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"Be careful I don’t want to have to co butt"

I s head"

"I brushed my teeth so I could kiss you Iss dat okay?"

I nodded

He leaned down and kissedthe kiss deeper Hisus cooled off

"Gettin’ steaaveback a little and staring intoBe safe I luff you"

I didn’t hesitate "I luff you, too"

He grinned big "Dat’s good Even if you haff a little Cherman accent I like it anyway" He kissed rabbed o whoop some ass"

I turned away fro Bodo’s face and kiss from my mind In what felt like less than a hway It was dark and the rain obscured a lot of e could see We had to drop down as soon as we got near the edge of the road to avoid being noticed

The highway had been built up on a slight hill, with the shoulders on either side going down into ditches and then the fields beyond On the other side, there was just a short piece of bare land before the tree and then the nearby town’s outer limits The two smashed up cars were in front of us, the closest one a little off to the right We used the body of the one farther away to shield us froets

"Nohat?" Winky whispered, lying down next to e ditch

"Noe army-crawl up to that car and see e can see underneath it"

I tried to ignore the stinging scrapes I was suffering as a result of our choice to go on our bellies onto the highway Weup, but the frain with All of the glass had been broken out, too, h, or less in solass on this side of the car, but the tiny rocks we crawled across felt like I ilass would have felt, anyway, so it wasn’t hway before ere able to see anything We had an i under from the space below the car The weeds on the side of the road had grown so high, ere only able to make out a couple of the people there Both of theainst one of the trees, and I couldn’t tell if they were sleeping or awake

"Can you see anything?" I asked

"No Stupid grass is in the way," Winky whispered back

I was straining ravel distracted un pointed atit and then to the aruy, one of the slave drivers if I wasn’t mistaken, about fifteen years old with sparse patches of hair playing at being a beard on his face

I took Winky’s hand and squeezed it hard twice before doing a pushup and standing with un at Winky

She stood, glancing atstupid I’ll shoot you both if either one of you does anything I don’t like"

I was too busy praying that none of our friends would co to say Winky also wisely kept quiet

"Coun to our right, telling us to move around the car and join the slave drivers at the tree

"Well, that ell,"in front of the guy with the gun, taking the s our journey and work out a plan

"What are we gonna do?" I whispered

"Kick ass," Winky said quietly

"Stop talking!" said the guy behind us "Just walk!"

I putover my shoulder "What’s your nah

"Mine’s Bryn This is Winky"

"Shut up, I don’t care"

"Where are you guys froap between us, jabbingto shoot you in the fucking head!"

I pressedto control the panic that wanted to well up and take over ether My plan to hu us wasn’t working We were nearly to the tree now, so I putready to make a lance at Winky and she nodded once, just enough for me to see it She’s ready too Time to kick souys stood i, their backs to us

"Look who I found creeping around up on the road"