"Don't even worry about it mate" Ash said with a yawn. Wiping sleep from his eyes he started the truck, the loud engine waking him up slightly. The gears groaned and grinded as the truck was put in gear. The sky also begun to rain.

The drive to work was fairly short, only two miles, but the ancient engine seemed to protest every foot. Ash casually took a sip from a mug of coffee in his cup holder. Truthfully Ash had not slept much last night, stressed about his job and school starting soon. Not to mention his concern about his friend and everything else. But even still he managed to get a couple hours of sleep.

He pulled down the alley that led to the employee parking. The road, if you could call it that, was thick and muddy. He ended up shifting into four wheel drive since the new rain was only making things worse. His transmission loudly squealed down the short path, until Ash stopped in the so called employee parking, which was basically packed dirt on a good day but today was ankle high mud. And not getting any better as the rain became a thunder storm and poured ever harder.

Ash shifted the truck into park and looked at the time, they still had 20 minutes. "Let's at least wait for Zack before we go in." He proposed "At least then we won't be stuck alone with her" he said gesturing at the diner "besides with some luck the rain will let up, the last thing I need is to walk in dripping wet onto those slick floors".