Chapter 11
Too many interruptions
"Still do, apparently," Maya muttered.
They fell into silence, but it wasn't uncomfortable. Maya pulled her knees to her chest, remembering all the times they'd sat exactly like this. Talking about school, about friends, about dreams and fears and everything in between.
"Remember the night before I left for college?" Ethan said quietly. "We stayed up here until like three in the morning."
Maya remembered. She'd been sixteen, terrified of Ethan leaving, convinced that everything would change once he was gone.
"You told me nothing would change," Maya said. "That we'd still be friends no matter what."
"Did I lie?"
Maya looked at him. "I don't know. Did you?"
Something shifted in Ethan's expression. "No. Maya, no matter what happens, you're... you're
