There was that summer after senior year...

There was that summer after senior year of high school. We were both short on credits. All our friends took off. We had to stick around. We both ended up working at the Library to make extra cash. We kinda got close that summer. We talked about books. Smoked joints on lunch break. That was the summer I got into R&B and I turned her on to some indie rock. I thought, “man what a cool chick”.

There was that one night after our shift. We got those tall cans and decided to break into the school.

We heard someone---so we ducked into the only open room we could find. The Chemistry room. It was dark in there and we were super quiet….we drank more and started to get close. Maybe it was because things were coming to an end. We got close to…but we didn’t ---she stopped suddenly---said she had to go home.

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