What it does is cause her to be charged with being an accessory to the murder of Deputy Duane Palmer. But when they return to Bird's home, wanting to search Bird's distinctive purple mustang which has been identified by witnesses as being the car seen near the Palmer home, Nikki returns to the police to give them another statement meant to clear her friend Bird. Nikki's blind love for Dee causes her to lie to the police when they come to question her.

When Nikki is at Bird's place on Sunday, she see a television news report about a policeman, Deputy Marshall Palmer, who has been murdered outside his home on Saturday. Then Dee had gotten crazy and done something really strange that involved disguises and lots of gunshots. Without asking Bird, they took her car and went to a part of town Nikki had never been to before. Nikki thinking they were going on a special weekend was more than happy to go. Then on Saturday he'd asked her to go for a drive. Although Bird had warned her about getting involved again with Dee, Nikki felt her love for Dee was the right thing. This was more than enough proof of his love for her. But in May he had returned, with a large tattoo of the letter 'N' on his chest surrounded by wings. Nikki had met Denarius Pavon, Dee for short, months ago and they had broken up for a period of time. And she did just that until she learns what really happened. According to Nikki, he needed her to be strong and to help him. On their way from her best friend, Bird's home to the station, they work out exactly what he would say. So when the police want to talk to Dee about what went down the day before, Nikki is right there to help him figure out a story to tell the police. Like it or not, they’re in this together, full speed ahead on the adventure of a lifetime.Nikki loves her boyfriend Dee, for whom she would do anything. Lana thinks a summer road trip sounds like fun, but the backseat is a crowded place for two twelve-year-old girls with two huge secrets to hide, and this bumpy road to friendship is full of unexpected twists and turns. 'The messages of true friendship and communication will resonate with many readers… Despite some heavy topics, this is a lighthearted road trip story with a lot of middle school appeal.' - School Library Journal They didn’t exactly hit it off-in fact, depending on who you ask, that first meeting was either an embarrassment or a disaster-but they’re about to spend an entire week together, just the two of them and their honeymooning grandparents, road-tripping in Cassie’s grandmother’s Subaru. Lana and Cassie have met only once before, at the wedding of Lana’s Grandpa Howe and Cassie’s Grandma Tess two months ago.

Drive Me Crazy by Terra Elan McVoy