We danced
frantically around a
dark roller skating rink packed with
strangers who were our friends
when the backstreet boys were playing
and then he said that he really kind of liked me again and the feeling of his hand in mine and his body against mine was very clear and achingly familiar
and when we laid there with each other (when a different song was playing) I thought maybe we'd have a chance to reconcile and I'd tell him things again if we were safe and we only gave it a little time
then I woke up