Chapter 10: Sam

A bus. A dang bus.

Everybody was riding up together, except me.

Chris was surprising Kate and Matt, and Mike Emily and Jess were riding together.

I can't lie, Chris did offer to take me, but I didn't want to ruin his surprise.

Now I was stuck on a bus. A bus with nobody on it. A bus going who knows where.

I don't know why, but I keep playing the video Josh sent us. He seems so happy. So alive.

Chris told me Josh was having trouble with Dr. Hill. I don't blame him. Dr. Hill is super creepy.

The bus jerked to a stop. A giant deer leaped in front of the extended car. I gasped for air.

Things like this traumatize me. When I was little, my bus driver ran over a squirrel. I couldn't stop crying.

I cried so much, I was sent home.

Silence. Grabbing my purse, I rush out the bus door. Please let it be alive.

The deer was fine. He ran away right after he was hit. Turns out this was the bus stop.

I sat on the freezing cold bench. The bus driver said it would be at the latest a 4 hour wait.

Great. Just great.

After 10 minutes, I got so bored I checked my phone.

I looked at my contacts in range. Maybe I could call someone to come pick me up.

Calls In Range = Matt, Kate, Chris, Josh.

Kate and Chris were the nearest. Why were they separated from Matt and Josh? Who knows.

Maybe I can call Chris.

I punch the numbers on my phone till finally Chris' number is in. I press enter.

No answer. Only the annoyingly cute voice mail of him and his little cousin Sarah.

Sarah had Anemia. She had made an amazing recovery. She was only 6 years old.

Sarah said "Hi! This is Chris' phone. He's too busy playing with me to talk to you, so, he will call you when he's done. Just a warning, that might be awhile! So... Bye!"

I couldn't help smiling.

Maybe I could track Chris' phone. He was up on the mountain so he couldn't be that far away.

I stood up from the cold bench and started running to the mountain. About 10 minutes later, a thought passed through my head. Why didn't I call someone like Matt or Josh?

I dialed Matt.

After 2 rings, he answered.

"Sup Sammy?"

A voice. A real voice.

I haven't heard a voice in 2 days.

" Sammy?"

"Oh ya sorry Matt, I'm at the bottom of the mountain."

"Okay I'll send you my location."

"Thanks."

The phone beeped off.

I checked my texts. Sure enough Matt's location popped up.

Now just to follow the GPS.

Thanks for reading! This chapter took me awhile because I really wanted to express some things in the story. Hope you enjoyed! New chapter tomorrow!