As one they looked over at the bus and to my utter terror they began torun towards us.In one swift movement the door hissed shut and the bus driver st...rtedthe engine, he put it into gear and started moving as they arrived. Inseconds their fingers began scrabbling to prize the door open, but thebus was gathering speed now and two who had stood to bar our way jumpedto one side to avoid being run down seeing that the bus driver had nointention of stopping. The others were running alongside, still. Like all ladies she`s just a tad late, only a minute or so but to me a lifetime of will she arrive, is she even real, is this all a giant fantasy of mine. The mind does somersaults as each scenario unfolds as I clutch my coffee. A voice says “HI” I quickly rise she`s here, just exactly as I imagined, fabulous, doubts all vanish and I feel ashamed at doubting her. I quickly stand slapping down the coffee, stuck unusually for words.She has dressed for me, dark jacket, white thin blouse, the. As Lone Star Patrolmen piled out the loudspeaker on top blared out, "Stay where you are and put up your hands!" Of course we didn't. I didn't want to be arrested any more than the rest of them did. Mr. Johnson seemed to pale at the sight. It was noticeable even in the low light of the closed warehouse. He started back towards us still carrying the briefcase when the Mage sent a bolt of some kind at him. It hit him and exploded, knocking him even closer to us. Like a good leader Blake dragged. When it wasn't raining, I rode my bike to practice. Then, we started going to meets." How old were you?" I don't remember exactly, but I have a CD around here somewhere that I made from scanning early swim meet results. Anyway, the coach made us swim in all events. If he caught us loafing in any, he would make us practice only that stroke." Did you like swim practice?" I don't know. It was something we had to do to stay on the team and go to meets. I think I didn't like it as much in the cold.