10

I follow Dane inside after the cookout and I cannot really express what I feel at this moment. I stand at the door and he heads over to the fridge for a drink. He looks back at me and asks.

Would you like a drink? Soda or beer? He asks me.

“Beer.” I respond and it is almost as if that answer shocks him as I head in to the kitchen and lean at the counter has he passes it to me.

I use the counter to open the bottle of beer and we both take a good gulp and suddenly we smile and it turns to laughter after. I tune my face away wondering what this is and how we became familiar to this extent.

Is it because we went grocery shopping? There is lasting silence after that but then he speaks.

“You saw us.” Dane says and I pause before going in for a second gulp.

Didn’t you? He says again and I have inkling to what he is thinking about but I will not accept that it affects me.

“You must love her.” I say and take that second gulp that I definitely need this time and he is silent when i asked that.