Eli's Adventure

I so wish I could have been there to actually see all of this, but I had to settle for hearing it from the sources...
Mike's car had been in the shop all week and when it was finally ready, he and Eli went to pick it up. They had stopped a few places and were on a fairly busy road (Fairfield Rd.) near the mall when they stopped at a stop light and Mike happened to look back to see Eli literally jumping around in the car. He had managed to put the car in park and then JUMPED into the passenger seat, all at this stoplight!
Mike thought the gas pedal had gotten stuck and Eli was afraid it was going to blow up or something so he was trying to get out.
The car behind Eli also noticed all of the commotion and he gets out of his car and heads toward Eli the same time Mike gets out.
Eli is still jumping around mouthing something and as Mike got closer, he could read Eli's lips, "It's a SNAKE!"
He said as he was driving along, he felt something on his foot. That's when he looked down and noticed his "friend" on the floorboard.
By the time Eli got out of the car, the snake had gone back under the seat and would not come out. I'm still not sure why, maybe because Eli was in a hurry to get home and go out with a girl, but he decided just to drive home with the snake under the seat.
It's a 20 minute drive on the interstate and as he drives home, the snake does come out and eventually climbs into Eli's lap. (I can't imagine!!)
He made it home and got his friend out of the car so he could leave again.
The past few days, he thinks he feels something crawling on him when he's sleeping, driving, sitting!
Man, I'm gonna miss this kid!