Lori met me at her door, nearly shaking with excitement. “Hurry,” she’d said. “Before my dad changes his mind.” We’d run down her sidewalk, arm in arm, laughing about nothing. An earlier rain shower had left everything clean, and the air smelled of possibility. If you wanted to get technical, the air actually smelled like the purple lantana in Lori’s yard, but to me, tonight, it seemed like excitement flowed from us and into the atmosphere. Even if you ignored the part where this was our first ever double date (as if), tonight was still a major deal. This was the first time our parents had let us go to the movies on a Saturday night by ourselves. Even my nerves over the fakery couldn’t stop the adrenaline that ran through me as the theater rolled into sight. Rock music blared from speakers, and swinging lights flashed across the crowded parking lot like a Hollywood premiere. I sat up higher, crossing a leg underneath so I could get a better view out the window as the car dipped in a rut and then bounced up.
What do You think about Audition & Subtraction (2012)?
