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"Wow," I said

He shrugged "Don’t be too i," I teased

"Where do you wanna go?" he asked

I smiled "Anywhere"

Weston sucked on the straw of his enormous cherry Icee, and we bounced over the potholes and patches of Blackwell’s roads, listening to the Chance Anderson Band on full blast Within five minutes, ere outside the city limits Weston parked at the peak of an overpass that arched over I-35, and atched the headlights of cars and se north and south

I pushed open the passenger door and walked over to the edge The rural overpasses didn’t have rails It was just concrete up to your belly and common sense A chilly breeze kissed htning crackling across the clouds gathering to the north

"I love how the storms always suck the wind into them," I said

Weston’s door sla next to ainst the Styrofoa sound "I just love stor to tell me?" I asked

Weston could barely pull his eyes away frohton his strahich I found oddly appealing "Why not?"

"There are a hundred reasons why not I was asking about the one reason why I’hed once and looked down "Okay If that’s the way you want to play this"

"I don’t want to play this at all I just want to sit up here and watch the stor who, and where so-and-so is going to college Is that okay?"

I nodded "I can live with that"

Weston let the Chevy’s tailgate down and cli for my hand "Well? C’mon"

I let hi e

He nodded behind us "I have stuff to drink in that cooler"

I shook e and stuff I think I have a few Cherry Cokes and one Mountain Dew"

"How could I possibly choose? Those are all my favorites"

He srab ya one" His hands fished around in the reen can "And the winner isMountain Dew You must be lucky"

I popped the top "Not so far Thank you"

"Maybe that’ll change For both of us"

"You don’t feel lucky?" I asked

He thought about it for ato about my problems"

"Gee, thanks"

"I juststupid Because they’re not even close to the kind of hell you go through"

I shrugged "It’s not that bad"

"If I had to endure that every day, I couldn’t do it You’re pretty dah, Erin Easter"