The day went by smoothly. We stopped at the pet store and cooed at the puppies, we bought pretzels from a corner shop, and we wandered every store we thought looked interesting enough to browse.

By the end of the day my feet were sore and Chris, Tanya, and Keston had already been picked up by their parents. The four of us left were getting candy. All the quarters we got back in change were spent getting gumballs from the machines. It was a pretty fun way to end the day, pockets full of gum. But their parents came by and picked them up too. I was alone.

Slumped up...