"AM ARSCH DER WELT"

(literally translated to 'at the ass of the world')
a phrase German people say, which means being in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

"PFANDFLASCHEN"

another very German thing, which are returnable bottles.
Pfand = deposit, pawn, pledge
Flasche = bottle
You pay a few cents extra for those and when you return them at a Pfandautomat, you get some cash back. That way plastic bottles are being returned and recycled and it's more eco friendly.

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"Oh I will so abandon you at the gas station", Jacob rants playfully, pointing towards you with his index finger.

The car door opens and your interaction is being interrupted. "Okay what the hell is going on with you", Tim comments with a raspy voice and looks up at Jacob, completely confused, who starts to wring out the bottom of his T-shirt and shakes his head. Then Tim grimaces when he notices that there's even water dripping from the roof of the car above him.

Laughing and a little guilty, you collect the sponge again and throw it in the empty bucket to at least clean up a bit of the mess you left behind.

Bene now opens the car door and looks at you sleepily, but laughing in disbelief "Otherwise you're fine, right?" You grin at him. "Oh, the bulky baggage is awake too!" And Jacob has to laugh. "Which bulky baggage?" Bene asks a bit out of it.

But you don't intend to explain that to him and neither does Jacob.

Your gaze follows him as he opens the driver's side door to get his wallet out of the side pocket before hanging the black mask over his ears and tucking it under his chin. "You guys want anything from the gas station?" He asks around, "I'll go pay real quick" "No thanks, Bro," replies Tim, "I'll go in later myself" and Bene just shakes his head.

When Jacob sees you shaking your head too, he only points to you. "Yeah, you won't be getting anything from me anyways!" Your jaw drops in shock as he covers his grin with his mask and starts jogging inside.

"Ugh," Tim stretches his body, relieved, when he gets out of the car with his big white cuddly hoodie he was curled up in ten minutes ago and Bene drinks from his large water bottle while you try to somehow dry the wet back of your T-shirt.

You don't know yet whether you should get back in the car like this, because you'll probably wet Jacob's car seat first and catch a cold second.

It's fucking hot anyway, but in combination with the air conditioning in the car, it can't be that good.

"Fucking hell," you curse a little and have to laugh at yourself.

Also, you really have to go to the bathroom.

"Don't you have to go to the bathroom or something?", You ask Bene and Tim, who are still lounging around the car and waking up. "For sure," replies Bene, "We're all taking a piss break now and then we hit the road again right?"

"Something to eat would be nice too", Tim thinks out loud, when he finally slips out of his white hoodie, which is way too warm, and his hair sticks out in all directions.

You're wondering how the hell he can survive this much heat all the time.

"I'll definitely go get food somewhere" "Ditto," you answer him.

Bene gets out of the back seat and walks to the trunk to open it. "What are you doing?", Tim asks him. "Finding my fucking mask," the curly haired curses and begins to rummage around.

"Where are we anyways?" He asks, irritated and looks around and you have to smirk. "At the ass of the world", Tim replies tiredly and drinks from his water bottle while leaning against the car and looking around with little enthusiasm.

"Somewhere near Munich," you comment because, unlike them, you were paying attention during the drive and Bene nods with little enthusiasm.

Jacob comes back from the shop with a Red Bull, a bakery paper bag and receipt in his hand and he pulls off his black mask relieved. You subconsciously look at him a little longer because his T-shirt is now a bit stuck to his stomach and his six-pack is visible underneath.

Fucking Jacob, you curse him mentally, why does he have to have such a well-toned body.

"We're taking a quick piss and grabbing something to eat, too," Bene explains and you join him and Tim. "Yeah, I have to move out of the way anyways" Jacob states when a mobile home drives in behind you, "Imma wait by the parking lot"

Relieved and armed with a sandwich and Red Bull, you exit the building with Tim and Bene and you spot Jacob's car in the parking lot and make your way to him. You're actually happy to be outside in the heat right now because you're starting to feel a bit cold in your wet shirt.

Jacob comfortably sits in the driver's seat with the door open, eating his avocado bread. He took off his wet T-shirt. He's also wearing knee-length Nike shorts instead of his sweatpants.

"Did you change?", Bene asks the same question that is going through your head and Jacob just nods while chewing as you all face him.

"There was this weird woman a few minutes ago," he says between the bites, "She asked me about returnable bottles and I gave her your empty ones." He looks around with a shrug, "I thought like... win win. We don't have to tidy up and she gets to keep the change."

You smile, amused and a little touched by the story.

"Some kind of beggar or what? ", Bene looks at him questioningly and looks around a bit.

The guys eat standing up and leaning against the car and you do the same because you don't want to sit in the car with your wet clothes anyway.

"Yeah, I don't know," replies Jacob, "I think so. They often walk around rest areas like that" and Tim nods.

„It was fucking weird, tho" Jacob begins to laugh and takes a short dramatic pause before he talks with his mouth full. "I was just about to change, standing half naked in boxers in front of the trunk... comes this lady around the corner, hitting me up." The boys start laughing with their mouths full and you join in.

"And I don't really get what she wants from me at first. I'm thinking, hell nah man, she's probably trying to flirt with me now. Not in the mood at all. But then I didn't wanna be rude either because, well ... "

"What did you do then?" Bene asks with a grin. "Well, first I had a small talk with her while getting dressed," Jacob smirks and stares at the last piece of avocado bread in his hands, "Until I finally figured out she just wanted to collect bottles. Then I gave her all our empty stuff."

"Dude not awkward at all", Tim comments amused, and you laugh heartily again.

Jacob climbs out of the driver's seat to throw away his trash and you do your best not to be distracted by his bare, well-trained torso. He walks to the trunk to open it and you push yourself away from the car and follow him.

"I definitely have to put some dry clothes on, too" you say next to him and your eyes search for your bag, which is now completely buried under the boys' things.

Well, great.

Jacob amusedly looks at you from the side.

"Yeah, your ... back is a little wet", he comments and scratches his neck cluelessly, "No idea how that happened."

You look up at him with a look as if you're asking him if he's serious right now, and the corners of his mouth sneakily wander up into a wide grin as he looks back at you.

You laugh, playfully nudging his shoulder. Jacob bites his lip grinning as you two lean against each other, staring into the trunk with a brief silence between you.

You feel the heat that radiates from his body and you again more than clearly notice the tension between the two of you.

Then Jacob interrupts this short moment of silence and reaches for his suitcase that was still open from before to pull it towards you, "Here, take one of my shirts", he decides like it's no big deal, "Then you don't have to dig out all your stuff now"

Surprised and a bit sheepishly you watch him starting to rummage through his personal things. "Not gonna say no to that", you finally reply and he gives you a quick amused look before picking up a few piles of clothes to find something that might suit you.

Admittedly, right now you're pretty good at covering up how warm your heart feels.

Getting clothes from a boy is kind of an obvious gesture.

Your eyes curiously wander over the contents of his suitcase and then stealthily dart away from it when you lean sideways against the car next to Jacob.

Finally, he pulls out a black T-shirt that he knows fits relatively small on himself. He examines you briefly and then holds the shirt spread out in front of you before handing it to you "Try that, should fit you"

"Thank you", you take it from him with a smile. "No problem"

You stand there for a second, contemplating while he grabs a tanktop out of his suitcase, pulling it over his muscular torso.

It may be normal for him and the boys to change in the middle of a public parking lot.

But not for you, and certainly not when the boys are around you.

Your gaze wanders over to the rest area toilet before you nod your head in that direction and inform Jacob "Okay, I'll go get changed real quick, I'll be right back". He just nods and cleans up his stuff while you run back to the building with his shirt in hand.

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authors note

hey guys 🤍🥰

finally a new english part aye 😁

you guys have been commenting and voting on this version and it made me so happy to see people actually interested in it so thank you so much for the feedback 🥰🤍

as long as you keep voting and commenting and reading I'm so motivated to translate everything asap 😁

it's actually so much fun doing these small german culture / language lessons at the beginning of parts haha, I hope yall enjoy them too and if there's ever any questions, feel free to comment or message me privately :)

I'd also love to know where you guys are from
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