Because maybe sam wants a relationship like that but he can't get one and he feels lonely because his friends are paying more attention to their partners instead of him
The bus's position
at time
is

If we take the bus's rear's starting position to be the origin, then the position of the mate (?) is given by

The mate draws level with the rear of the bus when
:

Drop the units to make things simpler:

So it would take 3 seconds for the mate to catch up to the bus.
Yes they do it is they're sworn duty to help those in need, here's a better example if you were driving by the car crash would you drive past it and stare at those in need or would you go and help the injured person/people in the car wreck.
I would say it is B Emotions can be accepted and expressed in a healthy way. Hope this helped.