Chapter Nineteen
David Anya and I moved to an abandoned car when Nicole fell asleep. We stayed awake during the whole ride, discussing Alex, Calico, Nicole, and what the hell to do. It was all very interesting. (jk) "So. We're dropping Nicole off at the Chicago stop, right?" Anya asked, going over the plan we'd constructed again. "If she's awake by then, then yes." Anya's eyes narrowed. "O. K." She continued. "And then you plan to get off, where, exactly?" "Bismarck, if not many others get off there.And you?" "Oh, I dunno. Maybe Rapid City, maybe Bismarck. I'm not entirely sure." She shrugged, irresolute. "Anyway, back to the plan. After two weeks we all meet in." She waited for me to complete her sentence. "Well, how am I supposed to know? I'm not the leader of this outfit." "Neither am I." Then our eyes met and our thoughts were joined, and at the same time we both said "Nicole sure as hell isn't!" Anya smiled, looking thoughtful also, as she sometimes did while contemplating. "Well, let's put it to a vote, then." "All right.Seeing as you and Nicole are both being hunted down by a killer, I vote for yours truly." "Well I'm voting for yours truly too." A new voice joined us. "I'm with you two." Nicole had awoken. She stood in the doorway, holding onto the frame with one hand, and allowing the other to rest at her side. Her hair was in strands of tangles, and there were large, dark circles under her eyes. She looked good for a person who could've been killed again, had lost her I. D. s, and lost her money, then had gotten only an approximate of four hours of sleep. Anya spoke up. "Well someone has to be the. organizer." "I change my vote." I decided, nodding at Anya. "So do I." Nicole indicated me. "Anya gets the leadership because that's two votes to-" "So do I." Anya turned to me. "You get the leadership because that's two votes to one to zero." I looked at them both, first at Nicole, and then at Anya. "Okay. I don't see why I was, er, elected.but thanks. And. that is all." Then I remembered. "Oh, yeah, we're gonna split up, and then meet in two weeks in Chicago. Understood?" "Yes." Anya responded immediately. Nicole, on the other hand, just nodded. "Okay."
David Anya and I moved to an abandoned car when Nicole fell asleep. We stayed awake during the whole ride, discussing Alex, Calico, Nicole, and what the hell to do. It was all very interesting. (jk) "So. We're dropping Nicole off at the Chicago stop, right?" Anya asked, going over the plan we'd constructed again. "If she's awake by then, then yes." Anya's eyes narrowed. "O. K." She continued. "And then you plan to get off, where, exactly?" "Bismarck, if not many others get off there.And you?" "Oh, I dunno. Maybe Rapid City, maybe Bismarck. I'm not entirely sure." She shrugged, irresolute. "Anyway, back to the plan. After two weeks we all meet in." She waited for me to complete her sentence. "Well, how am I supposed to know? I'm not the leader of this outfit." "Neither am I." Then our eyes met and our thoughts were joined, and at the same time we both said "Nicole sure as hell isn't!" Anya smiled, looking thoughtful also, as she sometimes did while contemplating. "Well, let's put it to a vote, then." "All right.Seeing as you and Nicole are both being hunted down by a killer, I vote for yours truly." "Well I'm voting for yours truly too." A new voice joined us. "I'm with you two." Nicole had awoken. She stood in the doorway, holding onto the frame with one hand, and allowing the other to rest at her side. Her hair was in strands of tangles, and there were large, dark circles under her eyes. She looked good for a person who could've been killed again, had lost her I. D. s, and lost her money, then had gotten only an approximate of four hours of sleep. Anya spoke up. "Well someone has to be the. organizer." "I change my vote." I decided, nodding at Anya. "So do I." Nicole indicated me. "Anya gets the leadership because that's two votes to-" "So do I." Anya turned to me. "You get the leadership because that's two votes to one to zero." I looked at them both, first at Nicole, and then at Anya. "Okay. I don't see why I was, er, elected.but thanks. And. that is all." Then I remembered. "Oh, yeah, we're gonna split up, and then meet in two weeks in Chicago. Understood?" "Yes." Anya responded immediately. Nicole, on the other hand, just nodded. "Okay."
