"Several of the crowd, most of whom were either friendly with or acquainted with Vikki, waited around with us and then walked with Vikki and I the fif...ty or sixty yards to the taxi rank. The driver of the cab took a fair amount of convincing not to take us to the hospital, especially when he saw the state we were in. Our clothes were torn and bloody, my nose and mouth were still bleeding, I had bloodstains around my chest and groin and was still in a state of shock. Vikki who had a number of. "I'm guessing you were watching?" I ask."Uh- yes," Becca replies. "And to answer your next two questions: no, Ididn't know, and yes, I've texted Addie, like, fifty times, but no replyyet." It's- I don't even know what it is," Kayla whispers. "I mean, I thoughtI knew Joshua, but-" Becca and I both frown with concern as mygirlfriend suddenly pauses."Kayla?" I ask."...This was a trial run," Kayla whispers emotionally. "It was a trialrun for us. Joshua would probably remind us that yes, we DO know. He’s crazy curly black hair seemed literally uncontrollable. He was a lot shorter than me, although he looked a lot older. I couldn’t take my eyes off him. He was so handsome, yet so confined. I yelled out hello, and many people answered, but he was not one of them. My heart dropped a little but I continued staring, daydreaming about us. Who was he?After it came to my attention that a lot of people noticed me staring at him I hesitantly looked away, but he was never far from my mind. After. Even in her severely inebriated state, she could tell that he was in even worse shape than she was.Julia saw her son sitting on the couch and she moved in his direction. But she couldn't quite make it without falling on her face, so she collapsed in an upholstered chair not far from where he was sitting."Hi Joey!" she said a bit too loudly. "Is everybody gone?" Hi Mom," Joey replied. "Yeah, the Mitchells left about 20 minutes ago. Where were you, anyway?" Oh ... I just took a little nap, I.