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As soon as we’re close, he lets rateful to cool off I step closer to the truck, to hiainst the driver’s side door and look up at the sky

I thought the stars were noticeable at ht up the sky Millions of fireballs burn bright, highlighting deep purple shadows in the clouds Even on our clearest nights back ho-like filter The sky never looks like this

I turn ainst metal Josh tosses a boot fro else clunks, a tool , he finds what he’s looking for and slaate and lower it He ruh his cooler then sits on his newly made bench

“You co?”

I dropout with Josh People show their true colors when they’re drunk or angry The ant jerk Sure, heto save face

He texted me a few times after I left Called once too I never answered I didn’t see the point My auntBreak that the internship hadn’t worked out and I would not be welco friends I’d never see If only I had known

I eye the half e forward to shots The only time I’ve taken shots was at my brother’s twenty-first birthday party, and I was sick for two days after I s the lu that whiskey isn’t as cruel to me as vodka was

Josh twists the cap and puts the bottle to his lips There's an open can of soda beside him, but he doesn’t touch it I wonder, Is that for me, but don’t ask

After his s, he holds the bottle out Shutting er than I like I fight the urge to spit it out and sith a grimace He chuckles and holds the Coke out to me I trade him and push the fire further down allon sized s, as if it doesn’t singe his insides

Without warning, the sky opens up and falls upon us My ears hear the water droplets bouncing against the isters the cold rain hitting it

Josh ju me close behind him, then shoves me into the backseat He slides in beside me and shuts the door

My skin pricks, goosebu my flesh

Josh leans over the seat and sticks the key in the ignition, then turns the heat to full blast He hits the radio, playing a local country station and a song I’ve never heard before

“Better?” he asks, falling back into the seat next to me

“Yeah, thanks” The back seat of his truck is that of any car, big enough to fit three people, but for so ends, I’, probably fro beside him makes me nervous