"Calm down, Askel. Remember...I'm doing the wondering for you now, and there is something that you need to witness. Something I ought to have confirmed you awhile ago. Something that even I hope to someday..." Her voice trailed off as she stared out the windows, almost longingly.
The look was once so strange on her that for a moment, I forgot my protests. They swelled up once more in my chest as we pulled into the parking lot of Pete's. She shut the vehicle off and I stared at the acquainted black Chevelle. My heart used to be thudding in my chest.
"I'm scared," I whispered into the silence of the car.
She grabbed my hand and squeezed it. "I'm right here with you, Askel."
I appeared over at her flawlessly stunning face and smiled at the love I saw there. I nodded and jarringly opened t
