a short waiter walks to their table to take their order. henry and drew order fries and shakes while they wait.
"so where does your mom think you are right now?" drew asks henry, staring at the pile of salt henry had just poured onto the table. "your house. what about you? aren't your cousins visiting?" drew shakes his head, "no, they all got the flu two days ago so my grandparents only came. momma thinks i'm at suzy's house. she likes suzy."
henry looks at drew with a pout, "she doesn't like me?" drew laughs, "you know what i️ mean!" henry sighs and looks down, "i️ thought i️ was good enough to bring home to mom. guess not. too much of a bad boy i️ guess." drew smirks and rolls his eyes at him.
the door bells ring as suzy trudges over to the table, "hello gang." the boys greet her. "you look mad," henry states. "well yeah i am good job sherlock!" suzy grumbles at henry. drew pats the seat next to him and asks what's wrong.
she sighs and pauses to try to pull herself together, "coach bennett says i'm only a goalie this entire season. she says i'm too aggressive and showy with my playing skills. like, are you kidding? this is an aggressive, competitive game! what else can i give you woman!" she yells the last sentence, causing the two other customers in the diner to glare at their table.
drew looks at henry frantically who returns the same look. "i have to pee," henry whispers. he quickly gets up and shuffles to the bathroom. suzy shakes her head as she stares at the empty salt packets in front of her. "am i really that crazy and intense?" she mumbles, looking to drew for an answer.
yes.
"no... you are just very into playing soccer ." suzy shakes her head again, "no like, in general..."
oh hell yeah you're intense.
"oh.. no. you're just very particular.. and assertive and... a little intense, but in a good hi way," drew holds his breath in hopes he won't get yelled at. suzy stares into his eyes for a long minute. am i okay? did i do good? am i gonna get yelled- ohmygod! suzy quickly leans in to kiss him. what the heckkkkkkkkkk
after a good while, she pulls away with a long string of spit between them. "oh god gross!" drew shrieks and jumps to the other side of the booth. suzy giggles and wipes her mouth with her sleeve.
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blurry nights
General Fiction"my skin is dark as night, but you're the one with constellations across yours"
