Matt tapped away on his phone as the bus pulled away from the stop he and his friends had boarded at. A couple of other guys were meeting them at a local park later to smoke and drink, and Matt wanted to make sure they knew to bring extra alcohol because he was bringing guests. Marcus and his girlfriend Natalie sat next to him, but they were cuddling and only had eyes for each other. Matt finished his text and glanced around the bus.
There were a bunch of different people sitting on it besides him, Marcus and Natalie. There were a couple other teenagers—an African American boy, two Hispanic girls, and an Asian girl with an old camera who winked at him. There were adults too— a dude in a suit and a mother with two small children, plus the bus driver of course.
Matt turned his attention back to texting on his phone after giving the strangers a once over. He didn’t know any of the other teenagers who were playing hooky, so he figured he might as go back to letting the guys know how far away they were from the park.
Paula decided the boy texting on his phone would be perfect for her first picture. After all, he was sitting far enough away from his friends that they would be out of the shot. Picking up the old Polaroid, she took careful aim.....
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Maddie happily texted her boyfriend to let him know that she, her bestie Natalie, and Natalie’s own hunky boyfriend Marcus were on their way to the party. Flipping her platinum blonde hair over her shoulder, Maddie giggled as she thought about what she’d let Sean do to her tonight. Oh, it was going to be so much fun!
“What are you laughing about, Maddie?” Natalie asked as she finally broke from the embrace with Marcus and glanced over. “Just, like, letting the boys know when we’ll get there.” Maddie replied, fussing with the collar of her skimpy denim jacket which hung open, exposing the orange tube top underneath.
Paula smiled as she watched the new girl go back to typing away on her now hot pink phone. Next, she decided to....