Chapter 6: Of Young love

Dawn woke up several hours later to find herself in the arms of another. This slightly confused her, as she had almost always slept alone. Except with either her sister or her mother, and neither of those two were around anymore. She rolled over slightly, to find herself staring at a sleeping Gohan. Normally when a girl awakens to find herself in the arms of a guy she didn't remember going to sleep with, they tend to freak out a little bit. But for some reason, Dawn didn't. This seemed somehow natural to her. Gohan may have been holding her, but he wasn't exactly positioned like he had or would take advantage of her. She also felt safe in his arms.

Her movement must have somehow been sensed by Gohan, because after a few moments, he awoke as well. For a second he was slightly confused. He didn't remember going to sleep in this position. It must have happened in his sleep. Not that he was complaining. He just looked at Dawn, and felt warm inside.

"Morning sleepy head. How you doing?" Dawn asked.

"I'm ok, how about you?"

"I'm ok, but i gotta ask, how did we end up like this?"

"Well, i remember coming back here to go to sleep, and i layed down next to you. And then i found myself like this when i woke up. Weird, huh?" Dawn nodded her head in agreement.

"Do you think we should wake those two?" Dawn said, pointing at the sleeping pair and their monkey accross the compartment.

"Nah, let them sleep. How do you feel about some breakfeast?"

"Sounds good to me. You think the dinning cart is open yet?"

"Hopefully...but first i need to grab something." And with lightning fast hands, Gohan picks Silent Bob's pocket for some cash. As the two teens leave the compartment, Gohan turns to Dawn. "You know, i've never tried that before..." They both grin at each other.

An hour later found two teens full, and two stoners waking up. They all end up sitting at a table in the dinning car. Dawn and Gohan just finishing, and Jay and Silent Bob ordering. Gohan hands back Silent Bob's wallet to him. This gets a puzzled look from Silent Bob. "Sorry man, we needed it for breakfeast. I swear i'll pay you back someday soon." Silent Bob understands and just nodds at the boy. He figured it wouldn't be worth it to get upset at someone so powerful, and besides, he believed him when he said he would pay him back. Unlike someone else he knew...

"So, did you kids sleep well?" Jay said, chuckling.

"Um...yeah, i guess...i mean, i slept well. How about you Gohan?"

"Yeah, i slept pretty well as well."

Jay just sat there and grinned at the two. He may not have been the smartest cat on the planet. Hell not even in present company. But he knew he saw something between the youngest two in the group.

As the four of them sat there making light conversation, ok three of them were conversing. Silent Bob just sat there and listened. After a little bit, the intercom came on.

"Attention passengers. We'll be arriving at our last stop in 15 minutes. So please gather all your posessions, and prepare to exit the train. Thank you."

"Hear that, they're kicking us off yo."

"Jay, we've aparently arrived at where we're headed?" Gohan said. Then looked at Silent Bob. "Right?" Silent Bob just shook his head. Then he held up a piece of paper for Gohan and Dawn to see.

"We have to rent a car? Ok." Dawn said.

"Wait a second, we have to drive? Who the fuck's suposed to drive lunch box? You remember what happened the last time i drove, don't you?" At these words, Silent Bob shudders at the memory. It hadn't gone well. In fact, he had made Jay promise to never drive again after that. Silent Bob stood there thinking for a moment. Jay couldn't drive for sure. He had never really had to. He looked up at Dawn and Gohan with questioning eyes.

"I've never had to drive before. Since i can fly, that's how i've gotten around. Either that or Nimbus..."

"I've taken some driver's ed. But i don't have my liscense. Summers women and driving never went well together...the horror stories i could tell you about Buffy and driving. Of course, the horror stories in general..." Dawn kind of trailed off. She had brought up some sad memories of her own. And just kind of stood there with a tear in her eye for a moment.

Silent Bob then realized he'd have to drive. Luckily, it was only about 50 miles or so. So it wouldn't be that bad, he hoped. They all walked over to the car rental shop. Jay surprisingly took the lead and walked up to the teller. Or at least it was surprising, until they saw that it was a very well endowed blonde working there.

"Hey baby, how's it going?" The teller looked up from this and noticed the stoner staring at her breasts.

"May I help you sir?"

"Sure. When's your next break?" Silent Bob smacked Jay in the back of the head. "What?"

"You'll have to excuse my friend, his parents smoked a lot of crack back in the day." Said Dawn, covering for Jay as Silent Bob pulled him back, allowing Dawn to do all the talking. "I was hoping you'd be able to help us. We need to rent a car for a couple days."

"Um...sure, that should be no problem. Do you have a valid driver's liscense and credit card?" Everyone in the group looked at each other.

"Guess not." Dawn said.

"Sorry then, We can only rent out cars if you have those two things."

The wayward group left the car rental place. "Now what?" asked Jay.

"I'm guessing we're going to have to start walking. Maybe someone will pick us up on the way?" Said Gohan.

"Fuck. Everytime...Just as long as it ain't no nun or a bunch of kids in a van. Fuck that shit. Learned my leason the first time." Dawn and Gohan just stared at Jay for a moment. "What?" asked Jay.

The five of them started off down the road. Dawn and Gohan walking up front, with Jay and Silent Bob a little bit behind them.

"So...um...Dawn...If you get too tired, I could carry you for awhile." said Gohan, a bit of nerves in his voice.

"Um...thanks. But I think I'm good for now. You don't know how heavy I can be sometimes."

"You look like you weigh very little actually." At this, Dawn blushed a little.

Twenty feet behind the two teens, Jay was lighting up a blunt. "Look at that shit Lunch Box, I think Short Round's making his move." Silent Bob nodded his head, taking the blunt from Jay and taking a hit. He offered some to Suzane, who didn't take any. "At least someone will be getting some fucking pussy around here. Yo man, I think we need to go visit Justice in prison after we get done with this shit." Silent Bob just shrugged his shoulders at this. He actually liked Jay's girlfriend. This was the first one that wasn't a complete junky/loser or inflatable. He hoped things worked out for the two.

After walking for about an hour, an old ford pick up pulled up beside the traveling group. A blonde man with a blonde goatee poked his head out of the window. "You guys need a lift?" He asked.

"That would be great!" exclaimed Dawn. She was tired of walking. Dawn hoped in the cab with the mysterious stranger. Gohan, Suzane and Silent Bob jumped in the back. And Jay squeezed himself in with Dawn.

The stanger put the trunk in motion, and they were off. "My name's Ollie by the way."

"Its nice to meet you Ollie. I'm Dawn. The three in the back are Gohan, Silent Bob, and the ape is Suzane."

"What about you, you have a name?" Ollie asked, motioning to Jay.

"I"m Jay."

"Its a pleasure meeting you all."

"Thank you so much for picking us up Ollie." Dawn said.

"No problem at all. Where are you headed to anyway?"

"This town on the reservation. About 50 or so miles I think. Silent Bob has the directions. How about you, where are you headed to?" Dawn asked.

"No where in particular. Where ever the road takes me. I'm on a journey of self discovery."

"Sound pretty fucking gay yo." piped in Jay.

"Jay, that wasn't very nice. Apologize right now. Ollie was kind enough to give us a lift and you call him gay." Dawn yelled. Ollie laughed at this.

"No, that's ok. He can have his opinion if he wants it. It does sound a bit out there."

"Then why fucking do it?"

"Well, I have a few things going on in my life, and I figured a road trip might help clear the cobwebs. A good friend of mine and I once went on a similar road trip. Best times of our lives."

A/N: This story was sort of in Limbo in my mind. I wasn't too excited about continueing it. Then it actually got a review. That inspired me to get my ass writing. Thanks, and I hope you all enjoy.