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"Soyou’re sure you guys are okay?" Rowan asked the quiet car

"Roe’re fine" My voice came out more forcefully than I meant it to, and a shadow covered his face Ian shot me an annoyed look Poor Rowan He hadn’t asked for this I straightened up, singus in on the history So what’s this next Titletrack stop about?" I snuck a glance at Ian’s map "Slea Head?"

"Ah, this one’s kind of brilliant," Rowan said, doing the double-handed-glasses ned with a tiny record label called Slea Head Records It doesn’t exist anymore, but the place it was named after does It also happens to be one of ht?" I said, to prove that I had been listening to his h town and onto a windy road that thinned until ere sandwiched between a hill and a cliff Thick, fluffy fog billowed on the road, and the ocean all but disappeared into the distance We kept traveling farther and farther out onto the peninsula, and just when I thought we’d drive straight into the ocean, Rowan bu at the base of a steep hill where a goat trail snaked its way up to the top

"Here?" I said

"Here," Ian confir in on one of its specialty spastic dances

"Too Much Wind," Rowan grunted, struggling against the door Finally, heus all with a salty spray of rain

"Please tellout there," I said, but Ian was already scra Rowan out into the mist, and I followed quickly behind It’s not like the situation inside the car was , and the vieas even more intense The water shihan of clouds rested on gently sloping hills All the colors looked oversaturated, especially the green Before Ireland, I thought I knehat green was But I hadn’t Not really

"This way," Rowan said, pointing to the unbelievably slippery-looking goat trail It rose up a steep hill, disappearing into the mist Ian bounded forithout a second of hesitation, Rowan close on his heels

I lass My usually lucky Converse sneakers were completely useless in this situation, and I ended up on all fours, digging s nestled in the grass

Up top, Roaiting to haul ht, onto the grassy clearing Nearby, sree angle, the ocean wild and frothy in front of us

"People surf here!" Rowan yelled to us over the wind I looked down in disbelief, watching the water throw itself against the cliff He shrugged "Extre Aunt Mel didn’t see Slea Head; she would havehere," I said to Ian, but he was bent over his notebook again, scribbling furiously through the rain

I stepped toward the edge, the wind blasting e "Careful," Rowan said

I extended ht and supported rinned, thenlike Ts, spray hitting us full force

He touched the tips of lasses "I feel like we should yell"

"Yell what?" I asked

"Anything" He took a deep breath, then let out a loud "Harooooo!"

"Harooooo!" I echoed My voice sailed out over the water, overlapping with Rowan’s The sound made me feel alive And brave I wanted to feel this way all the ti?" Ian dropped his notebook and stepped next to ," I said