Dwindling Light

First Stop - Ace

First Stop

    Ace

I had fallen asleep too;

the bus came to a solid

stop, and the driver came

back, apparently to shake

Summer on the shoulder.

            Wake up, Summer said, shaking

            my shoulder gently enough to

            wake me without generally being

            enough to bother me.

“Five more minutes…”

I yawned and tried to

roll over and found I

couldn’t. I opened my

eyes, realizing I was on

the bus with Summer.

            Hey, sleepyhead. She smiled at

            me and pulled me up out of the

            seat with her. Her hands were

            pretty small, smaller than mine.

I had forgotten that

we actually pulled

it off and escaped

from here. I thought

it was a dream.

“So, what’s up?”

I yawned again.

            This time, it was the bus driver.

            This bus is stopping. In the

            morning, I have to take it

            back. You and your friend

            here will have to get off.

            He sounded kind of growly,

            but it was whatever.

“Damn, really?”

            He nodded.

“Alright, fine.” I

grabbed Summer

by the hand and

we got off of the

bus together. We

were in some city

or another. It was

kind of dark outside

but that was alright.

            So, what do we do now?

I hadn’t thought

about that before,

actually. I wasn’t

even sure myself of

what we were

going to do now.

“I’m not sure.”

            I’m hungry. Can we get

            a late dinner?

“Sure, Summer.”

Maybe I’ll be able

to find out where

we are once we

get inside of a

place to eat.

There has to be

a newspaper or

something.

            Summer tugged on my

            hand, and we began to

            walk around the streets,

            pretty much lost.