Mia looked at Chloe. Chloe looked at Mia. In the rearview mirror, the summer of 2012 stretched out like a ribbon of asphalt. School was starting. The Mayan calendar hype was dying down. Everyone was getting iPhones that didn't have a home button that stuck.
The list was a time capsule. They’d scream every word to Gotye’s "Somebody That I Used to Know," even though neither had ever actually been through a real breakup. They’d pump their fists to Flo Rida’s "Whistle," a song their parents naively thought was about, well, whistling. And when Carly Rae Jepsen’s "Call Me Maybe" came on for the third time in an hour, they didn't roll their eyes. They held invisible phones to their ears and serenaded the cows in the passing fields. top 40 kiss fm 2012
They didn't say anything. They just sat there, the engine ticking, the stereo blasting: Mia looked at Chloe