The soft air kissed Laura's face and she dangled her feet off her bed. She liked college a lot, but the fat Calculus B book sat with unintelligible arcane formulas for calculating all sorts of equations. Frankly it made Laura's head hurt. Laura was short with brown hair pert C cup breasts and thick blond hair and an ample butt that made black men turn and look at her with interest. Not that Laura noticed engrossed as she was in her chemistry major, but Laura utterly hated Calculus B.
The phone rang and a cute picture of her roommate Marissa popped up. Marissa would be here at the dorm in 10 minutes. Decisions decisions thought Laura A. Go to Calculus B the last class before the weekend or B go with Marissa wherever the heck she was going.
Laura shoved a few changes of clothes into her back applied her lipstick and gloss and when Marissa arrived looking panic-stricken Laura said.
"Ok Marissa chill ok let's go and you can calm down." Laura dragged her feet and plopped her sparkly shoes into the bag. Then Marissa grabbed her arm and practically dragged her into the car.
In the car Laura yawned and fell asleep while Marissa drove.
The air in the car was air conditioned but outside it felt like the air had a charge to it. They were driving west towards the Appalachian Mountains.
That night they stopped in a cheap hotel and Laura noticed her phone didn't work to call her parents or her brother. The radio in the car played the emergency station and nothing else on any station but there were no instructions either.
Marissa and Laura argued and when Laura tried to turn the television on the stations were blank at first. Then a news channel came on every station talking about a tidal wave of massive proportions. Laura and Marissa sat and watched the television in their hotel room. Then Marissa asked where they should go.
"Let's go to a cabin in the Smokey mountains my parents own," Laura suggested.
The very next day both girls drove for the cabin and didn't stop for any supplies arriving at 2 pm that day. The cabin had no food or basic supplies but did have a couple basics like toilet paper and beer. Laura wanted to leave immediately and go get supplies.
Marissa was exhausted from the drive and wanted to stay at the cabin.
"Alright look I'll go get the supplies and you stay here," said Laura.
Driving away into the town 15 minutes away Laura went to the store but a large man with a gun sat in front of the store and flatly said.
"Go away now or I'll shoot you this is my store now."
Laura swallowed and turned away from the clearly upset man and walked back to her car. Driving to the next town took an hour and the store there was small and looked deserted.
Swiftly Laura filled her cart but there were no checkers, and the self-check out was off line. About to leave the store a pair of black hands caged Laura in at the front of the store boxing her in with her body between the check out and his hot masculine body. Turning around in a panic Laura stood face to face with a man about 6 ft and his thick black hair was cut down to an inch on his head. His arms were thickly muscled, and he held Laura by her arms. The thick roped muscles in his arms barely flexed to hold Laura in place.
"So, were you planning on paying or just looting?" he asked contemptuously.