Dylan wondered whether he should join the game of cards some of the kids were playing, but it did seem annoying having to fix the cards each time they got messed up. 

He brought out a WIRED magazine and started reading an article about a smart watch, but he kept having a weird feeling. Josh had mentioned that he was feeling odd too. He wasn't sure if Josh was picking up on his feelings through the "twin thing" that twins tend to do, or if he was getting a weird vibe about this trip all on his own. 

They finally left the city limits. Once they left the last stretch of shops, there was nothing but desert at either side of them. Mountains loomed in the distance in either direction. 

Dylan moved around in his seat, trying to get more comfortable. He was trying to keep from being fidgety and he noticed that he had been tapping his foot habitually for a while now and the muscles in his leg felt kind of tense. 

The bus went over a bump in the road and the game of cards had to start over since everything spilled onto the floor and there was no way of knowing who had what without anyone cheating. 

"Hey Dylan," a girl's voice said from behind them. Dylan turned and smiled at Felicity. "Do you have a sharpener? I broke my pencil when the bus went all crazy." 

"Sure," Dylan said, smiling. He went into his backpack and brought out a pencil sharpener with it's own container for catching pencil shavings. "Here you go," he said, handing it to her. She smiled at him, flipping her blond hair behind her shoulders. Dylan was stunned for a few seconds when her hand touched his as she took the sharpener. It seemed like it was in slow motion. 

She was about to hand it back to him. "Keep it," Dylan said, smiling, "I have like fifty of them." 

"Ok, thanks," she said. When Dylan turned back he tried to avoid looking at Josh and he could feel his face going red. 

"So, umm, how's your book?" Dylan asked.