A million possible endearments ran through his head. But he said, “Help.

“Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck?" he said, but even as he said it, it s…”

“Until meeting you, I wasn’t looking for anything at all. Since meeting you, I’m…”

“I crashed," she said."It was a helluva crash. If you're going to go down, go do…”

“Are you all right to drive without me talking you home?” He laughed a little. “…”