Dan:

A full day has passed.

It's now morning, and there's still no sign of Savanna. She hasn't responded to any texts or calls.

As I brush my teeth, I find myself staring dazedly at the mirror, worrying about Savannah. She's so defenseless! What if she was curled into a ball crying on the floor, and a malicious person saw her first and took advantage of her? It would be all my fault!

I keep on glancing at my phone, hoping to see a response, but nothing comes.

"It's alright Dan," I mumble to myself. "She's probably alright. You should stop worrying about it…"

After I finish getting ready in the bathroom, I get all my luggage and leave my room. I meet up with Phil and all of the managers in the lobby, we sign out of the hotel, and then we exit out the front doors.

As we walk out, Phil pipes up: "Before we leave, we should probably go eat something. Anyone have a preference?"

Everyone shakes their head.

"Alright, let's just get McDonald's then. No objections?" Phil suggests.

No one has an objection, so we walk a block down to the nearest McDonald's, and enter the building. The familiar warm atmosphere of the fast food place greets us as we walk in.

"Alright… Dan, can you order for us? I need to confirm the train ticket numbers with the managers," Phil asks.

"Sure Phil. Anything for you," I laugh.

"Alright, everyone tell Dan your orders," Phil smirks in return.

Everyone tells me their orders and I wait in the line to order food. As I wait, I can't help but think about Savannah again… Now that she can't take the job I offered her… I guess she's still stuck with another dead-end job again.

I finally make my way to the front of the line, and a small, cute-looking lady at the counter greets me.

"Welcome to McDonalds. May I take your order?"

"Yes…" I reply. "I would like…" I look at the menu, and rack my brains trying to remember what everyone had ordered.

I then look back down at the lady again…

Wait a second… She seems familiar...

Then I realize…! And I can't help but gasp in surprise.

"S-Savannah…!"

Small petite figure, brown hair, cute innocent looking face… there's no mistake. The lady working the counter in front of me is none other than Savannah.

"H-huh?" Savannah seems surprised, then looks up from her ordering computer screen and gets a good look at my face.

"D-Dan…?! What… what are you doing here?" She takes a step back, in total shock.

"I'm… I'm here getting food…" I reply numbly. "What are you doing here?"

"Um…" Savannah glances into my eyes, and then looks down at her feet. "This is… um… my new job."

I'm speechless for a few seconds… and then realize that she must have applied for a job at this McDonald's yesterday after thinking that she didn't actually get a job as a tour manager.

Savannah shuffles her feet around for a few seconds, then continues. "I didn't think I'd get to say this… but I'm sorry about intruding on your show… Thank you for everything you've done. I was stupid to think I would just be able to get a good job just like that, without even being qualified or doing anything." She bites her lip and then bows deeply.

"No, no..." I hurriedly say. "Savanna, you do have the job…!"

"...huh?" Savannah looks up at me, and seems very confused.

"Didn't you receive any of my texts or calls?"

Savannah stares blankly for a moment, and looks back down at her feet again. "I… uh… accidentally dropped my phone in the bath yesterday…" Her face goes bright red, and she sheepishly tugs on her sleeves.

I almost giggle out loud. That's so like her… dropping her phone in the bath.

"Well… It was my fault," I say. "I never told our managers that we would be hiring you. You're still up for the job, right?"

"...yes…! YES!" Savannah looks up at me, and her face visibly becomes more and more giddy.

"We're leaving in…" I look down at my watch. "An hour an a half. Is that enough time to pack your stuff and come to the train station?"

"Y-yes..!" She exclaims. "Of course!"

"Ok, meet us at track number 7 heading toward Washington D.C."

"YESSIR! On my way!" She cackles, strips off her external uniform, and runs out of the store.

At that moment, a man dressed in a manager outfit walks out from the kitchen and looks around. "Where did that new girl Savannah go?"

Savannah:

I rush into the train station with a backpack over my shoulder and a rolling suitcase behind me.

I'm ten minutes early… but I'm rushing anyway just to make sure I don't miss it!

This is it… the is really it! I'm finally going to get a decent job! No tricks this time!

I mean… it has nothing to do with rocketry, the thing I poured my heart into for the past four years… but it's still a good job!

I can't believe we met in McDonald's... What are the chances of that? I applied to McDonald's after thinking I had been rejected by Dan the previous day and today was my first day.

"Track seven… track seven…" I mumble to myself as I speed walk through the bustling train station, scanning all around me.

Finally, I spot track seven, and walk down the stairs to the tracks. I walk a couple more paces, and finally spot Dan's group.

"Hi Dan! Hi Phil!" I wave to Dan and Phil as I rush over.

"Heyyy, you made it!" Dan laughs, and walks forward to give me a high-five.

He then turns toward the rest of the group. "Everyone, this is Savannah. She'll be our new third tour manager… Maybe you guys can work out what she'll be doing?"

"Sure!" The rest of the group replies, and takes turns shaking my hand and introducing themselves.

"Hi, my name is Mark! Nice to meet you."

"My name is Tony. Good to be your acquaintance."

I learn that the two other tour managers are named Tony and Mark. They seem really nice! I hope we can work well with each other!

We talk a bit with each other before the train finally arrives.

All of us board the train and I end up getting a seat next to Dan. I'm happy, because I know Dan the best and feel comfortable hanging out with him.

"When is your show in D.C.?" I ask as the train starts to move.

"It starts tomorrow at 12:00," he says. "We'll get you sorted when we get to the hotel in D.C."

"Alright!" I smile. I'm excited… This is all a new experience!

As the train moves faster and faster, I find myself getting drowsy, my eyes fluttering open at times when I realize I was closing them. I fight the lethargy so I can chat with Dan more, but in the end I lose the fight and fall asleep.

Dan:

This is awkward.

I'm currently on the train… sitting next to Savannah.

She was talking to me about something when she nodded off mid-sentence... and her head fell in my direction. So now, her head rests on my shoulder as she sleeps peacefully.

What should I do? This is fine right? It's just something that friends do… right? I consider her a friend.

I can't help feeling like I shouldn't be letting her use my shoulder like that, but it feels oddly soothing to feel her frail weight on my shoulder, and to feel her rhythmic breathing.

Phil, in the seat in front of me, turns around and catches sight of me, when I have Savannah's head resting on my shoulder. He smirks and then gives me a thumbs up. Then, ignoring the middle finger I respond with, he snickers to himself and turns back around.

Curse you Phil! Don't make this into something it isn't! It's just a thing that friends do… friends let their friends sleep on their shoulders!

As the train moves along, I get used to he weight on my shoulder and slowly start to get sleepy as well… before I know it, I black out as well.

Phil:

Haha, Dan and Savannah are so cute.

Dan is such a tsundere, he knows he has a special attraction to Savannah but doesn't want to admit it!

After letting Savannah sleep on his shoulder for a while, he falls asleep himself…

And his head falls on Savannah's sleeping head. So now they're leaning on each other as they sleep.

Man… they're adorable.

Dan can deny it all he wants, but no one else doubts that they look so cute together!