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the frenzy they were creating.  A yellow school bus inched into view, the laughter and shrieks of kids erupting through the open windows.  They still had a few weeks of school left until summer vacation, but mentally, they were already on break, just barely sitting through these last days, eager to finally put away their books and enjoy all that summer had to offer. 
    Valerie looked up and down the street, deciding which way to go.  Her plan was to go find a jewelry store where she could sell her coins.  Seventeenth-century coins could fetch a lot of money, but she only had two left and needed to use them wisely.  They rarely used coins at home, most transactions being paid for in tobacco, so the ones she had were still from England and worth their weight in gold.  Louisa had pressed a ring into her hand as they were leaving, but Valerie was reluctant to sell it.  Kit had given it to her and would be upset to find it gone, even if it’d been used to help Alec in his hour of need.  She would leave the ring for now and hope she could get enough for the coins to last several days. Even once Alec was released from the hospital, they would have to wait a few days to make sure there was no infection and that the stitches were ready to come out.
    Valerie walked down the street slowly, her eyes scanning the still-shuttered storefronts when she suddenly stopped, astounded by an idea.  When she set the device to the future, she chose 2010, not because it had any significance, but because it really didn’t matter what year they went to as long as Alec got help, and 2010 had been the last year that she had lived in the twenty-first century.  It was now the second week of June, and technically, she was still in 2010, preparing to go to England with Louisa.  She would be gone from the twenty-first century by the end of the month, but as of now she was still very much in the here and now. 
    There were now two of her: one in her twenties, living in New York, and one in her forties, wandering around Williamsburg.  This revelation presented a whole new world of possibilities.  If she were still in the “here and now,” she still had a bank account and credit cards in her name.  She didn’t have a bank card, but she remembered her account and PIN number since she always used her birthday, so if she filled out a withdrawal slip and went to a teller, she should have no trouble taking money out.  Of course, this might present some problems later on as the search for her led the authorities to check her bank activity, but everyone would just assume that it was a case of identity theft since she was still very much in New York this week in 2010.
    Valerie did a quick estimate in her mind.  They would have to stay at least until the end of the week, which would mean they’d need to find some B&B that wouldn’t ask for ID, buy clothes, toiletries, and food, and possibly do something fun since they were here anyway.  Alec might enjoy a tour of Colonial Williamsburg since he could compare it to the real thing, and maybe go to a movie and have a few nice dinners.  Two thousand dollars should cover it she decided as she proceeded down the street at a quicker pace.  Now that she had a plan, all she had to do was put it into action. 
    Valerie looked around, spotting the familiar Citibank logo just a block away.  Bingo!  She walked into the cool lobby of the bank, conscious of her weird getup, but no one paid her any attention.  They were close enough to Colonial Williamsburg to assume she was merely on her way to work and took her job so seriously that she got into character before punching her time card.  The bank had just opened, and there were only two tellers behind the counter, both looking sluggish and sleepy as they prepared to start their day.  Valerie filled out a slip and walked over to the teller’s window, her heart pounding in her chest.  What if they called the police?  She held her breath as the teller