Without taking her gaze from his face, she reached for his hand and felt as it slowly relaxed its grip from the shift stick.
"Ah, this must be love", he said using a contented sigh to punctuate his sentence.
"No, silly, that's just my hand", she replied with a giggle only heard from irritatingly innocent high school girls when they talk to their crushes.
She unbuckled the seatbelt and slid closer, then rested her head on his shoulder.
With every heartbeat, they eased up in place. With every breath, they released their inhibitions and doubt. Their rhythmically galloping heartbeats and stifled heaves drowned the rest of the world.
The red taillights appeared to be twinkling stars. The irate honks sounded to be splashing waves. Nothing could have rained on the flame of attraction being kindled within them.
"What happens now?", she gently inquired to break the comfortable silence.
"Let's not tell. We'll just see", he assuringly whispered.
A lone tear trickled down her right cheek. She didn't bother to wipe it.
Right in the middle of heavy traffic on the highway, in a beat-up automobile, she had found home. She had found home where she least expected to.
Unfortunately, morning came. Wake up and smell the flowers, all withered away.
*.* as if! @ 1:14:00 PM • • RBJ
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