Road to Rockdale

Isaac Brooks and Chase Cooper are your average high school seniors, other than the fact that one's a semi-famous YouTuber with a million subscribers and the other is a star athlete and overachiever who seems to captivate the entire town of Pleasantview. Bitter rivals since Isaac moved to Florida last fall, the pair's worst nightmare comes true when they get stuck together on a Spring Break cross-country road trip from hell with fellow seniors Connor and Skye. Enduring everything from roach motels to car trouble and even a touch of food poisoning, the group faces roadblock after roadblock as tensions run high. Arguments are had, secrets are revealed, and relationships are challenged...but through it all, an unexpected bond develops that threatens to shake up the status quo and change the group's dynamic forever. A coming-of-age story about friendship, love, loss and hope.

🚧 Road to Rockdale is currently in active development and over halfway done with 33 chapters available as of 5/13/25. I don't have a set schedule, but a new chapter is being released roughly every few weeks, and I plan to have everything complete by fall 2025! Please feel free to leave comments and feedback, I LOVE seeing your thoughts and it inspires me to keep writing!

🎶 This story has a soundtrack! Throughout the chapters, you may see links to YouTube videos with songs. These are meant to correspond to the scene, similar to a movie or TV show! The link to the playlist is on the next page.

⚠️ CONTENT ADVISORY: Please be advised that this story is PG-13 and contains profanity, light alcohol and drug (vaping/weed) use, sexual themes, mild violence and crude humor.

⚠️ TW: Kidnapping, homophobia/transphobia, depression, anxiety, alcoholism, anaphylaxis, blackmail, outing, drowning. No overly graphic depictions are presented, and I aim to approach these topics with sensitivity. Please reach out if you have specific questions about triggers, and please let me know if I missed anything.