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"You want soot Beaches on Blu-ray," Logan offered

"That does sound nice, but I think--" I looked over their shoulder and saw quickly where this was going with et out of here"

Because the lu, was quickly followed by tears, and they were already stinging, preparing to uys both looked at me sadly as I headed out the front door

My truck looked blurry through the tears now starting to spill I juoneer, which had carried ain, and as I started up the old fa out of the crackly old speakers, singing "One"

Is it getting better

Oh can it, Bono!

I pulled over on the side of the road, threw the car into park, and pressed eject I had no patience for U2 today, and the way their words never failed to highlight exactly what I was thinking, exactly what needed to be said But still Bono sang, words about having so I pressed eject a third ti happened, I punched the stereo

Which still did nothing! Bono sang about asking, trying to get the da to stop

And then I heard a very faet toup the road

"Hey, Roxie, where are you going?"

"Leave , not wanting to see his face He had a power over me that I’d never felt before, and I ith it I was angry atto feel the brunt of er

"Stop, please--Jesus, Rox, would you stop already!" he shouted, his footsteps loud on the hot asphalt as he ran after ht? She walks, he chases, she protests, then they kiss and all is well--ha

He caught up to me and I turned around, ?" he asked

"I don’t know yet Where’s Polly?"

"She’s with my mom I dropped them off at the house, and then I cauessed you’d gone this way Polly’s fine She’s--"