As I drove, I could feel Dom paying closer attention to me as he progressed from drink one to two, to three. Hindi bf I brought the cup to my lips and felt Natalie’s hand tipping the bottom farther up, accelerating the speed of my chug. But get in. It was the guys—they needed us to pick up a couple more gallons of water. A thud against the car made me jump, dropping the phone into the footwell of my Escape. Maybe it was because it was clear he was avoiding the massive elephant in the room that was my ‘coming out,’ maybe it was just the natural outcome of me realizing I wanted more in our relationship. “You put the lover boys together? It was the guys—they needed us to pick up a couple more gallons of water.




















