"I thought you said you'd drop me off at Merlotte's" Cami asked the driver who stopped at an abandoned bus stop.

"Nope, got to drop off where the sheet says" the man said flashing a paper in her direction.

Huffing she slug her duffle on her shoulder and got off the bus. At first she just stood there, looking around the town. It was pretty much what she thought it was going to be like. She was guessing she was on what they may call Main Street. A long strip with little stores on either side. A grocery store, a bank and a sheriff department completed this small town look.

The airbrakes releasing gave her a jump and the bus took off, spitting up dust as it went. She watches it until it disappeared in the distance. She suddenly felt alone even though the streets weren't empty. Mother's and old women taking there times doing errands and such.

Cami set the bag down on the bench and whipped her forehead with the edge of her dark purple string tank top. She let if fall, the edges touching the top of her low light washed denim shorts. Looking down she could see her black flip-flops had already turned a brown from all the dust.

She questioned what establishment she should go to ask for directions. Her first choice was the sheriff's department but judging from the size of town, she bet she would be asked a whole lot a questions about why she wanted to go to merlotte's. So she chose the grocery store across the street.

The store was thankfully air-conditioned and she stopped in the door and took it all in for a moment. The store had rows of wooden allies' and a few cashiers in front. Nothing like the Stop Shop's back home. On one side of the store was a deli with a counter to sit and eat. Her stomach must have noticed it because it began to do back flips seeing the pictures of devious meats.

Cami took the seat on the right end seeing there was a group of men on the other. A girl about her age came from out from a swinging door with a grin as big as she ever seen. She had red hair tied in a hair net and as she got closer she could tell that she was missing one of her bottom teeth.

"Hello. How can I help you today?" she practically giggled.

"Hi..yea can I get.."

"Your not from around here im guessing." The girl intruded her order. Cami looked at her questionable. "Well I've never seen you and you've got quite a big bag there."

Cami followed her gaze to her bag on the floor and then backs to the girl and smiled "Yea, I'm here visiting someone".

"Oh really who?" the girl asked tapping her pen on the counter.

"Just take the girl's order Nat so you can take ours"

Cami's eye's followed the voice to the other side of the counter, where the men where. There were three of them. They all were wearing red shirts with "Bontemps City Works" written on it, the one who spoke was a black man who had beautiful facial features. He had a scarf around his head and earrings up his ear. The one next to him was a blonde man with his sleeves cut off showing off his buff arms. He was sipping back a beer. The last one was less buff then the other two but was still cute. He had a brown shag on his head and was just sitting there looking at the menu.

The girl who Cami had guessed to Nat threw a look and turned back to her "What can I get ya?"

"Uhhh Chicken salad with baked chips…with a coke" said Cami putting the menu down. The girl scribbled on her pad then skipped over to the men and took down their orders before running in the back.

"Better get used to that in this town child, that is if your staying long' the black man was talking to her again but was sipping his drink looking ahead.

Cami lifted her eyebrow "That small huh?" He nodded his head smirking in a way. "Then I bet you can tell me how to get to Merlotte's?. It's a restaurant."

"Oh it's more then a restaurant honey, it's the whole center in this shitty town." He laughed finally looking at her. Cami just stared at him waiting for a answer. "Take a right at the post office and just keep following the dirt road. Can miss it."

Cami smiled "Thank you."

The girl had bought her their food by then and Cami scuffed it down and left money with a tip and turned for the door.

"See ya later girl"

Cami just kept going "What a fucking wired town" she said. Looking right and left she saw the post office and took a right like he had said. After 15 minutes of walking she was hoping he was telling the truth but who would put a business this far back?

Her knees were began to burn and her back was barely holding on with her duffle on it. Just when she was about to take a break she could hear a faint sound of music and chatter. After another 50 steps she saw a what she had been looking for.