16 Chelsey –––––––– We continued driving toward the hangar where we were to meet the rest of the band. I closed my eyes and listened to Liam and Slade’s banter, now feeling comfortable in both of their presences. How could I not? They’d saved us, and not just once... but twice, now. It would have been so easy for them to have left us with the sheriff. But, they’d risked their own lives to rescue us, once again. As far as I was concerned, now we owed them our lives. “Hey, did you girls want us to stop somewhere to change?” asked Liam after a while. “I forgot all about that.” “It’s okay,” I answered, touching my jeans. “My clothes are dry and I’d just as soon wait for a shower before changing them.” “Me, too,” said Melody. “We’ve already wasted so much time with that sheriff, anyway. L

