Good news, bad news

"Okay, I got some good news and bad news." Steven said as he looked around, "The good news is I know exactly where we are! I pass this way all the time to get to that video game and trading card store over on Elm..."

"The Techno-Dragon's Keep?!" Mary exclaimed before blushing as Steven turned to her in confusion. "Er, I mean..."

"Wait. You buy from there, too?!"

"Buy from there?! I practically live there!" Mary said, "My D&D group never misses Wednesday Night Game Night!"

"Really?!" Steven asked with a smile, "Well, that explains why I never seen you around. I'm in the Sci-Fi section mostly."

"Oh, I love sci-fi, too!" Mary stated. "In fact, my group and I were in The Techno-Dragon's Cosmic Realms Campaign last week and -"

"Cosmic Realms?!" Steven gasped, excited as he grabbed Mary's hands in his and stared into her eyes. "The crossover genera epic between fantasy and sci-fi that has won over three hundred awards?!"

"Is there any other?"

"Guys! The story?" Cassie interrupted. "Not that your bonding over nerd and geek stuff wasn't cute and all."

"Oh, right." Mary said, chuckling sheepishly. "Let's see if we can jump ahead a bit."

"Let's see..." Steven said, "We got caught up discussing Cosmic Realms and our characters' races and classes. We got into a small argument over whether Cosmic Realms 2 was an improvement or a step down compared to the first installment, but agreed Cosmic Realms 3 through 5 blew them out of the water..."

"Good Lord, I was really birthed by geeks..." Cassie said teasingly with a laugh.

"Oh, I remember now!"

"And further more I - Wait. What the hell are we doing?!" Mary hissed. "We can talk about all this later, but we have to get back to your place!"

"Right. Sorry." Steven apologized.

The two then suddenly realized they were holding hands while exposing their bodies, letting out an awkward yelp as they pulled away and covered up again.

"So, um..." Mary said, "You said there was good news and bad news?"

"Well," Steven explained, "apart from knowing where we are, I know how long a walk it's gonna be. If we head down the main route, we should take about seven, maybe ten miles."

"Ten miles?!" Mary yelped, "It'll be sunrise by the time we get there!"

"Maybe later if we stop to hide everywhere."

"Well, that is some pretty bad news."

"Well... That wasn't the bad news." Steven admitted, "The bad news is I know a short cut that will cut the length of the journey in half to anywhere between three and a half to five miles."

"What's so bad about that?"

"We'd be having to cross and go through a lot of public places." Steven admitted, "Mainly the country club's golf course, the zoo, the museum of natural history, the airport, the beach, and the football stadium."

"... You're kidding me."

"Spoiler alert! I wasn't kidding her..." Steven said with a groan.

"Well, this is just..." Mary began, only to stop as a horrible smell came to her nostrils. "Do you smell some-"

"Crap! Get down!" Steven hissed as he grabbed Mary and pulled her behind a bench. The two looked up to see Dana the Security Guard, smelling worse for wear, stomping past the bench.

"Stupid streakers!" Dana muttered as she marched by, "I had them right where I wanted them, and I got sprayed by a freaking skunk instead! And now I have to make a humiliating walk to the grocery store, on foot so not to ruin my new car, to buy tomato juice and burn my uniform! Oh, If I had those troublemakers in front of me right now, I'd... I'd... Ugh!"

As Dana marched by and stopped by a telephone pole to pull out her phone, Steven and Mary turned to each other. "So, about this short cut..." Mary said.

After making sure the coast was clear, Steven and Mary sprinted across the street as they began their embarrassing trek to Steven's dorm; the young man leading the way as they headed towards the golf course. However, they were unaware that they were being watched...

"Twit twoo!" Gus whistled, eyes glued to Mary's jiggling ass as he licked his lips. "Mike was right. That purty lil' vixen's got a fine ass! And an ass that fine deserves to be plastered all over the internet... And mah bedroom!"

"Look, would you stop laughing?!" Dana snapped over the phone, "This isn't funny! It's embarrassing enough that I have to go into the store and get funny looks as I buy out all their tomato juice they have, I don't need you of all people laughing at me! What I need is for you to set up the washtub and the bonfire pit for when I get back home! Now, are you gonna do that, or are you gonna keep laughing at my situation like a complete b-" the security guard looked over her shoulder just in time to see Steven and Mary streak across the street with Gus following behind them, "I'm gonna call you back, Mom. Please have the washtub and bonfire pit ready."

Dana snarled as she hung up her phone. "Now you two are in for it..."