Vecian,
As I walk silently with Ariel, she becomes fidgety, and I about to start talking when she opens her mouth.
"So, what's up?" She asked me.
"Nothing much. You?" I replied, genuinely interested, for once.
"I'm always dumped by friends, but yeah, I'm great," She replied, unable to keep her voice from dripping with sarcasm.
"Have I dumped you?" I said, feeling vaguely hurt, something I usually associate with being bullied.
"No, but you're pretty silent today," She said, voicing the hurt that I had just felt.
"Sorry. It's just that I can't shake of the feeling that something, I dunno, WRONG, is gonna happen," I said, my voice rising just a little. And its true. The whole day, its felt like bad things are emerging. Maybe its just that Cydney bumped into me, something I try to avoid. But still...And then I hear the screaming. Ariel and I look at each other. Simultaneously, we start running in the direction of the sounds.

