"Lori!"Lauren jumped, her mouth falling open and her heart beating furiously as she searched the darkness for the source of the sound. It was too real...to be the wind but it nevertheless beckoned her with breathless urgency."Wh..." Lori, it's me. I can't sleep. I'm scared!"A flash of lightning silouhetted the young girl against her window, the outline of her hair confirming that Emma was standing by her bed."Oh!" She exhaled loudly. "Go to sleep. It's only a storm!" she said, quietly reassuring. Just grab something to eat and meet me in my truck." Sounds good, I even have my bag here because this is where I was meeting my friend." Then we are on our way!"With that we headed to the truck with some chips and sodas for the hour ride home. After about ten minutes of talking about school, work, and college life I drove over a hill on the highway and traffic was completely stopped. I slammed on my brakes and barely stopped before running into the car in front of me. As a result of this. The air on the bus was cool and relaxing. The bus, only sparsely filled tonight, was quieter than normal. An elderly couple sitting in the front row, talked quietly among themselves. He opened his laptop using the free WiFi and Googled the bus company, just for something to do. He looked up the staff and found Monica listed as a long term employee, with long service awards. and incredibly her age which was 58. The bus rolled to a smooth stop and the doors opened to allow new passengers to get. "No... it's me that's sorry. See? This is what I mean..." She bit her lip. "I'd better go home. I had fun with you. But I should go." Michelle..." he couldn't think of the words to say."It's all right, Charlie. It's not anything you did. I just... didn't intend to do so much of this... I should quit while I'm ahead." She started to walk down the hall, back towards the AV room. Charlie fell into step beside her. They walked back in silence.They passed the door to the AV room and turned the.