Perhaps, some day it would be sold, but not now.I looked down at myself, wearing my smart new school uniform; straw hat onmy lap with sky blue house r...bbon, pure white socks and shiny brightshoes. A lot had happened to me recently, not all of it good, but some ofit great.I wondered what my birth parents would say if they saw me now. I somehowthink that they would be proud of me. I sincerely hoped so.In no time we were going through the huge school gates and going up thedrive leading to the main. I quickly finished my breakfast and went to the office to watch the news.It turned out that California's had power failed because the other states had cut them off! The demand for power was too much for us to handle ourselves, so the systems failed. Now I flipped over and was watching the surveillance feed, but I didn't see any traffic. I had figured everyone would be leaving. With the power having been on and off again for days now, I bet they expected it to come back on. Or they might be. Or, rather, he tried to sit up. Something was on his chest. Not something heavy, or really restraining, but it was just enough to require more effort than he was willing to put into moving at that moment. He opened his eyes. Branches, leaves, a lightening but still dark sky. He'd have to lift his head to find out the problem.God, he really didn't want to move."Morning." Anelie's voice helped cut through his fog. Rolling his head to the left a bit, he saw her leaning against a tree, mug in hand.. Today was already making up for it and today had started at 3 a.m. when Pate's phone had jarred him from a deep, peaceful sleep with pleasant dreams, to the rude and unpleasant world of jackknifed 18 wheelers, and multi-vehicle accidents.Since he had gotten to bed at about 2300 hours, at least he had gotten a few hours sleep. A partial thaw had begun on Monday but everything had refrozen last night, which made for treacherous travel. The schools remained closed and probably would for the rest.