side of the road and shake those hips for passing drivers, someone is BOUND to stop." she says with a smile and a wink.
Cairi was used to Aile's shenanigans on the road, so much so she refused to let Aile drive if possible, knowing that she may very well try to drive someone off the road for turning 1 second to slow for Aile. So, she mostly choose to ignore Aile grumblings, choosing instead to focus on the road... Well, until the car broke down anyway. Cairi was indeed expecting this to happen any moment, but she's been expecting it for about a year now, and she's always been close to a town or her own home that entire time, but now they were in the middle of nowhere and still miles from their destination. At Aile's suggestions, Cairi simply shook her head more, turning her head to face Aile while still being pressed up against the steering wheel. "Aileeee. I told you not to talk to me like that, it's really embarrassing..." Not to mention even attempting such a act would cause her anxiety to reach another level no doubt. She waves off Aile a little, looking more than a little crestfallen. "Go give the engine a few whacks... The sound it made makes me think this is our final stop though..." Cairi said with no optimism what so ever, par for the course with her.
Aile giggles as she starts to open the door and slide out of her seat "You know it's true, if you get out and shake your hips, people will offer you a ride faster than you can snap your fingers!" she says as she lifts the vehicle's hood. "I just can't guarantee you that they won't also ask for a different kind of ride in return." she said, just barely loud enough for Cairi to hear. After a moment, Cairi can see Aile throw one arm backwards, and then the vehicle rocks backwards from the force of the punch. This same sequence of events occurs twice more before Aile shouts over to her "Okay, princess, give it a go, I fisted it nice and hard!" the play on words being blatantly intentional, given how well Cairi knows her at this point. The suggestion to punch the engine would also have been Aile's obvious go to solution, since that's what she did with every problem, hit it as hard as she can.
Cairi groans at Aile's words, no amount of time together would let Cairi become used to what Aile says in that respect. Especially since it's hard to tell if it's just jokes or if Aile actually wants to do half of what she says to Cairi. "It would be a ride I don't want, I'd rather walk the entire way." Cairi wasn't getting when she said that either, knowing the kind of attention she might attract doing that. Sure Aile is tough and she knows she can resist a lot of damage but it still makes her very nervous. At Aile's ok, Cairi turns the keys... Only for nothing to happen, the engine doesn't even attempt to start. "I'm turning them, nothing's happening though, I think it's done for Aile." She sighs heavily, opening the driver door and slowly getting out of the car. She turns around and grabs a few bags out of the car, her butt in the air for a small while before turning back. "Well, let's start walking I guess."
When Cairi turns back to Aile, she's wearing a smirk "Yep, shaking that would definitely get us a pick-up fast." she says, before moving over next to Cairi and reaching into the vehicle to grab her own bag. Since Aile barely owned anything, all she had was a backpack, which she threw on, wearing only one strap, before kicking the door closed with one foot, leaving a new dent when she did so. "Well, given that it's completely dead, we can probably just leave it here. What's going to happen? Someone drives off with it?" she asks, flicking the keys at Cairi after having grabbed them from the ignition when she got her bag. "So, if you don't want to walk, I suggest you get to shaking those hips~" she says, with a suggestive smile.
Cairi grumbles something incomprehensible at Aile's continued suggestive talk, simply slugging the bags onto her shoulders and arms. Cairi had a bit more, mostly clothing and hygienic stuff along with a few biology books she was told was college level by the person selling them for real cheap. Nodding, Cairi sighs again. "Yea, I guess we can call for a tow when we're settled into the dorms. Then again, it'd probably just be dead weight and taking up to much space, so maybe just leave it here forever or for someone else to restore." Cairi really didn't care, mostly cause after dealing with it for a year she's actually relieved it finally broke down, it gave her more anxiety then having no car at all. Cairi grabs the keys, then immediately drops them. Picking them back up, Cairi gives Aile a slightly disapproving look before simply walking towards where they were going, making no attempt to sway her hips at all.
Aile happily takes another look at Cairi's ass when she bends over for the keys, but doesn't say anything this time, just smiles to herself as she follows after Cairi, quickly taking several long strides to catch up, so they can walk side by side. "After having it fixed, it's probably better to cut your losses at this point, anyway." she says, nodding her head backwards at the vehicle. While they were walking, she would wave her arms at passing vehicles and jump up and down, trying to get them to stop for them "You know, you could just shake your hips and one of these-" a car passed them by as she spoke "HEY, DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP FOR A LADY, YOU FUCKING FAGGOT!" she shouted, before attempting to wave down the next person. After that person passed them by, Aile just resumed walking normally just wrapping her arm around Cairi's shoulders and holding her close as they walked side by side "Any idea how many miles it is? We just reached the border when the car broke down. Hell, if it's too far, I may shake my hips~" she says, bumping her hip against Cairi's teasingly.
Cairi fully agrees with Aile's assessment, why bother trying to fix something that simply can't be fixed with the resources at their disposal. Cairi would raise her hands in the air as well whenever a car passed by, unfortunately no one seemed to want to pick up two strangers. Probably a good thing to. This was certainly a situation of not wanting to do either option, but knowing they had to commit to one. Cairi winced a little at Aile's sudden yelling, right in her ear and everything. She didn't say anything though and continued walking. She blushed a little when Aile suddenly wrapped her arm around her, she stammered a little but doesn't actually say anything again. Aile likes her physical contact, and Cairi's social anxiety makes it so she both likes and hates it. She can really never decides how she feels about it, so most of the time she just lets it happen. At the mention of distance, Cairi slumps her shoulders a little. "Uhm... I think it's 50 miles away now?" She says a little nervously, knowing that Aile would certainly decide to go for the hitchhiking plan now.
Aile stops suddenly when Cairi gives her the answer, a 'Oh, of course' look on her face, with an ironic smile plastered across her lips "Screw that shenanigans!" she says, punctuating it with a chuckle "Alright, Princess, I'll show you how it's done, and I hope you enjoy the show~" she says, gently grabbing her by the shoulders and positioning her away from the road gently. After she had positioned her away from the road, Aile takes off her backpack and hoodie, then tosses them to Cairi, saying "Hold these, Princess", then she places her hands behind her head as she stands near the road, and starts shaking her hips side to side seductively, every so often making a thumbing motion to indicate that she was looking for a ride in that direction, a fake smile on her face as she danced. "Enjoying the show, princess?" she asked, as she danced in front of her.
Cairi exhales softly at Aile's sudden change in intent. She knew it was going to happen as soon as she uttered the distance, but she couldn't exactly lie... Well, she could but Aile was pretty street smart and would catch on pretty quick. Cairi grumbles again as Aile begins shrugging her hoddie and stuff off, only barely managing to catch them as they are tossed to her. When Aile actually started dancing, Cairi looked towards the woods, her cheeks flushed red. Cairi wasn't about to watch her friend do such things, even if Aile seemed to almost beg for Cairi to act on it. Cairi said nothing as Aile danced, not wanting to humor her. Thankfully, it wasn't very long before a old rusted 60's ford started slowing down and stopped in front of the pair. The driver was a guy that looked like the most stereotypical redneck ever. "Y'all pretty ladies need a ride?" He said in a equally stereotypical accent. Cairi's anxiety immediately took hold, and she couldn't even meek out a nod at the guy's question. The truck was only a 2 seater, but had enough room for three if they squeezed inbetween the two.
Aile quickly turned to the driver and leaned in through his open window, giving Cairi a good view of her ass "Absolutely, we're heading to the bus stop on uh-" she quickly snatched Cairi's phone from her and checked it for the directions, then showed the man the screen "This place, we're trying to get here, so we can get picked up. We WERE intending to drive ourselves, but our hunk of junk vehicle broke down, leaving us stranded alongside the road." she explained, before tossing Cairi her phone over her shoulder without even looking, then quickly grabbing her hoodie and backpack from her, giving her a wink and whispering "Did you like that, Princess?".
The driver clicks his tongue and looks at the phone intently, occasionally tapping it to move the map around to a better position. After a while he nods. "Well lucky for you gals I'm passing by that stop already, so I can just stop on the road then continue on. So come on in." He reaches over and opens the passenger door, it was slightly dirty on the inside but Cairi and Aile have no doubt in in worse. Cairi jumped a little as Aile tossed her phone back, sighing in relief when she caught it in her hands. She shrugged a little at Aile's question, not having a answer since she didn't even watch. Cairi would let Aile go first since she would be more comfortable sitting in the middle than Cairi. When they were both in and situated, he would drive down the road at a reasonable pace, not dissimilar from what Cairi would do. "So, if you're heading to a bus stop why not take the bus?" He asks casually after a small while. Cairi didn't answer, her anxiety doing it's thing where meeting a new person effectively silences her unless truly forced to talk.
Aile thanks the driver as she hops into the vehicle, then she turns back and grabs Cairi's hand to help her in next to her. When asked why they're not taking the bus, she fakes a smile, while trying not to flip out about how nobody is driving fast enough "We are, we're just wanting a specific bus, we're supposed to be heading to a college orientation." she explains, as she leans against Cairi and wraps her arm around her shoulder again "Luckily, we won't need transportation beyond that since we'll be living on campus, we just need to actually get there. You know, since it's a bit difficult making that fifty mile trek on foot~" she adds, with a grin "Truthfully, we were actually waiting for the vehicle to break down for good, just not quite THIS far from our destination" she says with a laugh, trying to hold conversation well enough that Cairi wouldn't have to talk much.
Cairi right leg bounces quite a lot as they drive along, no doubt her nerves acting up, though she does seem to visibly relax a little as Aile holds her hand. In these situations Cairi usually did appreciate a little physical tact, though sometimes it did backfire still. It wasn't the case this time around though, and Cairi leans a little into Aile as Aile wraps her arm around Cairi. The man nods a little as Aile explains the situation. "I see, I didn't even know there was a campus around here, the nearest ones I know of is in Grand Rapids and Detroit. Then again I don't really pay much attention to those sort of things. 50 miles is quite the distance though, that'd put some strain on even me!" He grins, not seeming to notice the physical contact happening next to him, or really not caring. "Yea I know that feeling, this old beater used to be really bad, but me and my brother got to work on it last summer and now it runs like a dream." He sounds quite proud as he says that. He doesn't say much else for a long time, and by the time he speaks again they're probably halfway there. "So what're y'all majoring in for college?" Cairi breaths in deeply but manages to muster an answer. "Biology." She states nervously. "Biology huh? Well I can't say I know much if anything about that."
Aile grins as Cairi answers the man's question "She would know better than me, I never pay any attention in classes~" she says, gently tightening her arm around Cairi, while resting her other hand on her thigh, gently rubbing it. "Even if we knew how to work on vehicles like that, we probably still wouldn't fix the damn thing up, I don't think she even wanted it anymore, given how frustrating driving it was. In fact, if you want the damn thing, it's back alongside the road near where you found us, and you can have it. If you manage to fix the damn thing, good on you~" she says, giving the man a smile. As they start to close in on the bus stop, she sits up in her seat, retracting her hands from Cairi as she looks over at the bus stop "Ah, there it is!" she says, grinning first at Cairi, then at the man "Thanks for driving us to the bus stop" she says, giving the man a quick fist bump, while she tugs her backpack on and prepares to exit the vehicle before it has even stopped.
The man nods. "I'll have to see if I can find it then, sounds like it might be a fun project. It's really my brother who is the great mechanic, I'm mostly just there to hold his tools." He chuckles a little then doesn't say much else for the rest of the trip. Cairi closes her eyes a little as they drive, focusing on Aile's warmth and trying to calm down. She was just about calmed down to when Aile suddenly jolted away and pointed out the boss stop. Cairi quickly sat upright and nodded. The man nods as well. "Well, you two have fun, and I hope you can find some success in life." He says rather warmly, fist bumping Aile back. Cairi manages to mutter a 'thank you' before exiting the truck and sighing heavily. As soon as the two were out the man speeds away. "Well, let's see what's in store for us." Cairi beings walking to the bus depot.
Aile thanks the man and gives him a quick wave before he drives off, then she wraps her arm around Cairi's shoulder again as they approach the bus stop "It looks like plenty of people are already here, waiting for the bus." she said, nodding towards the two girls on the bench, chattering, and the sweaty girl, drinking alcohol on a second bench. "Given the looks of them, I neither feel like joining in on their conversation, nor sitting next to the sweaty girl, so we could probably just stand off to the side so that none of them hassle us." she says, rolling her eyes as she guides Cairi to a nearby lamp post and leaning against it, supporting her by letting her lean against her as they waited for the bus.
Cairi nods at Aile assessment. "I'd rather not converse with people right away anyway. Especially not a alcoholic." She states flatly. Cairi doesn't complain when led to a lamppost, though she does separate herself from Aile, finally having enough physical contact for now. She stands near Aile and the lamppost though, waiting a little impatiently for the bus to finally arrive.
