As Jenny placed another full bottle of clean water in the cupboard, she considered whether or not she should trade any spare. It might raise too many ...yebrows and arouse too much curiosity. Scavvers don't sell clean water – they only buy it, and at a somewhat higher price than is really fair. Most big towns and communities have access to clean water, but most outsiders – wastelanders, do not. She was curious to see how the dogs would react to clean water though. Though they had adapted to. Her friends were really cool, and made me feel real welcome and accepted, like an old friend they hadn't seen in years. We talked and laughed and ate and drank for hours, until finally everyone had gone but Mary, her roommate Tina, and me. We helped Mary clean up everything, loading all the dishes into the dishwasher, and basically straightening up the apartment. Tina excused herself to go to bed, she hugged me goodnight and wished me a happy birthday, and got up and hugged Mary and whispered. We were one of the few people in there. Now that I think about it I don’t know why I was all sad. A 21 year old fairly attractive girl like myself was in such a funk. Hard for the me today to believe. We had sat there and chat. I found out that he was a 43 year old real estate agent and that he had been married for 15 years to his 38 year old corporate executive wife Emily. I told him about my dreams to eventually committ to college full time and get a degree. We went from general conversation. Besides, sleeping in always did a body more good than going to be early. That’s how she felt anyway. Heading out to her car, she fumbled a little with her keys, still tired from her night out the night before. Having friends was fun, but juggling a social life, work and school all at once could be very exhausting, even for an energized 21 year old! She felt incredibly old with all her joints aching as she lowered herself into the car… was this how old people felt all the time? Ugh… Starting up.