THE DAY OF

When the day arrived, though, I think the reality of what we were about to do finally started to register with her. She drove separately with her friends to Vegas, obviously, and I started getting nervous text after nervous text. I was driving myself, so I couldn't immediately respond.

"CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE DOING THIS!!! [three eggplant emojis]"

And a few seconds later:

"ur not going to talk right?! they might recognize ur voice. so don't talk! [face with no mouth emoji]"

And then:

"you remembered to pack the pills right! [three more eggplant emojis] and the speaker?"

She was referring to the bluetooth speaker she'd bought and...