"Let's go."
After a brief moment of eye contact, Ethan walked over to me, acting completely unfazed as if nothing had happened.
"I'll take you home."
"Yeah."
I gave a quiet nod, not putting up a fight.
Inside the dark car, I took my place in the passenger seat, just as I had on the way here.
The rain outside was pouring harder now, the windshield wipers sweeping back and forth to clear a view through the heavy downpour.
The car felt like a transparent glass box suspended in the storm. Outside, the rain raged; inside, neither Ethan nor I spoke a word, letting the silence stretch between us.
By the time we arrived back, it was nearly six in the morning.
Ethan pulled up right in front of my apartment building.
Before opening the door, I pulled a fruit candy from my bag and pressed i
