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"Nothing," I said trying to contain ination"

I studied hi wheel

"I have that affliction as well," he said, running his hand across hishard at my profile, specifically ue darted out to lick h his nose, and I considered asking hiht noanted to pull off to the side of the road and show hiue

Maybe this was the appeal that he had with all of those girls--and noas beco one of them As the air became thick in our enclosed space, I realized I had somehow convinced myself that Nate had a wild side that involved handcuffs and who knehat else The question ould I want to be the one to bring it out of him?

It wasn’t like we had a future But hell, that’s never stoppedto know someone if I was curious about them The worst that could happen was that I’d have to eventually kick hiiven that Nate and I shared the saht prove to be aard later And what of our friendship now? Didn’t I enjoy our easy and casual banter? Why would I jeopardize that?

A change of thought process would be a wise decision right about now "So Square, how do you know so rew up there," he said, after clearing his throat "And then later, we moved to the city"

"That ured you studied about it in one of your classes Or "

"Nope," he said, and then hu to Nirvana’s "Smells Like Teen Spirit," his foot crossed over his ankle

"So where did you live?"

"In the rural part," he said, and I could almost picture it "Decent-size house with a wraparound porch and a huge yard"

When I didn’t say anything, because I was trying to picture a younger Nate living in a house like that, he continued

"It’s a quieter town The steel mill that drove the city’s income shut down, so a lot of townsfolk lost their jobs"

The way he described it made it sound like a completely different way of life, as if frorinned "I thought I heard a twang in your voice"

"Maybe," he said with a s? You knohat they say about country boys and all of their large equiph "That they’re very acquainted with the farhter "You’ve really got to get out ht," I said, still sirl"