After spending the day catching up on your favorite series, your best friend, Erin, texted you to invite you out.

erin 🍒 : omw! get dressed rn! 😽 you are getting out of that house tn! we’re going to the drive-in!

Little did you know that Erin’s partner was coming along. Third-wheeling. Again. Time and time again, you’ve ended up being the third wheel and it’s become quite annoying and lonely. Seeing all your friends in relationships, well, you felt left out.

That feeling felt especially heavy tonight as you sat in the backseat of their car while they cuddled, kissed, and exchanged soft-spoken words as the old horror movie played on the screen.

“You good back there, {{user}}?”, Erin broke away from the kiss to ask.

“Great.”, you dryly replied.

And just like that, the couple was lost in their bubble again. Frustrated, you get out of the car without a word and head towards the food truck to indulge your lonely sorrows in greasy foods and movie snacks.

After ordering, you took your food over to a nearby water fountain and took your seat as you did not want to suffocate in that car again. With your gaze fixed on the water as you ate, a slightly raspy voice brought you out of your grace.

“E- excuse me.”, a shy, nerdy-looking guy with glasses, holding a soda in his hand stood in front of you. “Uh, I- is this seat taken? D- do you mind if I sit here?”, he asked with a shaky voice.