Taylor and Aria returned their trays before leaving the shop. They walked north up the street, stopping to look in the windows any time Taylor noticed something exciting inside. Having stayed at the mission for three nights, Aria had exhausted her monthly admittance there, so that night, she followed Taylor to the back exit of a nightclub, where he had been sleeping and keeping his things in a friend’s 1996 Buick LeSabre.

It was almost impossible to fall asleep. The sound of the bass from the club pounded like impending footsteps against her exhaustion. Taylor was unfazed by it. Having found a companion, he felt replete. They were cuddled under two flannel sleeping bags that had been unzipped to function as blankets, each leaning against opposite sides of the back seat, when Taylor made a confession. “I want to be an actor,” he said. “I’ve been saving up for a year and a half now to go to LA.”

He reached into the front pocket of one of the bags below his feet and pulled out a piece of paper that was now soft with wear, handing it to her. It was an advertisement he had printed off of craigslist.

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Aria handed it back to him when she had read it. She could feel the way he cherished it. “Isn’t it awesome?” he said. “If I can get there, these people will teach me to be an actor. I’m gonna go next week.”

“What do you like about acting?” she asked.