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“I can only apologize in advance for the things I’ll do to you”

He laughs and shivers and pushes me away

“Look, it’s just one weekend” I keep ht I think I convince us both with it

I have to jiggle the driver’s seat forward about aquite a lot of jerky pelvic thrusts He slides the passenger seat back without cole I snap on le the rearview mirror down about a mile

“Want a phone book to sit on? How’d you get so small?”

“I shrank in the wash” I navigate us back to the highway

“Over halfway there now” His knee has started jiggling

“Try to relax” I’ve never known Josh to be nervous before I feel him turn to stare at me It’s all we ever do

“Why do we do it? Stare at each other?”

“I knohy I do it But you go first” He thinks I won’t call his bluff, so I do

“I’” I toss hilance, as if to say, See, I can be honest Sort of

“I stare because I like looking at you You’re interesting to look at”

“Urg Interesting Worst coo”

I for co Hey, look at that old farmhouse I want to live there”

“It’s s in the space between rit on the windshield I grip the steering wheel tighter