i met you at dusk

it was the third wednesday of may

and your friends

and my friends

and you and me

were drinking sodas instead of beer

because we were wiser than our classmates

who thought that speaking to the cops

in a drunken state of mind

was the way to live life

anyways

you and me fought for a cream soda

which i later discovered you prefer over root beer

we finally settled to split it

until you accused me of backwashing

and took the whole bottle for yourself

neither of us noticed

how the rest of the friend group was silently watching

as we began to fall in love

we all drove home to kai’s house

arriving one minute after curfew

and threw blankets and pillows onto the grassy backyard

they all fell asleep

but you and i stayed awake

whispering mischievously

at six twenty seven

we got up

tip toed past our snoring friends

and ran to the seven eleven for coffee

cups in hand

we stepped into the dawn

forever changed