Fastening seatbelts, laughing in the car, putting quarters in the meter, scurrying ahead barely aware of me, sitting all together -- triple trouble, ordering more pizza than we could eat, playing with straws, trying to learn how to tip, refusing salad more than once, inventing the names of bands, inventing songs the bad bands would play, talking about crust, talking about middle names, talking about cats, and cats up trees, the conversation twisting like a rollercoaster. Ice cream and french fries, trying all of the flavors, making shakes, afraid to ask for a glass of water, trying tongue-twisters, laughing at the shape of our teeth, inventing a new ice cream, telling Keith their ideas, more and more energy, smiling, laughing, seatbelts, driving home, running inside completely unaware of me or what we had just done, delighted, always delighted with each other more than anything else.
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