New story idea: He pulls up to the school, and she stops talking.

New story idea:
He pulls up to the school, and she stops talking. The rides to school are never silent, but once they are at school, silence fills the car like a waterfall fills a lake. She doesn't really get it, but it's just routine. She doesn't want the rides to end. She just wants to be with him. It doesn't matter if they talk. It doesn't matter if they don't talk. She feels stronger around him. When this arrangement started, she told him that she would be inconspicuous about riding with him because she thought that is what he would want. He agreed. Because he thought that is what she wanted. Neither really cares. They only care about what the other one wants.

They don't get out of the car at the same time. They don't walk side-by-side up to the school. She gets out and goes on; he watches her walk away-inconspicuously, of course. He wants to be by her side, but she just is broken beyond repair. He will talk about trivial things to her just to keep her entertained. He loves to see a smile on her face, no matter what it takes to put it there.