Naoko pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes in thought. A window seat would be nice but Joseph took the effort of saving a seat for her so aisle seat it is. Her usual smile returning she said, "I'll take the aisle seat."<br/><br/>When Joseph moved to provide her space, she plopped down and placed her luggage before her. As if on cue, the bus driver closed the door as an instructor started to do roll call. "Here!" She said raising her hand when she heard her name. It was then that she realized that they were on their way to the Expedition. A bubbly mixture of immense joy and excitement caused her to silently giggle as she turned to face Joseph. "This is it," Naoko said with a huge grin before she did her best to also squeal quietly.<br/><br/>She looked over to see if any other student felt the same enthusiasm but as she turned, she met a displeased glare from the student sitting across from her. Turning away quickly she bit her lip feeling slightly bad, but as she glanced back at Joseph it was evident that she really couldn't fight off her smile.<br/><br/>As long as the trip felt, it flew by fairly quickly. For the most part Naoko remained quiet for the trip to allow Joseph to just relax or fall asleep if he wanted to. But , when a thought occurred to her, she would start talking to Joseph. It was mainly story telling to pass the time, one consisted of the first thing she cooked. Majority of the credit didn't go to her, Naoko admitted, in fact the sushi she used was from the convenient store, but what she did with the leftovers was she tried something she saw on TV to make eating the leftovers more pleasant. If you leave sushi in the frig overnight, the rice gets a bit tough and sometimes it also loses its taste. So to soften the rice and to bring back the taste she cooked it with eggs. The idea follows closely to making french toast. Get some eggs scramble and dip or soak the sushi with it before tossing it into a pan. The outside becomes crisp as the inside the eggs add moisture to the rice to bring it back to a soft state. This method made a great quick breakfast.<br/><br/>Naoko expressed that when she first tried it, she burnt the outside and she also bit done on a piece of egg shell that she missed, but the inside was all steamy and the aroma from the ingredients of the sushi filled the air. She was so amazed on how adding something so simple like eggs and cooking it could create such a difference. So it was from then on that she started to experiment and try traditional Japanese cooking as well.<br/><br/>Naoko felt the bus turning into a parking lot and she turned around in excitement only to be disappointed that it was not the expedition site but just a sort of pit stop. Turning to Joseph, Naoko clapped her hands together regaining her usual cheerfulness. "Shall we eat lunch together?" Naoko asked, she has come to really appreciate Joseph's company. If it wasn't for him, she wondered if she would have had fun here.