My Lunch Bunch

I never thought I had the right stuff for being a leader. I've been independent for close to eighteen years of my life so it seemed only natural to me that I would continue to live my life that way. It seems as though this is becoming harder and harder to keep things simply between me and myself. For instance several hours ago I was on my way to lunch following a large group that at the time seemed to know where they were going. Minutes later it became apparent following them could only lead me farther from my destination than I had started. So I turned to the direction I assumed was right and started putting sole to pavement. I didn't happen to notice the crowd of close to thirty following closely behind me. I continued twenty paces or so only to hear a hurried "Wait up!" come from behind me. I gave a passing glance, then a much less passing glance as I realized this entire group was following my every step. A muttered "I hope you know where you're going." caught my ear, and I began to become a little nervous. My failure to direct could completely put our group off track, that means late lunch, maybe missing a class, possibly getting lost forever and having to make a residence on a Lincoln corner. I encountered the Millard West teacher not a block ahead with his group of five and added him to my party. Quickly after that I took a sharp turn near a building I recognized and was elated. We had found the part of the campus I happened to know from my previous visits.