THE BATTLE

Riley and her friends went for a shopping spree in town before walking over to the bus stop. Riley had been watching Kate for a while now and had noticed that she kept glancing around.

"Kate..." she nudged her on the ribs. "Are you okay? You seem to be glancing around all this while."

"Um.., something seems to be off Riley."

Riley also glanced around and stared back at her.

"What seems to be off?"

"Well..., do you remember I told you some people ...