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Chapter #8
Crystal feels self conscious and decides to try...
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Crystal did not want to take too many chances just yet. She was on time, and if she rushed, she could make up any time lost going around where there would be more people. Already she had a fairly bad set of luck, and there was no reason pushing that.
She left the bus and felt a hot breeze. The sun was beating down between the clouds, and as she moved across the first few blocks, she was glad there were many trees and tall houses to give her shade, otherwise she would be a sticky mess. Her clothes stayed together rather nicely, and even looked decent up close. Just a white tube top and white shorts. Nothing strange about that unless someone within ten feet tried to identify why something was tucked in the tops.
The worst thing was her feet. Between the areas with shade, her feet burned across the ground, and she had to scamper to the next area of shade. She had found reprieve only where people had sprinklers running recently. The water soothed her feet greatly, and as she rushed along, she constantly wished for more.
Then, she saw sprinklers running. She looked up and down, and saw no one within half a block. This was clearly a good decision, coming this way! Since she was rushing, even moving out this way meant time-wise she had 40 minutes more to walk, and 40 minutes more till noon. The sprinklers looked like they would sooth her feet so much, moving along the grass. It was hot in general, and though she had a lot of shade, she really had not even had a drink this morning...
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