Bus Rides 6

There were two people in the bus stop when I reached the bus stop. A man with a beard was sitting in the bench inside the bus stop. A girl was standing outside with her back to me. She was wearing grey pants, grey top, and had a bag. She was peering into her bag. I crossed the road and reached the bus stop and stood near the girl. Traffic passed me by to and fro on the street in front of me. Behind me was the parking lot of a store. After waiting for a while I saw the bus in the distance. The huge glass windshield reflected the sky. The bus was higher than the cars, vans, bikes and jeeps on the road. I heaved a sigh of relief because the bus was coming. I don't have to wait indefinitely for the bus. As I moved to the spot where the bus would stop I saw a mother and two kids walking toward the bus stop. The mother appeared Islamic in a long robe and her face was half covered with a cloth from below the eyes. A girl with short hair ran in front of her. A younger girl probably five wore her hair in a braid and wore a black top with pink and red flowers on it. The running girl wore jeans and a jacket. It was not that warm of a day but she was running carelessly. I got in the bus and noticed almost all the seats were occupied. I sat next to a lady browsing her phone. I glanced at the lady and her phone, then I looked at the lighted area in the bus where the time and date are displayed and at other passengers. The bus slowly moved dropping off passengers at bus stops. One by one everyone sitting in the bus exited. Suddenly the bus passed through a forest area. On one side was a thick forest. On the other side, an elementary school. It was the Irving Weber elementary school. In the bus it was just me. How are you today, the driver asked me. I am fine, I said. It felt odd to be the only passenger in a large bus. Every body else has reached their destination. I had to sit for at least twenty more minutes in the bus to reach downtown. The bus rolled along and the forest area was left behind.