2 hour trip when you really only go a mile

Climbing into Charlie's cop car I opt to sit in the back with Alice. Everyone else is to meet us at the…event.

Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl. Is this really what life has in store for me, or any of us.

If I knew this is what was going to happen would I have changed anything in my life? Would life have been more carefree or more dread upon this day?

Putting my attention else where I gaze out the window. Everything around is living and full of life, but how is it that the world around me feels like it's come to a complete stop?