new year's eve

we drove up central street. it was almost midnight and we were still stuck in traffic when the fireworks started to go off. my brother pulled into an alley, where we had a clear view across the field. a lady shouted at us that we were blocking someone's garage. laughing about it to ourselves. in the car we chose each of our first songs of 2026. mine was club can't handle me by flo rida. when we…