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For No One and Another

The bus rolled down an embankment and most of the top was pulled off. All but three of the windows were shattered. Several people were screaming. Emily slammed her laptop shut, grabbed all her stuff and climbed quickly out of the bus. She managed to scramble away from the bus just before it burst into flames. Then she screamed, but no one else was anymore. She knew if there was anyone still in the bus they would be screaming, so she figured everyone had managed to get out. That was a good thing anyway. Emily looked at her watch and sighed. She was going to be late for work. This was the third day this week that she’d be late to her job at the record store. At least now she had an excuse. ‘The first day my alarm actually worked this week, the bus had to crash,’ Emily thought miserably. ‘Just my luck.’ She picked up her bag which she had dropped, slipped her laptop and headphones into it, and began walking back toward the road, planning to hitch-hike, yet again.

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