These Starcrossed Lives of Ours

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try and fit into this town more. I was quiet while working at the school, and had already been deemed as a bit of an outcast. I really needed to immerse myself in the... Manchester culture , as I called it.
    “I’ll go,” I said. “It’s right in town, so I might as well.”
    “You’ll be disappointed,” Ian said, but he couldn’t hide the light coming from his face. Without warning, he made an unexpected turn and began driving in the opposite direction.
    “Uh, where are you going?” I asked, looking around.
    “I feel like going to see a movie,” he said.
    “Spontaneous,” I said, amused. Was seeing a movie safe? Annabelle and the gang rarely visited the theaters. Too costly for all of us, and we couldn’t all fit in one vehicle, not to mention the fact that Annabelle thought movies were a waste of time. You couldn’t talk anyone into joining the group with the lights down and with silence a rule. I decided that since the cult thought I was dead and that I knew Landon wouldn’t give me away, it was worth taking a chance to enjoy myself for once in my life. I hadn’t seen a film in years. “What movie do you want to see?” I asked, turning to Ian.
    “Whatever one you want,” he said, winking at me. I rolled my eyes with a small laugh.
    “You’re ridiculous,” I said. “I don’t even know what’s playing.”
    “Fine. We’ll pick when we get there.” Ian amped up the truck and soon we were cruising down the road at a speed that I didn’t know Ian was possible of driving. “Sure you don’t want to slow down there, Tex?” I asked.
    “You mean speed up?” Ian stomped on the accelerator and the car started flying. For the first time there seemed to be a fire in Ian’s eyes, and it looked like he was close to losing it, but in a good way. I had never seen him like this...he always seemed controlled, but now it was like the devil had been let out of his cage.
    “Uh, we just passed the road,” I said as I watched it whizz by.
    “We’ll take Scio Church then,” Ian shrugged. “It doesn’t matter, tonight we’re gonna have some fun.”
    “Wow, a movie night with the dull roommate. Don’t you have any friends?” I asked sarcastically.              
    “Totally. I have tons of friends. Big man on campus? That was me,” Ian said.
    “I haven’t seen any of them,” I said, crossing my arms.
    “Taking care of you is more important,” he said, the joy bursting from his chest. “Besides, they get me once a week at church and the boys...well, I probably shouldn’t be hanging around with them that much anyway. I promised Dad I’d stop drinking so much when I went out.”
    “You drink?” I said, blown away by this statement.
    “It’s Manchester. Everybody drinks. And I used to. I try to party relatively clean now. No more than a beer or two.”
    My respect for Ian both grew and decreased at the same time. This man had more secrets than I realized. As he put the car sideways down Scio Church I held onto the sides of the door and said, “Hey, crazy! Don’t kill us, alright!”
    “You think this is bad?” he asked with a laugh. “You should’ve been with me in my college days.”
    “You obviously have a death wish,” I said.
    “Nah. I just love taking risks.” He whirled down the road until he came to a swampy area, one where I had seldom been to but remembered passing every now and then.
    “Look!” I said. I pointed out two beautiful white swans sitting by the side of the road, cars passing them by inches. Next to them were three gray signets, all puffed up around their parents.
    “Somebody’s going to hit them! Honk your horn!” I said as we passed.
    “Tried. It doesn’t work, they just ignore you. I once saw some old guy get really close to them and take pictures.”
    “I wouldn’t do that. Swans are vicious.”
    “Yeah. But they’re gorgeous. They migrated here after somebody hit the other two.”
    “What?” I said, my smile turning into a

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