Space is asleep on Axl's arm, a content smile on their face. Axl puts his arm around them and rests his head on theirs. Jax sits on the bus chair parrallel to Axl and Space. He looks lonely Axl thinks to himself. He gestures for Jax to join them and he does. He sits on the other side of Axl rests his head on his shoulder. Axl shifts his head from Space's head to Jax's and puts his other arm around him.

They sit in silence for a while, the bus mostly quiet except for the moving of the bus and a phone call near the back.

"Are you ok?" Axl asks, breaking the silence.

Jax shrugs and rubs his eyes. "I'm fine I guess. Sorry about yesterday."

"It's ok. There's nothing to apologize for. It's not like you yelled or anything."

They both go silent again. Jax closes his eyes and tries to sleep. Axl runs his fingers gently through Jax's hair. The bus keeps moving down the street. Axl has to keep himself from falling asleep so they won't miss their stop. Wait do I even know where we're supposed to stop? Probably not. He considers shaking Jax awake but then remembers how useless that would be since Jax is such a deep sleeper. So he just hopes Jax will wake up before their stop.

The bus stops at the main town park. Jax jolts awake and Axl asks him if this is their stop.

"Yeah it is." He rubs sleeps from his eyes and helps Axl wake up Space. Space groans and let's them pull him along and out of the bus.

The sun is high in the sky, clouds passing over it sometimes. Space perks up and runs to the swing set, a wide smile on his face. Axl goes to join him as Jax just watches from afar.

CW/TW : bus crash, blood, injury

(Jax)

They get back on the bus. It's dark outside, the stars bright in the sky, the moon full. Jax takes out his notebook from his backpack and jots down little notes of his favourite memories from today. The bus stops and a short girl with white streaked hair gets on the bus. Her glasses frame her emerald eyes and freckles spread across her cheeks. She sits down parrallel to Axl, Jax and Space. She glances at them when she thinks they aren't noticing. Axl and Space don't because they're asleep. But Jax notices.

He draws a rough sketch of her in his notebook and writes keeps staring at me under the drawing. He tries not to show how unnerved he is. Rain pours down hard outside, the water pelting the windows. The bus takes a sharp turn and suddenly swerves over the highway bridge. Axl's eyes open in a wide startled look shortly before the bus crashes down to the field below. Jax's vision goes dark as he tries to grab Axl's arm. I'm not... His thoughts are cut off and everything goes dark.

When he opens his eyes, Jax doesn't see Axl or Space anywhere. He jolts up and starts to panic. The only people he sees are strangers.

"Where are they?!" Jax yells.

"Oh you're awake," the girl who kept staring at him says.

"Where. Are. They?!"

"Who are you talking about?" she asks.

"The people I was sitting with on the bus," Jax snarls.

"You were sitting with them? Didn't look like it to me." The girl is quiet for a moment. "I'm Citrus. This is Bonnie and that's Nolan."

Bonnie is tall with beautiful brown skin and her afro up in a pony tail. She has a gentle expression to her. She looks at Jax with a mix of pity and empathy.

Nolan is short with pale white skin and deep bags under his eyes. His brown hair is a mess and his brown eyes look tired. His sweater is clearly too big for him.

Jax takes out his notebook and draws sketches of Bonnie and Nolan.

"What are you doing?" Citrus asks.

He doesn't answer her. Instead he asks, "You saved me why didn't you save them? You have two other people with you."

"They weren't with me. I could only drag you out. You were on top of me, unconsious, gripping onto someone's arm. I couldn't drag out both of you. Bonnie and Nolan found me and they helped patch us both up. Look I'm sorry about your friends, I really am but it's not my fault. I'm only one person. I can't drag out three people at the same time."

"You could have gone back for them," Jax snaps at her.

"I was bleeding. You were bleeding. I couldn't just go back. My legs were about to give out on me."

"You could've done something! You could've told Bonnie and Nolan! You could've-"

"That's enough!" Bonnie interjects. "What happened to your friends isn't Citrus' fault. It isn't mine, it isn't Nolan's and it sure as hell isn't your fault. We can go back to the bus and see if they're still there and if they're still ok. They aren't nessecarily dead so just calm down, ok?"

Jax pushes himself up and sprints over to where the bus is. He climbs in through the roof. He looks everywhere for them but he just can't find them. He pulls out his phone to call them but it's broken. "Shit..."

"See, they're alive!" Nolan says with a smile.

Jax glares at him. "Yeah but I have no way to contact them, idiot."

Nolan frowns but offers to help Jax out of the bus. Jax ignores his hand and pulls himself out on his own.

"We'll help you find them," Bonnie says.

"Thanks," Jax mumbles. He pulls out his notebook and write out Axl and Space's numbers. "Do any of you have a working phone?"

"I do," Citrus says. She pulls out a phone from her backpack and hands it to him. He dials Axl's number. It goes to voicemail so he dials Space's number.

They pick up. "Hi?"

"Space, it's me Jax. Are you and Axl ok?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Axl's phone died. Where are you?"

"I'm not sure. Where are you guys?"

"Not sure either. Listen I should probably hang up soon since I don't want my phone to die but it's good to hear from you. Are you ok?"

Jax spits out some blood. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a few broken bones and mild head trauma but I should be fine. You two take care of yourselves ok?"

"We will. And we'll find you, promise. Stay safe." They hang up.