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Whatever I stared at the text for a few more moments and then shoved ht had fallen and I shivered, puttingfor some kind of warmth

The drive-in was full, and yet most of the kids here weren’t inside their vehicles They were hanging out in groups like the one besideup I spotted several cars and trucks with fogged-up s and skipped my eyes over them, only to land on a couple a fes up ere pressed into each other

It was dark and hard to tell where the girl ended and the boy began He had her pushed up against the car, his hand buried in her hair, and he was kissing her He was kissing her like there was no one around Like they were the only two people in the universe He was touching her and pushing up against her and I couldn’t look away

Not even when his one hand slid down her hip and rested against her lower belly It was intiuess I was a pervert because I kept watching Their kiss deepened, and as she tugged on his shoulders, trying to get even closer, I held my breath

I thought of Jason, a guy I’d dated for a long tiet close to him So desperate to connect To matter

Sohtened It swelled and pressed into my chest so hard that it was painful I was one of probably five hundred kids out here under the stars, and for some reason, I’d never felt so alone

I tore aze away from the couple and tried to focus on the movie, but it was hard because suddenly there were tears pricking the corners of rily, I wiped them away and jumped off the truck

I didn’t have a plan I just wanted to get away I rounded the truck, and Trevor glanced up, a sirl—and for a second I froze, letting the beauty of his smile wash over me

But it wasn’tthe other way

Hailey called ood and kept walking What a joke I was a joke My life was a joke

What the hell rong with me?

Trees surrounded the back end of the drive-in, and once I passed the first fes, I started to run I didn’t stop until my chest burned, and by then, I was deep inside the forest

It was quiet, and man the quiet was heavy It was the kind of quiet that felt as if it was alive It was the kind of quiet you could hide in

My breath misted in front ofas loom My ponytail had come loose, and hair stuck to the clammy skin at my neck