Let Me Go
The sun was going down behind the trees as they sat on the back of his tailgate. He had one arm wrapped around her as he smoked with the other as she kissed his neck. He hated this. All he wanted to do was lay her back and make love to her, but with the conversation he was getting ready to have with her, that wouldn't be a good idea. It'd only make things worse. "We should run away," she whispered. They talked about doing it all of the time. "Just get out of here, just you and me. We'll pack a bag and just leave; no one has to know where even gone."
All he could think about was how he was going to say goodbye to this perfect angle on his arm. He wasn't any good for her. "Beth, you got it good here," he told her. "You don't need to be messin' with a guy who ain't goin' anywhere."
She just smiled and looked up at him. "How about Texas?" she asked.
He shook his head and got up off the tailgate, pacing around in front of her. "Ain't you listenin'?" he asked. "It's never gonna work out with us. Now's as good as any to let me go." He looked at her. "You don't need me baby." She needed to let him go, stop holding onto him the way she was as she reached out for his hand and pulled her into the cradle of her hips, wrapping her arms and legs around his waist. "I ain't no good for you, I'm only gonna break your heart if you don't let me go." He shook his head and looked at her, unwrapping her from his body. "Ain't nothin' but a dreamer and a drifter. You can do better." He leaned in and kissed her. "You got a year of college left and your daddy and Maggie." He pulled away so she wasn't holding onto him anymore. "I got ninety three bucks and this beat up eighty two Chevy, so you gotta let me go." He wanted to go back to her, let her wrap her arms around him, let her hold onto him. But he wasn't that selfish. He wasn't any good for her and she needed to see that.
She smiled a little and pinned him with that look of hers that he loved. There was fire in her eyes, she wasn't going to listen to him. "Nice try boy," she said, crossing her arms. "You ain't foolin' no one hidin' behind them raybands on your face." She got down off the tailgate and wrapped her arms around his neck again, pressing against him and he couldn't help but wrap his arms around her waist. "I think you're just afraid to love, and you know I ain't gonna take up that much space." She took his big speech and turned it around, throwing it right back at him. "So let me go, take me with you. It's gonna get cold soon and you know I'll keep you warm." She stared up at him with those baby blues. "I belong with you and we both know you're not as strong as you're actin' like you are."
He smirked a little and shook his head as he stared down at her. She had a point. Maybe he was selfish. But fuck him, he loved her. "Don't know I'm so good for you?" she asked, giving him a wink. "It's only gonna break your heart if you don't let me go." He dipped his head and kissed her, pulling her closer against him. "Let me go."
He nodded his head, nuzzling her neck as he picked her up and put her back on the tailgate of his truck. "You can go."