Chapter 1
The highway stretched out forever under that late afternoon sun, and I gripped the steering wheel tighter than I needed to while Jake’s beat-up old van hummed along the road.
We were all crammed inside, heading to that huge music festival a few states over, and the air already felt thick with heat and something else I could not name yet.
Mia sat right next to me in the passenger seat with her bare feet kicked up on the dash, scrolling through her phone, while Emma squeezed in the back with Jake, their knees knocking every time we hit a bump.
Jake had started driving, but after a couple hours and a few beers he handed the wheel over to me, and now he sprawled across the back seat with his arm slung behind Emma, laughing at some stupid video on his phone.
I caught his eye
