I sat in the car, driving, dazed by my racing mind. I went to stop for the light that just turned red. My focus slightly shifted to watch the car in front of me stop at the light, and then drive through it anyway despite the light still being red. I became mildly confused. “Am I missing something here?” I figured I would sit at the light anyway. My window was down and I was blasting Kacey Musgraves. I was listening to her in hopes that I could relax for just a few seconds; it was kind of working. It used to work so well. The sun was warm but not necessarily hot, even though it was starting to set. Normally, I would be too scared to leave my window down while I was playing loud music, but today I was trying not to care. I normally don’t, but recently I have been caring.
“HEY!” yelled the driver next to me. I looked over abruptly, startled. The guy in the car next to me in the turning lane had his window down. I rolled my window down, too.
“Did you see that? They just ran a red light like it was nothing!” he laughed in disbelief. I automatically did a little laugh back and said, “Yeah, I know?!” Still slightly startled, I turned back to the wheel, and the laugh turned genuine. I felt the confused grin on my face and smiled some more. When the light finally turned green, I watched the car drive away, and his window rolled back up. He seemed so enthused over the scene, to the point where he so effortlessly laughed about it with a stranger. The moment was so small, and he drove away like it happened every day. I still didn’t feel much better after that, but the interaction made me remember that the world is still spinning.
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