Review of Crossroads (2002) by Jonas C — 11 Feb 2012

Crossroads casts Lucy, the speaker shy of his high school class graduation. On the night of their prom, Lucy and her close friends since childhood - the prim and proper kit and tomboyish, five months pregnant Mimi - gather to unearth a time capsule they buried together as little girls.

Mimi is about to do well in your childhood dreams, she will leave her small Southern town for hopes of fame and fortune in Los Angeles. Though Lucy and Kit are reluctant to join her, they decide to go along at the last minute, agreeing to be chauffeured by a friend of Mimi's just-out-of-prison, Ben.

As they trek across the country, plagued by car problems, unsanitary motels, and petty squabbles, the three friends reveal meaningful secrets to each other, and Lucy begins to realize that the handsome, reticent Ben might just be the guy for her.