Phil made it on the bus and greeted Lou.
He spotted Chuckie and went to sit with him.
"Hey, Chuck." Phil greeted as he sat down next to him.
"Hi, Phil." Chuckie greeted back.
"You don't happen to know where Kimi is, do you?" Phil asked as he searched the bus for her.
"I saw her in the nurse's office earlier. I think mom picked her up from school sick."
"Huh. That's odd." Phil responded. "She seemed fine this morning."
Chuckie shrugged.
As the bus started to leave the school, Phil asked Chuckie another question.
"So, do you know who Tommy's meeting after school today?"
Chuckie shook his head.
"I didn't even know he was meeting someone."
"Oh, yeah, well I asked him what he was doing after school today and he said he was meeting someone, but he didn't want me to wait for him because he didn't know how long he'd be."
Chuckie shrugged again. "I don't know who it could be."
A thought crossed Chuckie's mind. He pushed it aside.
'Naw." He thought to himself. 'He's too smart for that.'
But, the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to add up to Chuckie.
'Tommy must be doing drugs!'