Torch calls Paintbrush P, like the P for Parent, for the ones who didn't know. Enjoy!

Lightbulb and Torch were in the living room. Torch was sitting on the ground, drawing. Lightbulb was reading a book, which was titled "How to make cute and funny hats for your pet crab". 

Paintbrush walked in. "Hey guys, I just got a good idea!" They said rather excitedly. 

Torch looked up from their drawing and Lightbulb put a bookmark between the pages of her book before closing it.

"What is it, Painty?" Lightbulb asked sweetly.

"Yeah P, what is it?" Torch agreed. 

"Well, I thought we needed some family quality time, so I decided the best way to do that is to go on a road trip!" They smiled widely. 

"Wow Painty, that's a good idea!" Lightbulb said.

"Where are we heading?" Torch asked.

"Oh, we aren't going anywhere, we are just going to spend ten hours, driving in the car with the family, looking at the beautiful sights, since I'm in a very good mood today. It might inspire me for painting and you for drawing, Torch." Paintbrush replied. "But don't worry, you can bring your stuff with you, in case you get bored." Paintbrush looked at Lightbulb for a second, while saying this.

"Alright, then let's go!" Lightbulb said. She grabbed her book.

Torch grabbed their drawing supplies and stood up. They showed Paintbrush the drawing they were making.

"Look what I've made this time. It's Baxter! Mom gave me the inspiration." Torch said, showing them the drawing of Baxter with a cowboy hat.

Paintbrush smiled. "Ooh, I love the details on the cowboy hat. Love the little star." Paintbrush complimented Torch. 

Torch smiled. 

They all went to the car. Lightbulb was holding the keys and was about to open the door to sit down on the drivers seat. Paintbrush didn't approve and snatched the keys from Lightbulb's hand.

"Lightbulb, I love you very much, but I am NOT letting you drive. Remember when you crashed the car when we had to take Baxter to the vet? Just because you were vibing to a song? Well I won't let that happen again." They said sternly. 

"Aww, I wanted to drive!" Lightbulb whined.

Paintbrush stared at her with a small glare, but the glare was clear enough for Lightbulb to know not to try to convince Paintbrush to let her drive. Sighing, she gave them the keys. 

"Okaaayy..."

"Good, now let's go." Paintbrush said.

They all got into the car and Paintbrush started the engine. They drove away from their home. The Lightbrush family was now on their way to an adventure. 

A few minutes of silence were in before Lightbulb started talking.

"Who wants to play two truths and a lie?" 

"Good idea Lightbulb." Paintbrush spoke. 

"Can I go first?" Lightbulb asked. 

"I'm sure I can find whatever lie you got, mom." Torch said with a small smirk.

"Alright. I once accidentally injured myself, falling off the stairs at Hotel OJ. I have eaten multiple gaming consoles. And I once yeeted a chair out of the window in Hotel OJ because I was drunk." Lightbulb said. 

"Uhm... I'm guessing the second one is a lie." Paintbrush said.

"Same, who the fuck eats gaming consoles?!" Torch agreed.

"Language, Torch!" Paintbrush warned Torch. 

"Hehe, like you never swear." Lightbulb giggled.

"Shut it." Paintbrush mumbled. 

"Well, actually, the first one's a lie. I actually injured myself three times, falling down the stairs. I did die once." Lightbulb said.

"WHAT?!" Torch exclaimed, genuinely surprised.

 "HOW ARE YOU EVEN- HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO EAT MULTIPLE GAMING CONSOLES?!" Paintbrush was equally as surprised. 

"I dunno, just finished it up in like two or three bites..." Lightbulb replied. "It did taste good though."

"Girl- I'm surprised you're still alive." Paintbrush said.

"Well, after dying multiple times I think the consoles are out of my system by now." 

"So that's where the gaming consoles went!" Torch said. "I was told they were broken." 

"Hehe, they technically were after I ate them." Lightbulb snickered.  

"Ok, it's my turn now." Paintbrush said.

They kept playing games until like two hours had gone by. They played every game that was possible. Everyone was pretty bored now. 

"Say, how about I set up some music?" Paintbrush asked, turning on the radio.

The song "Count On Me" by Bruno Mars was playing. Lightbulb immediately started singing along.

"You can count on me, like 1, 2, 3, I'll be there..."

Torch started singing along as well. 

"I can count on you like 4, 3, 2, you'll be there."

They then sang together.

"Cuz that's what friends are supposed to do oh yeah..."

Paintbrush smiled. Their heart melted at the sight of their wife and kid singing along to a song they and Lightbulb used to sing together before they got married or even had a romantic relationship at all. 

Eventually, the car suddenly started slowing down until it stood completely still. 

"What's going on Painty?" Lightbulb asked.

"The car has no fuel anymore." Paintbrush replied. "Didn't I tell you to fuel it yesterday?" They glared at Lightbukb.

"Whoops, I forgot. Sorry Painty." Lightbulb smiled sheepishly.

Paintbrush sighed as they laid their head on the steering wheel, gently shaking it in disappointment. 

"What do we do now?" Torch asked. 

Paintbrush got up. "I guess we could call MePhone. He could help us with this." They said, grabbing their phone. 

Torch and Lightbulb looked at each other while Paintbrush was making the call.

"Ok, MePhone will show up in a few minutes. He just has to get MePad so he can teleport to us." Paintbrush informed the other two. 

"Alright, then let's wait!" Lightbulb replied. She grabbed her book and started reading. 

Torch grabbed their drawing supplies and started drawing. 

A few minutes went by, but MePhone wasn't there yet.

"Ughh what's taking him so long?" Lightbulb whined. "I'm starting to get hungry." 

"I packed in some snacks as well. Torch, can you get some snacks out of the bag that's in the trunk? If I'm correct, there are some small Lingles cans in there. And some DrFizz as well." Paintbrush said. (Haha creative Pringles ripoff go brrrr)

Torch nodded and got the stuff. They got three small Lingles cans and three DrFizz cans and gave one of both the cans to Lightbulb and Paintbrush, each getting one Lingles can and one DrFizz can. 

"Thanks." Lightbulb thanked Torch. 

After 15 minutes, MePhone finally showed up with MePad. Paintbrush opened the window as MePhone summoned a fuel flask. 

"What took you so long? We've been literally waiting for around twenty minutes!" Paintbrush scolded MePhone.

"I couldn't find MePad. And when I tried to text him, my WhatsApp decided to update." MePhone replied. "Also, I was having a well-deserved cookies break." 

"Well-deserved..." Paintbrush mumbled. Torch nodded. Torch was getting tired of it as well.

MePhone filled the car with fuel again. He then closed it.

"Have fun you guys." MePad said before teleporting away with MePhone.

Paintbrush closed the window and started driving again, pretty pissed off but happy to finally be able to continue the family road trip. 

This went well for a few minutes, until they got behind a slow truck. Paintbrush tried to pass it, but the truck was too wide and it didn't seem safe either. 

"Don't worry Painty, there's a roundabout. I'm sure we'll be rid of this guy soon." Lightbulb reassured Paintbrush. 

Luckily this was true. But unfortunately, they got into a traffic jam soon after.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" Paintbrush swore as they squeezed their DrFizz can harshly and dropped it on the ground. 

"I'm getting tired of this too. I'm bored!" Torch said. 

Lightbulb sighed. She was bored as well. "Sigh... me too, but hey, we can still sing along to the radio!" She turned up the volume.

The song "Shivers" by Ed Sheehan was playing.

Lightbulb started singing along, looking directly at Paintbrush.

"Ooh, I love it when you do me like that, when you close up, gimme the shivers!" 

"Isn't it "when you do IT like that" and not "when you do ME like that"?" Paintbrush asked.

"Did I stutter?" Lightbulb replied with a smirk.

Paintbrush flicked her head, blushing. "Torch is also in the car, you moron!" They scolded her.

"Dude I was just kidding!" Lightbulb exclaimed while laughing. Paintbrush's bristles were sparking slightly.

"Please don't do each other in the car, I'm trying to draw." Torch said. 

Much later, they finally got out of the traffic jam, which was caused by a car getting into n accident, by the way. 

Paintbrush decided to drive back home since none of the three was up for any more of this  nonsense. They drove past a McDon'tCall, which caught Lightbulb and Torch's attention. Haha another creative ripoff to brrrr)

"Hey Painty, can we stop at McDon'tCall?" Lightbulb asked. 

Paintbrush grumbled. "Fine... at least I won't have to cook then." 

They drove to the drive-thru, already opening the window. Another car was in front of them. Paintbrush waited as patiently as they could. The person in the other car seemed to not know what "hurrying up" means, because they were taking their time, ordering their food. 

"I will give them 20 fucking seconds." Paintbrush mumbled. 

"Aw c'mon Painty, let them be." Lightbulb said, laying her hand on Paintbrush's shoulder.

It then happened. Paintbrush snapped. Their bristles went ablaze as they started yelling.

"LIGHTBULB, I'M STARVING! WE ARE ALL STARVING! FOR CHRISTS SAKE! AND MEANWHILE THE PERSON IN THAT OTHER CAR IS REALLY TAKING THEIR TIME!" Paintbrush hit the horn a few times. "MOTHER. FUCKING. MOVE!" They yelled, hitting the horn at each word. 

The driver stuck his head through the window. Paintbrush was pretty shocked and full of regret when they saw who it was. It was Fan, looking quite pissed. 

"Hey, can I please order my meal in PEACE?" He shouted. "Get em Fan!" Test Tube sounded from the car.

Paintbrush decided to apologize. They stuck their head through the window as well.

"I'm sorry, I'm just... really pissed off." They said.

Fan's expression softened a bit. "Paintbrush? Wow, didn't expect to see you."

"And Lightbulb and Torch!" Lightbulb said, pushing her head through the window as well, climbing over Paintbrush with ease as she did so.

"Oh hey Lightbulb! And het Torch!" Fan said. "Test Tube, Beaker and I were just getting a meal because I tried to cook pizza but that kinda went wrong..." 

"Fan, we should order our meals now. We're making everyone wait longer." Test Tube said. 

"Oh, right. Bye guys!" Fan waved.

"Bye!" Paintbrush and Lightbulb said.

Eventually they got their food and Paintbrush was driving home.

At home, they got out of the car, they went inside  and went to watch a movie.

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I didn't want to make this so longsnhwhdebuedbyd! I just love writing about these characters so I kinda went too deep... heh... hope y'all don't mind and enjoyed anyways!