Road Trip Research Paper

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Today I am going on a road trip with my friend Jeff. “It should be fun.” I said to myself. I started packing my stuff when jeff called.
He said, “A few of his cousins are going to come along with us.” I started to get nervous because I always get nervous around new people.
I took a deep breath and said to myself “ It’ll be fine don’t worry about it.” After my nervous breakdown I met Jeff at his house along with his cousins.
In five short minutes we were ready and started climbing into the van. Of course I got stuck in the very back with someone I didn’t know. The next ten minutes of the trip Jeff and his cousins were just talking and talking but in the very back it was dead quite. Until finally the guy sitting next to me tried to start a

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