ed towards Ethan as we

ed his focus back to the road. "My brother has a very

could've been a pretty decent afternoon. Now, I was in a foul mood, and honestly, no

said, trying to defend him. "He's

mouth Ethan's brother in front of him. I barely knew either of them, and I was the new kid in town. Not exactly looking to

g sounds I was making, and chuckled. "He really

erson I've ever hit in my life, so I don't even know what the hell came over me." I mean, one minute I was mad, and the nex

ain, didn't you?" Etha

yeah, sorry, w

know this cool place I could introduce you to," Ethan suggested

throwing any more punches or dodging weird growls, I'm in. Ma

lot of a small roadside diner. The neon sign flickered, and the building looked like it had bee

tly 50 years o

sy Spoon Heaven," Ethan said with a grin, opening the door for me. The s

epped inside. "Are we in a time warp? Shoul

bet the burgers are as goo

a laugh as we slid into a booth. "Because I'm about two b

lder woman with a nametag that read Flo.

me. I know what's good here," Flo replied, scribbl

d. "Bring it all. And fries. And m

don't want Flo to faint back there

warned you I

request, Ethan leaned back, eyeing me with a smirk.

I've had, this diner might be the only t

is hands in surrender. "At least sa

oked almost too good to be real. I dove in like I hadn

nt, "you planning on slowing down any time soon, or sh

"Hey, don't judge me.

dude out and survived. You should

he guy who was this close t

rother's well-being after you Hulk-smash punched him. That was i

ries and halfway through the pie, I noticed something shift. His hand brushed against mine as we both reached for

a beat too long. "We're calling this a successf

to my cheeks. "Yeah... I guess f

r now, "I'm glad I could at lea

ween us, subtle but it was there. I found myself leaning in just a little, our hands still casually brushing against each other on th

other burger sometime," I sai

dened. "Oh, it'