All of a sudden, it was like they were fifteen again, sitting on this beach, without a care in the world. Josh burying his feet in the sand with Avery’s head on his stomach while they both looked for the constellations they couldn’t see back in the city. They would talk for hours, Josh about his relationship with his dad, the weight of his expectations and his mother’s legacy, his Mexican roots that left him more often than not lost in his identity. They would tell each other stuff they wouldn’t dare say out loud anywhere else, or to anybody else. Avery would open up about her anxiety, her
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