Jon was relieved to see that they arrived at school...and not some more alien place. Zoe pulled into a parking space.
Linda and Mikey both slipped out of the car. "Are you coming?" Linda said, when Jon didn't make a move.
Zoe started out at the same time as he did. At least no one noticed anything was wrong. As he slid out, he came face to face with Zoe...and felt that sense of panic again.
Zoe looked...well, the same way Linda looked energetic, Zoe looked tired. There was something off about both of them that Jon just couldn't place. He felt drained himself. Inwardly, he was panicking, but outwardly, he seemed to others to be distracted by something.
He hadn't even realized he'd started thinking of Linda by her first name, after all.
