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Instead,
he threw the rest of the water out the window and started pouring out the
feather stack. It was almost empty when they saw the familiar glare of red and
blue lights, siren blaring in fury, directed at them.
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    If Harrison was one to blush, he would be
doing so at this moment, watching in humiliation as Molly counted out the bills
and signed the release forms for her two stupid friends that couldn't seem to
stay out of trouble. And once she was through and the guard slid the cell door
open for the two to walk out, Molly simply turned her back and started walking
to her car without a word. Starting up the engine, she waited until they were
seated, Harrison in the passenger side and Josiah in the back, and then took
off.
    At first, Harrison tried to enjoy her
silence. He ran his fingers along the window's edge, liking the feeling of the
blue material under his fingers. He remembered the day she had dragged him to
the car dealer to help her sign off for the car. A three year old Volkswagen
Jetta wasn't much, certainly not to his tastes at all, but she was in love with
it, that much was obvious. Her whole face was lit bright with her ecstatic
excitement. He gave her a bit of grief about it as they drove away in it, but
it all stopped with her explanation. "It's the exact same color as your
eyes." She had glowed. It made him grin the fact that she could love
such a car, just for its unique shade of darkened blue that happened to match
his eyes. But now it was years later and she was riding him home in that old
blue Jetta, and fuming at him. Most likely she had regretted buying a car of
this color and probably thought about changing it to something, anything, other
than this blue. But she never did. She hadn't given up on him quite yet.
    "I didn't know that the chicken
feathers had to be limited and because there were actual chickens on your
truck. And that you weren't supposed to dump gallons of water only a little
to get you by..." He said weakly, not daring to look over at her.
    Molly didn't reply.
    "So what, now you have to be farmers
to follow the law? That's just not right." Josiah commented.
    Molly said nothing, and Harrison glared him
a warning glance. Josiah had a tendency to take a bad situation and blow it to
all hell.
    A cell phone rang then, Harrison realizing
it was coming from Molly's pocket. She stopped at a red light so she could cram
her hand in to her tight pocket and get out the slick phone. "Yeah?"
She asked, not in the mood for generous greetings.
    "Oh hey. Yeah, I'm just about to cross
the border now. Of Nevada, of course. Don't' you remember Harrison's lovely
phone call that was on the other end when we two were talking?" Molly
cringed. "I didn't realize I hung up on you. I'm sorry! I guess having to
pick up Harrison and Joe got me rattled enough to make me forget. I'll be at
the house in about twenty minutes, if the traffic lets up. Uh...yeah, I'll tell
them. Bye."
    Harrison and Josiah stared at her
expectantly, until Molly let out a low groan. "She said the two of you are
complete idiots and you owe her fifty bucks for the bet." She finally
said. But before either could say a word, she turned on the radio and let it
blast.
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    Molly tried to keep her calm. She should be
used to this by now, but that only made her angrier. She loved Harrison, she
did. He was her oldest, dearest and all around best friend. But he had a lot of
growing to do, and she wished he'd do it sooner than later. She wished he would
shape up and become the man she knew he could be, instead of landing his arse
in jail once a month.
    Harrison really was a great guy though,
despite his immaturity. Just like she was there for them when they ended up
behind bars, he was there for her for everything. Anything. He was the only one
who knew every one of her deepest secrets. He was the only one she