Sentence 1: A woman was sitting on the bench in front of my building. 
 Sentence 3: She got distracted by a text message 
 Sentence 4:  When she looked up, the bus was coming 
 Sentence 5:  She ran but missed the bus 
 Option 1: She was waiting for the bus, about fifty feet away. 
 Option 2: She was waiting for her husband,  about fifty feet awaty.