"Mind if I join you?" The man asked, already rising to his feet, his plate and cup in hand. "You look lonely as well as lost. And I hate to see a pretty little lady like you so scared."
"Uhm, I don't know. I wanted to get a bite to eat and then be on my way."
"Same here." The man said as he slid into the booth across from me. "I'm heading to Cali, so I have a ways to go. I needed some food in me first though."
"Oh." I nodded, not sure how to respond.
It was weird. I knew about people, about things and places too, but knowing what to do, how to act, it was all escaping me. And I stupidly and thoughtlessly raced in here without a care in the world. All because I was hungry. Now I might be caught, and it was all my stomachs fault.
"I'm not going to hurt you." The man sounded
