Friday Night — after this

Priya

The news room was quiet. Everyone had left, and it was just me and Lucas. We both stepped outside to see what we had written about. It was stunning. Even more amazing that I could have ever imagined. For once the sky seems to say the words I never could. The words she never said.

Jonah

The stars are covered in green and violet mist. Everything dances around. Everything is new. This is the sign he has been looking for. I pull out my phone and start typing. Not now. The letter after the tournament.

Mateo

I stare into the night sky. Mom is waiting for me inside, but she can wait a little bit longer. I need to see this. This is the moment he's been waiting for. It is like the heavens have finally been revealed between the stars.

Avery

Wow, this is unlike anything I've ever seen. Seventy-seven words fill my brain with everything that I could say. I say none of them outloud. Just the whispers in my head. She will never know. I could almost feel the sky moving through me. Pulling me away.

Lila

I hold Ryan and sing him a lullaby as the sky dances around us. I want to tell him that everything is going to be okay. It won't be. That Dad and Mom are going to work it all out. There is nothing to fear, and the lights in the sky tell us that.

Sloane

I don't look up. There is nothing to see. A bunch of colors in the sky that indicate something amazing is far from amazing. It is just the political fodder everyone has been consuming all week. I have work to do. She doesn't. And after the light show, what does anyone have to show for it? Nothing. At least I have work completed.