Page 90 of You Float My Boat

Leaning my head on the seat rest, I closed my eyes expecting exhaustion to overwhelm me as it usually did but a minute later and I was still wide awake. My muscles were sore, yes. My body was kind of tired, but my brain was wide awake.

Glancing out of the window, the sun was fully emerging on the horizon, the orange glow illuminating the inky skies, turning them a perfect shade of violet.

Violet.

She was the reason I felt so recharged. Like I’d been mainlining caffeine since I’d woken up.

I might not love sitting in the back but at least neither Oz nor Brooks could see me smiling to myself as I pulled my phone out.

Charlie:

How’s my no-longer-fake girlfriend doing today? Enjoying a lie in?

Violet:

No! She’s rushing around.

Charlie:

Rushing this early already …

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