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Out in the parking lot, a brand-new shiny black Hummer was double-parked.
"You know, that's not good for the car…" the blonde in the front passenger seat stated.
"Uh oh…" the brunette sharing the back seat murmured under her breath. "Lisa, you did it now!" she exclaimed and quickly made an exit.
"Bite me," the dark-haired driver shot back. "Besides, it's not a car, anyway. It's my Urban Assault Vehicle!
The young man, who now had the back seat all to himself, had a strange gleam in his eye and began to stroke the upholstery. "My preciousssss…."
Both Lisa and the driver raised an eyebrow and quickly exited the vehicle.
When they were safely on the sidewalk, the driver turned to the sane passengers. "Erin, Lisa, you all right?"
"Yeah, Mel, I'm fine." Erin smiled. "Dude, that was kinda creepy…."
"Affirmative… I mean, uh, I agree… dude…" Lisa blushed. "Sorry."
"Jesse just gets like that sometimes," Melanie shrugged off the boy's odd behavior as if it was nothing. "You get used to it after a while."
"If you say so…" Lisa trailed off and shot Erin a skeptical look. Nobody noticed Jesse had snuck up behind them.
"Melanieeeeeeeeee!!! I wanna drive the Hummer back home!"
An irritated sigh escaped from Melanie. "No, Jesse! I really don't want my brand new $70,000 vehicle to end up at the bottom of the lake!"
While Erin was trying to help Mel deal with Jesse, Lisa turned around and looked out at the parking lot. She noticed a 2004 black Eclipse parked under a tree, and locked her eyes on it. What a beautiful car, she thought, before realizing that the driver was watching them… very intently.
"Guys," she turned back to her group. "I do believe we are being watched," she said quietly, and quickly ushered the others into the building.