Among Broken Guitar Strings

Ethan's dad drives us, and the whole way he babbles on about how he's so proud of him. He even has a few words for me even though I'd never really ment him but once my whole life. I never knew a car ride could ever be so long.

We stop and stay the night at a hotel. We stay in a double room, and I find myself hating my first real night away from home. It's kind of lonely.

Around midnight I hear the door to my room open. I just watch him as he crosses the room and sits at the edge of my bed.

"I know you probably still hate me, Skylar." I melt. "But you know I didn't mean it." The bed shifts and he slides up against me, laying his chest right against my back. I start to move away, open my mouth to scream at him, but he wrapps his arms around me before I can. "You can be so stubborn sometimes." ,he says.

I sigh loudly.

"So can you."