Before James got in his truck one of his friends on the job walked up. "You and the girl doing anything?" He asked.
"Yeah, Ruby Tuesday, why?" James asked.
"Just wondering." He replied. "See ya later!"
James just shook his head and hoped in the truck. What was that about? He thought, then he remember looking at that obitchuary early hoping that will never happen he trucked on.
James worked a long ten hour, once he got off he went straight to his pickup and drove out, hoping he could beat traffic. Luckily he beat traffic, he made it home around 3:20, when he got through the door he put his keys in the drawer and went upstairs and took a shower. When he got out he put on a graphic tee and jeans, he went back downstairs and laid on the couch watching tv.
About three or four hours later he got changed into something nice for his date. When he had everything on he grabbed his cell phone and called his girlfriend. "Hello." She said as she answered it.
"Ready to go on or-" He said but got cut off by his pager, he took it out of his pocket and saw it was a house fire and the needed Engine 6, of course he drove the Engine. "Hun, we'll have to replan our date I'm so sorry!" He said then quickly hung up, he took of his nice shows and put on sneakers and ran out. Hanging up on her was rude, he knew, but he had to go to this call.
Once at the station he threw on his gear and jumped in the Engine, with Sirens at full blast the trucks screamed down the road. Chief jump out of the truck first when they arrived. "Blackwall, you run pumps..." James ran to the pumps while chief told others were to go, quickly he hooked up the hose and began operating, he felt so horrible about what he did but he had to concentrate on his work or he could ruin other's live's also.