The sun was warm, too warm. It broke through the car windshield heating the inside to a sauna temperature. I couldn't remember what time we fell asleep. But I knew it was late. It had gotten dark so fast and neither of us was ready to end the day, I just couldn't bear to leave his side. We laid together in the woods, watching the sun lowering behind the frosted Vermont peaks, as the purple and orange hues bled from the sky and night took hold. The stars twinkled high above us, shining in ways I had never encountered. It was if they were putting on a show, giving us yet another reason not to leave. Once it got too chilly on the small plaid blanket Carson had found in the back of his truck, we headed back to the parking lot. In no mood to go home and deal with my mom, we decided to sit in th
