“Okay.  What do I have to do?” Ashley replied in the most calm and collected tone she could muster at the moment, while her stomach had butterflies and her chest tightened up.

Giggling the other girls and Spencer all in unison replied, “You’ll see.”

“Alright girls, you have five hours, this bus will be leaving from this spot at precisely two on the dot.  Do what you need; get what you need and if any of you aren’t present at leaving time, you will NOT be waited on.  You will be stuck here in town, my suggestion to prevent such a thing, plan ahead and get here early, remember girls-“

“When you’re early you’re on time, if you’re on time you’re late, and if you’re late don’t bother showing.”  The school girls all finished in unison looking extremely bored with the words, except Ashley who couldn’t stop herself from laughing.  The girls then all took off hearing the scratchy voice of Miss Crawl yelling “Be careful! Don’t get into trouble!”

Ashley felt herself being pulled along with a group of other girls to a nearby convenient store.  Walking in the girls all eyed the man at the register, giggling in their little schoolgirl way.  One of the girls, who Ashley has come to know as Sherri walked up to the register “Hi Mr. Neal, is Conner working today?”

“Not today Sherri, caught him up at that rock point place doing ungodly things, he’s going to be out of work for quite a while.  Is there anything I can help you girls with?” Mr. Neal replied eyeing them each with a nod.

“no thanks.” Sherri replied turning back to the group leading them to the back of the shop. “Fucking Hell! She whispered “Connor that stupid ass got shitcanned!” there were numerous whispered ‘fucks’ and ‘shits’ as Ashley asked what the big deal was.  “Connor and I kind of have this thing going on,” Sherri explained “basically he let’s us take what we need in exchange for what he needs, and I’m not too modest to say I like to fuck.” She finished with a sly grin.  Ashley totally loved this girl’s way of handling things, she could tell that Sherri was the one to prove herself to, not to mention showing Spencer what she could do.  “Anyway,” Sherri continued “that lonely pig up there won’t take his eyes off us long enough to jack anything.”  Ashley looked around the shop, just to get an idea of the man, and in the far corner sure enough, she saw a poster of her father’s band. *I got this.*