Drips

Chapter Two

I must've fallen asleep. It's dark outside. A sliver of the sunset shows out from the mountains. We're parked at a gas station, an AmPm. They have the best fake milkshakes. I can see him inside. Buying a pack of smokes. He looks back at me and I hold up two fingers. He asks for two and the man grabs another pack. He walks back with a bag full of milkshakes, cigarettes, candy, and vodka.

This good? He asks.

Of course. I reply. Let's leave for awhile.

Yeah. We can fix things. Between us.

You mean fix us.

If you want to put it that way Sapphire.

Josh just drive. We can go to the coast since we're already at the hills. Then the lake and we can chill at Jane's for awhile.

That sounds good. He answers.

He drives for awhile and I light his cig. I'm eating my milkshake while Josh's sits in the bag and melts. We pass trucks and cars, semis, buses, and motercycles. Flashing lights and billboard ads I can barely read. It smells like vineyards. Aging cheese and wine. Rusty fences. Unlike the coast, it smells cozy. Were up in the hills for sure. Not close enough to smell the coast yet.

I finish my milkshake and my heart skips a beat. I realize what I've done. I finally ate an entire AmPm milkshake. I've been trying to do this since I was 5½.

Josh Josh! I scream. I finally did it.

I know I watched you do it and you didn't even think twice about it. He warmly smirks.

Why didn't you say anything?

Because I knew you would stop eating and I love you too much.

We quickly lock lips and he keeps on driving. We stop at a red light and he turns up the radio. We start to kiss. Like one of those nasty, gooey, movie make out sessions. Where they use their tounges too much. Yeah one of those kinds of kisses. He accidentally honks the horn with his elbow. He turns into the drop off zone of the hotel. He grabs his suite case and we go in. I hand the keys to the valet.

I hope part two is good!❤