I could tell he was smiling. I felt his hand rest upon my hip and didn’t think anything of it until his fingers started to fall towards my belly and...with every bounce of the bus I could tell he was using it to his advantage. Honestly, though, I felt quite comfortable and safe and that was all that mattered to me. I just started to doze off when the bus took a heavy dive down and then back up, practically bouncing us all out of our seats. My boy’s hand was now against my bare belly and his had. " she said.We drove in silence for a while. She suddenly spoke, quickly and nervously. "I'm going to introduce you to people as my boyfriend tonight." She said, "unless you don't want me to." She quickly added.I had about the biggest shit eating grin on my face that anyone could imagine."Nope, that should be just fine." I said to her.And just like that. We were a couple. It was obvious from the moment we got to the dance that our relationship had changed. We held hands, people checked her out,. He could also see he was holding a joint in one hand, and a lighter in the other."What the FUCK are you doing in here?", he yelled.Eddie panicked, jumped back into the stall, and slammed the door closed and locked it, and then immediately regretted it. He should have run out, should have tried to escape, and try to draw his attention away so Karen could get out. He turned to her."Oh shit ... Elliot ... I...", he said. Karen's eyes went wide.Elliot ran up to the stall door and pounded on it.. The rule of the gun was the order of the day and that was one of the guiding principles that allowed this great country to continue making a mark on the pages of history long after other great Empires had fallen by the wayside.Rachel and Clarissa were trembling with fear huddling below my knees on the wooden platform of the driver’s section in front of the sturdy wagon. They were wide-eyed and I could tell they wanted us to get away from the shouting and the sounds of guns being fired either.