“Kinda. I mean, it’s nice that I can still be friends with the rest of them, but—” I shrug again and sigh. “I dunno. How can we still be a group after this? And we’re all going to different schools…” My voice trails off. A minute passes in silence. We pull up to the bright lights of the fast-food restaurant. “Is it that easy for you to drop friends?” Finny says. “No,” I say. I pull my feet inside and lay my cheek on my knee. “I really did think we would be friends forever,” I say.

