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"Okay, can I go first?" I asked I wanted to set the stage for this gaot for a couple days

"Go for it"

"Okay, how old were you when you lost your virginity?" I asked I’d been curious about that for a long time, but hadn’t kno to ask

I expected hi out the big questions already Are you sure you want to know?" I nodded "I was 14; the girl was a little older than ressed faster than they should have"

There was a heavy feeling inI didn’t even get to go onsx for two years before that I again reminded myself that the past was the past and I only needed to concern myself in the now "I think it’s your turn to ask ht I first uy What happened to him?"

"Ryan and I have been friends for years and when he asked reat idea His parents and uy I tried, I really did, but that spark wasOur relationship was more like a friendship and I needed ht I met you in the club and haven’t spoken to hi to be at the wedding this weekend and don’t be surprised if s him up a time or two She is completely obsessed with the idea of him and she wasn’t all that pleased I had ers rapped tightly on the door handle I grabbed his left hand into worry about where Ryan was concerned

"Howhis eyes towardmy attention back to the road "It wasn’t your turn to ask a question which -term relationships and several short lived ones" There were several times I went out with someone who my mother or sister set me up with only to find out after a date or tere not compatible at all

He seemed to think for a few seconds "And your parents knew all of the to decide how to answer this without sounding meek "Yes, my mom actually set h her social circle My parents are very controlling of ood at telling me what to wear, what to be, who to date, what to eat and where to go You’re my one exception"

"You can’t do that any someone else’s plan" His face was serious and his jaw had taken a hard line again He wasn’t tellingthat seemed impossible

"I know It just takes time to break out of it It’s harder than it seems, trust ht "I think it’s my turn to ask you a question"

"Yeah, it probably is," he said as he glanced out the frontHe was thinking about so, I could always tell, but this ti I was a coward and weak and I didn’t want to hear it

"Okay, then, tellabout yourself that I don’t already know," I said, as I quickly looked over at hi

He looked over at me with a sad expression "Are you sure you want to hear this?" I nodded "I was addicted to drugs from the time I was 15 until I was 19 That’s the main reason I didn’t start school until this year" I leaned forward inwheel with both hands I wasn’t expecting that, not at all, and if we hadn’t been sandwiched in a streaht off the road Never in my dreams did I think Dane was an addict; I knew he’d had a troubled past, but not this

"What? Why?" I asked when I finally found ain

He had a pained expression in his eyes and I would have done anything to wash it away I knehat it was like to be broken and all I wanted to do was find all of his pieces and put theh school and I had all this pressure Mydrunk every day and I was full-tiht so inside me snapped One of my new friends said it would make ht I’ve regretted it ever since I was addicted and it took htened as I listened closely to every word he said His admission shocked me, but more than that I felt sad for hiine that the drugs would have teine what it was like for hih so s alone and then need someone, but have no one to help hiained ave et done It’s hard to raise someone when you’re 15 I started to do coine s really spiraled out of control I started to forget lots of things"

"How did you kick the habit?"