One of my all time favorites ! Let alone the first line already ! :D Its just screams: READ ME READ ME ! :D

Write more of this ! :D

I absolutely loved this one. It's all the little hints of a bigger story. Brains and Grandma going to Elvis week. Alan going bungee jumping and throwing up. Tin-Tin cheerfully joining in but hating that there were pictures of it. Car rental companies struggling now that the monorail exists.

And I can just see Brains being this eccentric. Fitted him to the point where I can't imagine him _not_ being like this.

One of my absolute favourites from this challenge. Much enjoyed.

I absolutely LOVED this story! (voted for it too)

You wrote Brains in such a phenomenal way - quirky, brilliant and fun loving. You had me in stitches throughout - Virgil's reactions - oh so funny, Tin-Tin a stick-in-the-mud, who would have thought. A road trip? oh my...

Both of them converted by the end of the tale.

Never underestimate our dear Brains :-)

Loved the little add-on at the end as well.

Very much looking forward to your next story!

This is a wonderful story, and really good to see Brains coming to the fore. I love the way it starts- 'Virgil Tracy was nervous'. That pulled me in straight away- what on earth could make solid-as-a-rock Virgil nervous? Ah...Brains' twitchy muttering, yep, that would do it :)

I love your sentence structure. You have a way of putting things together that just flows right. The description of mad genius Brains with his thousand-yard stare is both engrossing and hilarious.

'You were lucky if he didn't take out a pen and start writing on the tablecloth first.'- Yes, I can see why Grandma wouldn't be happy with that!

Brains going to Memphis for Elvis Week. And coming back giggling. 'What happened in Memphis apparently stayed in Memphis.'- Now I am 100% hooked. You have taken Brains and made him your own!

Brains and his vivid Hawaiian shirts and panama hats! I'm loving this more and more with every sentence, truly. I can just picture Virgil facepalming. Yes, Virg, better to just go with the flow. Don't argue, don't question. :)

Tin-Tin doesn't like the idea of a Road trip. All that wind messing up her hair? But I'm totally for it. I always wanted to go on a Road Trip- who hasn't?

Brains taking photos of Virgil in his fish shirt and then texting them everywhere- haha, suck it up, Virgil!

The ocean liner disguised as a car that Brains has hired for the trip. Pure class. Las Vegas style.

'(Tin-Tin) took out computer, papers and headphones and pointedly went to work going over the upcoming presentation.'- She's a laugh-a-minute, isn't she? Let your hair down, girl!

Going into a Truck Stop. Wearing Hawaiian shirts and taking pictures. *Cringe* Lucky for them it all works out when they and the beefy truckers start discussing cars and stuff. (That's the limit of my engineering knowledge.)

That's a nice thing Brains does for the waitress, too.

I love how you describe the desert. I really, really want to go there. I was definitely born in the wrong country!

The tallest thermometer in the world? I sure wouldn't want to have my temperature taken with THAT!

Loving the little mentions of John, too. It would have been great to have him and his dry wit along on this trip!

Singing sand dunes! Fantastic! Brains could National Geographic me any day if it means learning cool stuff like this.

'Somehow Virgil couldn't quite envision Lawrence of Arabia standing heroically on top of a pink sand dune. A pink, singing sand dune.'- Oh, I dunno. I've heard some stories about old Larry. ;p

Brains' Roller Coaster obsession. Now his craziness is explained! The Road Trip culminates in his visit to The Desperado, world's biggest, scariest hyper-coaster. It Can Snap Your Spine And Break Your Neck! Three tickets, please!

Virgil: "Guess we're just going to have to learn to love awkward vacation photos. Gordon will probably have them blown up and framed, waiting for us when we get home."

Yes, but Virgil- wasn't it worth it?

And finally, Brains' little note/text/memo at the end. I LOVE IT!

What an amazing, original, beautifully written and very funny story. You have a real gift for storytelling. This needs more reviews! I'm constantly amazed by the stories that seemingly get overlooked in this fandom. Please write something else along these lines, maybe with John! I really, really love this. With love,

T x

This story got my vote in the challenge. I thought you were spot on with Brains all the way through. I wish you'd write comedy more often.

Pen

I absolutely loved this – a side of Brains I’ve never seen before and it worked perfectly.

I’d love to know what he and ‘Ruth’ got up to in Memphis – after this my imagination’s working overtime!

Thanks for a really entertaining – and different – story.

Bee

now that was really good update soon xxxxxxx