"Why do we have a naked girl in here?" The store manager asked his employee.
"Oh, she's traveling to California naked and stopped in I guess." She explained.
The manager looked frustrated.
"I mean, why is she in here. We don't serve people with no clothes on."
"Oh, well she was so nice and polite, and she didn't mean any harm, and it's getting pretty late, I just figured it would be OK."
By this time it was already just past 8:00pm, and past store hours. The manager walked to the door and put up the "Closed" sign. Then as he walked back behind the counter, he looked at Lara. Lara looked up at him as well. Julia had closed her eyes, and it almost appeared to Lara that she had drifted asleep.
Lara tapped her shoulder.
"Hey, wake up!" Julia woke up. "Oh, sorry."
"Well, you have to drive us, don't fall asleep."
Lara dropped some crumbs from the carrot cake over her lap, and tried picking them up. The manager continued to watch Lara from behind the counter. Lara didn't want to look back, but was all too aware the manager was staring at her.
She finished her carrot cake and then stood up to brush off the rest of the crumbs. The manager watched as she rubbed her hands over her belly, crotch, and her thighs. Lara picked up the cup of hot tea, and walked to the counter.
"Hi, can I have a refill?"
The manager paused for a moment, looking at Lara. It was if he was in disbelief of her asking for a refill with no clothing on. But instead of arguing, he then took her cup and refilled it with hot water and a tea bag. She walked over to Julia, and woke her up again.
"Come on Julia, I think we need to go now."
"Huh? OK. Let's go." Julia remarked in a sleepy tone.
The two walked outside to find it had started raining. A light drizzle felt cool and refreshing on Lara's bare skin. Julia somehow remained tired and sleepy.
Julia got into the driver's seat. She paused, and then yawned.
"My keys, where are they?"
"I think they're in your purse."
"Oh."
Julia reached into her purse and found them, and struggled to put the key into the ignition. Lara watched with concern.
"Are you sure you can drive?"
"I don't know." Julia answered, laughing. "It's been a long day. Maybe we can find a parking lot somewhere."
"Here, why don't we switch places. I'll try to find someplace."
The two girls got out of the car and reentered with Lara sitting in the driver's seat. Lara never received a driver's license, but she knew how to drive a car. Still, it was not something she was comfortable with. She got the car started, and carefully drove off.
Lara remembered seeing a paved lot somewhere further behind, and attempted to find it. The rain increased, and combined with the dark of night, made it difficult for her to see. She was quite nervous, and drove rather slowly. She became disoriented and took what she thought was a street that would get her to that paved lot, but the road seemed to continue a rather long ways, and the homes and businesses didn't appear familiar.
She figured she would just continue and find a parking lot somewhere to pull into and wait for tomorrow. But she couldn't find any...
