Lucas fiddled with the controls, turning the heater up and raising the windows up. As he started driving, I was preparing myself to give him the silent treatment, my face in a full pout mode. After what he had mentioned today in school, I was more intimidated by him. I wanted to erase that unfortunate day I met him but fate has different plans for me. I was being thrown into his gravity, over and over again, despite my desperation to stay away from him. It was me against the stars. And I knew I was losing.
"So what's the occasion tonight?" I realized sitting in silence would just cause my thoughts to spiral back into overthinking. So I decided to break the ice.
I glanced at him to study me with surprised eyes. Given the time, it had always been Lucas who would strike a conversation. But my sudden question had left him astonished. He looked the other way, on the street and answered.
