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Everything would be fine I’d learned o past three drinks Three drinks were good Three gotain would I cross the line I was back to being the good old organized, boring me Adventures were not cool and I was done with thes out of the overhead lockers Everyone pushed forward in a rush to diseave us practiced s tunnel Next cae claim Fortunately, we only had carry-on, so no delays there I couldn’t wait to get ho Someone famous must have been on the plane People ahead of us turned and stared I looked back too but saw no fa the crowd

"I don’t know," I said, standing on tippy-toe, getting excited by all the co called out over and over Lauren’s mouth pursed in surprise Mine fell open

"When’s the baby due?"

"Evelyn, is David with you?"

"Will there be another wedding?"

"When will you beto e Dive?"

"Is it true that you got tattoos of each other’s na each other?"

"What do you say to accusations that you’ve broken up the band?"

My nae of endless questions All of which ed into chaos A wall of noise I could barely cohts blinded reat with crowds and there was no escape that I could see

Lauren snapped out of it first

She shoved her sunglasses onto rabbed h the mob The world became a blur, care of her prescription lenses I was lucky not to fall ontaxi, junored the paparazzi It would have been surreal if it wasn’t so frantic and in my face

Lauren pushed me into the back seat of the cab I scra I could disappear entirely

"Go! Hurry!" she shouted at the driver

The driver took her at her word Our ride shot out of the place, sending us sliding across the cracked vinyl seating My forehead bounced off the back of the (luckily padded) passenger seat Lauren pulled my seatbelt over me and ja Everything jumped and jittered

"Talk to lasses up on top of my head and stared into space My ribs hurt and my heart still pounded so hard

"Ev?" With a set married while ere away?"

"I … yeah I, uh, I did I think"

"Wow"

And then it just all blurted out of me "God, Lauren I screwed up so badly and I barely even remember any of it I just woke up and he was there and then he was so pissed at me and I don’t even bla to pretend it never happened"

"I don’t think that’s going to work now"

"No"

"Okay No big deal So you’re er, no blame Meanwhile, I felt terrible I hadn’t confided in her We shared everything

"I’m sorry," I said "I should have told you"

"Yes, you should have But neverdown to tea "So, who did you marry?"

"D-David His name is David"

"David Ferris, by any chance?"

The na?" asked the cab driver, never taking his eyes off the traffic He wove in and out a the cars with supernatural speed If I’d been up to feeling anything, I ht have felt fear and

"Ev?" Lauren turned in her seat, checking out the cars behind us "We haven’t lost theo?"

"Home," I said, the first safe place to come to ot a fence" Without pausing for breath Lauren rattled off the address to the driver She frowned and pushed the sunglasses back down over h as the world outside turned back into a se "You really think it’ll help, now?"

"No," she said, flicking back her long hair "But people in these situations alear sunglasses Trust lasses weren’t helping over Nor was the rest of it AllI didn’t et married I don’t even remember what happened exactly This is such a …"