Halloween on Mullberry Street

The Bus Stops

An hour has passed, well, an hour and a half to be exact. I continued my way to the bus stop, which was about five blocks away. I continued my long long way there...tired as heck. Then I heard it. I heard the bus. It looked so far away!! I screamed and started booking it towards the bus. But something was...different with my run. I was WAY faster than I usually was. I was usually slower than a dang turtle, but I'm going at the speed of what? A lion? Well since I'm not smart, I don't know. "Hey, how'd you run that fast?" Asked a kid that was at least four. Her long droopy hair all over her pale face. "Um...I don't know...?" I answered as I stepped onto the bus. "I made it!" I yelled, throwing my arms up and I walked to the back of the bus. "Hey! I'm the basic bully!" Yelled a kid as he threw a paper ball at me. I sighed and went to the seat all the way on the back of the bus. Alone. "Wait wait hold the bus hold the bus!!" Yelled a guy in eighth grade. The bus driver sighed, stroking  his beard as he opened the door again. "Oh my word..." I whispered to myself as a tall, long black hair, blue eyed girl got onto the bus. She grinned and walked to a seat in the middle of the bus, the door closing when she sat down. "Don't be late again." Mumbled the bus driver into his speaker. The girl nodded as the bus began moving.

About ten minutes into the loud bus ride, I saw a bouncy ball roll past my foot (which was in the middle of the walkway). "I'll get it!" Yelled Timmy, a eighth grade Irish boy that had a bit of an accent. He began to walk down the wobbly bus to the back where I was sitting. But then it happened. He stepped on my foot, I howled in pain and bit his arm. I screamed, Timmy screamed, everyone was screaming. The bus driver (who was obviously shocked) lost control of the bus due to the immediate sound of everyone screaming, and drove the bus right into a lake. The bus was now on it's side (The front door was now on the ceiling) and the bus driver tried to pry the door open with his bare hands. I hide behind me seat as water filled up the bus. "EVERYBODY OUT THIS WAY!!" Yelled the bus driver as kids began to either walk or swim their way over to the front. We were sorta deep in the lake (enough to cover the bus in water), and it was honestly terrifying. I swam my way up to the front, underwater. I popped up and climbed my way out the door, my foot catching on to the closing door, pulling off my shoe and making me fall out of the bus and into the water. As soon as my ears came out of the water, I could hear roaring laughter. I looked around, as the bus driver fell out of the bus as well, creating a huge splash that soaked me EVEN MORE. Everyone was laughing so hard, that someone started crying, someone got the hiccups, and someone threw up. All of us swam out of the water and onto the shoreline (which was right next to the road) as an ambulance showed up, along with a cop car. "What was the cause of all this?" Asked a female officer with deep violet hair and brown eyes. The bus driver smacked his lips, "Well, someone screamed, then someone else screamed, then everyone else screamed." "Alright," The officer paused. "Do you know who was the first to start screaming?" She asked with a kind yet serious stern look at us. "I don't know, but their voice cracked a lot..." The bus driver tried to contain his laughter as he began to mimic the cracking voice. "AAAAAAaaaAAAAaaaAAAAAAaaaaAAAAaaaaaaaAAAAAA!!!" Everyone started dying of laughter, including me. "Alright, now that you have all your giggles out, who screamed first? Please admit it." The officer looked at all of us sternly. I began to shake madly with fear of being put in prison. The officer looked at me, concerned. "Are you alright kid..?" "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes..." I kept repeating in till the person to my left me slapped me. "I stepped on his foot, he clawed me," Timmy showed his arm (which was now dripping with blood). "And then he screamed. So I screamed. Then everyone screamed. And someone farted." One of the kindergarteners that rides our bus to her elementary school then screamed "HEY! FART ISN'T A NICE WORD!!" She then made a pouty face and crossed her arms. I looked at the kindergartener and just shook my head. "So, you caused this?" The officer looked at me. "No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no..." Timmy then slapped me. "Stop..." He whispered. "What's your name kid?" She asked me. "Uh..." I stuttered. "Alright, you're nervous. Now there is no way we can tell who did it right now unless one of you fess up." Everyone stayed quiet. "Call in some backup so we can get these kids to school..." The officer sighed as she walked past me. I felt ashamed.