The Girls by Emma Cline

"'None of you girls should be doing this,' he said.

"He shook his head and I saw how his face moved a little with concern for me, an acknowledgement, I thought of how brave I was. Though I should have known that when men warn you to be careful, often they are warning you of the dark movie playing across their own brains. Some violent daydream prompting their guilty exhortations to 'make it home safe.'"