"so..." she asked, sitting on a bench. "what was bugging you?"
"me and my friend, phil, are moving in together," dan said.
"dan, that's great," she said, staring ahead at the cloudy sky.
"yeah it is and all but.." he trailed off, sitting next to her.
"but?"
"the house, it's..." dan stopped. "a few hours from here."
"oh," she said, it felt like someone just punched her into reality. "y-you're moving away?"
"yeah."
she nodded, not knowing why it hurt so bad to hear dan say that.
