Nothing Like the Movies

“If she was that cool,” Eli said, “Then why’d she date you, Bennett?”
It felt like he was talking directly to me when he shrugged and said, “I have no idea.”

He was keeping me dry on autopilot.

college for granted the first time, the idea that of course I could go if I wanted to, but after seeing those options disappear, I had an entirely different outlook now.
I was cherishing every fucking piece of it.
Bring on the notes, the study sessions, and the term papers—I wanted it all.