They walked around the park twice, somehow dodging a pair of overly-friendly pomeranians and passing a jogger at least three times. They walked to the street opposite where they had entered the park from and walked up, around the neighborhood that surrounded the park in two-level chipped paint homes with backyards and shared driveways.
They reached the corner with the light, turned and saw a yellow school bus pass beside them. The man said "Hey, there you go - perfect timing" as the bus slowed and stopped a block ahead of them. The boy and the girl got out, but Betty couldn't see who they were just yet.
The man whistled the loud whistle that he only does every once in a while, when something exciting is happening. And the boy and the girl wheeled around and started running to catch up. Betty knew them from their yelling, their flaling legs and how the lady and man walked faster. She jumped up and wanted to kiss the girl, then the boy, then the whole day with all of its crazy sunshine.
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