Sophie Barnes
I thought she was going to walk into the store alone so it would give me some time to think. Instead, she walked to the driver's window and knocked on the window. A light double tap. I pressed the button to let the window down. Deep down, I was hoping—praying she wouldn't suggest I followed her inside.
“Are you gonna sit in the car?” She asked, squinting her eyes even though there was hardly enough sun outside to do that. I opened my mouth to speak, say something other than munching my thoughts down before they slipped past my lips. I decided to hold it back. It was going to be a simple ‘yes’.
“You wouldn't mind the company?” I shot back at her. The idea was to make it sound more like she was the determinant than I was. She kicked her head back and laughed. A short hear
