THE NIGHT WE MET
I wasn’t sure why, but the tension between us faded.
The rest of the night blurred into music, laughter, and the fuzzy warmth of alcohol. By the time I realized how late it was, my cousins were stumbling out of the bar, and I felt a little unsteady myself.
“I’ll make sure she gets home,” David said when someone mentioned that I needed help. I wanted to protest. I didn’t want him anywhere near me. But my head was spinning, and when I tried to speak, the words came out jumbled.
The last thing I remembered was his arm around me as we stepped into the cool night air.
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