One Day At A Time - Revised Edition

Saturday comes after the slowest school week ever.
Every single class period felt like it lasted two hours as opposed to its actual forty-five minutes.

But the school week is over and done with.
Today's the day of Ava and Lilly's road trip and/or first date.

Both of them are buzzing with excitement on Saturday morning, packing themselves their own little bags for the trip.

Ava packs a can of bug spray and a large water bottle then sits in her room, waiting on Lilly's, "I'm on the way!" text.

She occupies her anxious and excited mind with mindlessly tidying up her room.

Her phone buzzes on her desk a little while later, after she finishes re-organizing knick knacks on her shelf.
When she sees the message from Lilly, she quite literally jumps with joy.

Soon enough, Ava throws her backpack over her shoulder and walks outside, going over to Donna on the porch and giving her a quick hug.

She steps off of the front porch and slides into Lilly's car, her heart racing blissfully as they go down the road.

Lilly, in all her excitement, had told Lucas and Rose about her and Ava's date, which lead to Lucas profusely asking if he could make them a road trip playlist.

She trusted him with making the playlist, not that she needed one. She's had a playlist of gushy love songs set away for a long time.

Lilly was also way too curious as to what he would put on the playlist.

So, the, "Epic Roadtrip Playlist 😎❤️🏳️‍🌈" is pulled up and shuffled.

She has to give Lucas credit, the songs that it starts with are good songs, sweet songs. He knows their tastes well.

Ava taps her foot against the floorboard with the rhythm.
She gets to sit here with her girlfriend for half an hour, listening to music and talking to her. What more could she ask for?

Lilly smiles herself.
She's happy as hell right now, sitting in the car with her girlfriend. (She might never get used to how good it feels to call Ava that, to call Ava her girlfriend.)

They sit in their happiness for a while, until the saxophone intro to, "Careless Whisper" by George Micheal fills up the car.

Lilly groans, rolling her eyes.
"Oh my god! I knew there had to be something weird on this damn playlist!"

She looks over at Ava, who is cracking up at the sudden shift in the songs.

In one second, they were from sweet songs to... the song that unanimously makes people think of sex.

Ava catches her breath from laughing so hard eventually,
"That's probably- hopefully- the only one. It was a good joke, if he meant it as a joke."
"I'm sure he did. He got us good."

They'll tell Lucas that he got them with his joke on Monday.

The drive goes on and thankfully, no other songs are jokes.

It's a peaceful drive and a dream come true for Ava.

Sitting in the car with Lilly is a thing that she's always liked, even though it's so simple.

She's incredibly happy and the feeling is mutual.
Lilly is incredibly happy herself with Ava, going down the road and talking and laughing and singing along to the songs on the playlist.

It's the greatest thing in the world.
And the best part is, the road trip is only the first part!

Time goes by as the two of them arrive at the nature center, seeing a sign near the front entrance that reads: "Adventure Awaits!"