Mama said no, but I’m going anyway. She doesn’t need to know. I lower the passenger seat window. The night breeze is a contemplative sort
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Brooke Xu is a first-year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying English & Comparative Literature. She received a gold medal for Short Story in the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Her writing has previously appeared in Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine, Unfiltered Zine, and AURAL Magazine.