"So what do you guys want to do after school? Are you going to have another practice session or do you want to hang out with us at the Nasty Burger?" Sam asked curiously walking beside Gary holding his hand in hers as we all walked out of Casper High School. I shook my head in response.
"As much as we want to join you guys, we can't," Alex said sadly and Abby placed a comforting hand on his shoulder with a small smile.
"Our parents are taking us to visit some cousins in Nevada, and we're leaving tonight," Abby elaborated excitedly for us and I knew how much this meant for her since her parents keep forgetting about their children.
"What about you, Gary? Any plans after school?" Tucker asked curiously and Gary sighed sadly with a sad smile. Him and Tucker really hit it off with their friendship in the past couple of months since we all started hanging out together.
"Same as always. Get home, work in the garage, care for my dad and get my homework done, especially my engineering project that's due in two days and I still haven't had the chance to start it, yet with all of the repairs I need to get done," Gary explained tiredly and I felt pity for him. He's just a kid and he has to practically run his dad's auto-shop for him and deal with his school work, granted I do the same, but I also have to raise a 13 year old boy. Sam groaned in frustration.
"You never have time to hang out with us over the week, and you barely hang out with us over the weekend!" Sam exclaimed frustrated making Gary sigh sadly giving her a weak smile.
"Sam, I have to keep the business running for my dad, until he goes into retirement. I don't always like to, but there's nothing I can do about it," Gary said helplessly and Sam glared at the ground furiously.
"What about you, Rose?" Tucker asked hopefully and she shrugged casually.
"As soon as I finish my homework at Kisha's house, I'm free for the rest of the day," Rose replied in relieved.
"Kisha? Are you free this afternoon?" Danny asked curiously and I hummed trying to remember if I had anything to do later on.
"Nah, I'm free for the day since Jamie's tutoring some exchange kids from New York City for the day," I said quietly looking behind our group suspiciously.
"Everything okay there, Kisha?" Danny asked concerned and my eyes narrowed as I searched the eerily quiet and empty streets. For some reason, all day long I've felt something was off like something really bad was going to happen.
"Yeah, it's just...I've been getting this weird feeling all day long. Maybe it's just my paranoia, but I can't help feeling like something's following us," I whispered, but even whispering felt kind of loud.
"It could just be your paranoia getting the best of you," Sam pointed out, but she sounded like she was convincing herself more than me. Since we all know that when I feel like something bad is going to happen, I'm usually right. Oh, how right I was.