“I see you hired a girl to play your imaginary girlfriend.”Sam burst into a fit of laughter, while I only giggled. Why did everyone in Sam’s cir...le think I was fake? It didn’t make any sense.“Yep, I did,” Sam said.“Hi,” I chimed, waving at him. “I’m Danicka.”“Yeah, Sam’s been telling me a bit about you. I’m Tom, by the way. How did you guys meet?”I spoke up first. “Oh, it’s… a pretty standard ‘how we met’ story. We were both at a party, and we just… started talking. We hung out a couple times,. That morning there'd been talk of more snow, but that hadn't materialized. Instead had come winds of 24 mph, and temperatures that were below zero. Cars had stalled in the streets, and even the National Guard was having trouble getting around.Crystal had thought of leaving at noon, and now she was glad she hadn't. Jenny, one of her co-workers, had called from her cell while halfway home. Her bus had stalled, and they'd been taken to a church basement, tramping a quarter mile through the wind.. Martin was waiting at the door for us and he followed us into the room to a thunderous cheer from all that were in there waiting for us.We walked to the minister and he gave the same speech that we heard earlier. Then he asked Jen to remove her wedding ring that I had placed on her finger only hours earlier. He took her wedding band and placed it on the table before he read the vows to me and I, like the other guy, repeated what he said.Jen did the same and then he turned back to me and asked. Guessing her age I would've guessed maybe eighteen. "I'm heading to Vegas", I told her."That's a whole lot closer to LA than I am now", she smiled. "Hop in", I offered.She looked a little nervous but she opened the door and climbed in with her stuffed backpack on her lap."You can toss that behind you if you want", I assured her, "We've got a ways to go and you might as well be comfortable.She smiled shyly but held onto the bag as I pulled off the shoulder and up onto the highway."I'm Tom", I.