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I turn to the three of them. “Jesse’s on his way. Let’s head down to the church. He’ll meet us there.”
I text Sarah.
Me: Getting out of here with Macks, Hyla, and Trev. Have a safe ride. Don’t worry, we’ll meet up at Joel’s later.
Sarah: I know you well enough to know when you need space, but I’m expecting every detail later. Have fun, be safe, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. ;) Love you.
Me: Love you more! And I promise, you’ll get the wholeeeee story later.
I send a kissing face emoji after that, then tuck my phone away.
“Let’s run!” I say, and we take off laughing and running down the hill toward the church.
When Jesse pulls in, music blaring from his speakers, we pile into his car.
“Where to?” he asks.
“Let’s go bowling!” Mackie shouts. “Shitty food. Dumb shoes. Slightly trashy, so we can be loud and have fun. Let’s go!”
I look from Trevor to Jesse and shrug.
“To the bowling alley it is,” Jesse says.
“Woo!” Hyla yells.
Our bowling alley is not one of those fancy ones with neon lights and family night.
It’s shitty. The sign has half fallen off. Drug deals definitely happen in the parking lot. People give blow jobs in the bathroom. There’s an old-style hot dog machine, nacho cheese, tortilla chips, and shitty soft pretzels for a buck each and fountain drinks that taste more like water and chlorine than soda. It’s trashy as hell, but by this time of night they’ll be playing loud country music and people will be yelling, drunk, or getting hot and heavy on the lanes, so it’s absolutely perfect.
We stroll in and rent some gross shoes, find balls, and claim our lanes.
Jesse and I team up against Trevor and Mackie. Hyla decides to sit and heckle us. Which is entertaining. Way more entertaining than actually bowling.
Halfway through our game, we lose interest, so we sit around drinking gross soda and bingeing on pretzels and nacho cheese, while I rant about Davey. And maybe love in general.
“He was insecure about everything!” I shout. “And the sex wasn’t even that good!”
This causes Trevor and Jesse to burst into laughter.
“Why did you even stay with him? He’s such a douche,” Jesse notes, tossing a bite of pretzel into his mouth.
“I don’t know. Truly. Like it was genuinely good and fun at the beginning. And romantic. I want romance. No, I want more than romance. I want that sweeping,love of your lifekind of romance. And if I can’t have that, I at least want great kissing, hopefully enjoyable sex, and some nice dates. Is that too much to ask? Fun. Romance. Sexy.” I shake my head. “Boys are dumb!” Okay, it’s possible I’m still a little tipsy.
“Rude,” Trevor says.
“Ouch,” Jesse says, putting a hand to his chest like I’ve deeply hurt him.
I poke him. “Okay, maybe not you.” Then I look at Trevor. “But definitely Trev.”
We all laugh. Then I loudly proclaim, “I want to have fun. Let loose. Make out with a random guy. That would totally make me feel better.”
Trevor opens his mouth.
“No.”
“Why?” He smirks at me.
“You’ve slept with my sister. Dated her for almost four years. N. O.”
