


Tschick lazily looked back at the empty road. My empty house can be pretty interesting,” said Maik indignantly. It’s better than spending quality time with your empty house and you know it.” While glaring at his old friend, Tschick made an abrupt turn that resulted in Maik’s face squished against the window. I DIDN’T.” Maik kicked the dashboard in front of him to emphasize his point. “Tschick, why did I even get in this car with you? Oh right. “Stop complaining, we’ll be there soon anyway.” “Now that you said so, I can’t! I’m too curious! I haven’t seen you in five years, and this is how you treat me?!” “Think about something else,” said Tschick, making a left turn as he did. “Does it matter?”, came the expected retort. The story ends without the readers knowing if Maik and Tschick ever meet each other again, hence this story! With some romance thrown in because of the undeniable chemistry between the two. Tschick goes to jail and Maik’s cheating dad leaves him and his mom. At the end of the story, they get in trouble when everyone finds out they stole a car, never mind that it was abandoned in a junkyard and hardly ran. They meet all these crazy people, and they advance from acquaintances to car-stealing buddies to best friends (to, in my opinion, possibly more…). Tschick stole a car (the model is called a Lada Niva, and they refer to the car as the Lada) and convinced Maik to go with him on a road trip. *SPOILERS* Maik and Tschick went on an adventure 5 years before the start of this story when they were 14, in the original book Why We Took The Car. Although you can get by without, I thought someone might appreciate it. For those of you who haven't actually read the book, here's a short summary you might want.
