Christmas Connection

Nightfall

"What would you be doing right now, if you hadn't met me?" I asked randomly.

"For starters, I'd still be sleeping," Perry mewed with fatigue, then gave a soft laugh.

"So you normally wake up late?"

"Not exactly, some days I wake up at six other times at eight-thirty ish, but no more than nine-fifteen."

"I've been waking up at no later than six twenty for most of my life."

"Huh... I assume that you live on a tight schedule, doing each activity at a certain time of the day, and if you somehow miss an activity by a minute everything goes catastrophic."

"Are you a witch?"

"No..."

"Then how did you..."

"I took an educated guess."

"It's a good educated guess. Why do I feel like you know more about me than I know about you?"

"Maybe because I'm older?"

"Be serious. I just recently learnt that your name is Persephone."

"Yeah... and?"

"I like the name Perry more. Persephone is too long and gives me the creeps...

"Thanks..."

"But still you knew my name ages ago."

"Only because it was on your Instagram profile."

"Yeah but..."

"Have you ever considered that I may not want everyone to know my name?"

"But you're okay with them seeing you naked?"

There was a moment of silence, except this wasn't a good silence. There was tension seeping through it. By that point I just realized what I'd done.

"I don't want to have an argument with you Fredrik..."

"I don't either..."

"Then you should think before you speak," Perry said harshly, not taking her eyes off me. "Listen to me carefully, if someone chooses to share something very personal with you. YOU DO NOT use that information as leverage in any circumstances. EVER. Do you know why?"

"W..."

"It forces the person to feel exposed and vulnerable when they don't want to. But more importantly, it exposes your true colors, that you never want anyone to know," Perry finished. "Do you understand?"

I nodded. "I didn't mean it though, I was just upset... no I was stupid. You've shared so much with me and.... I guess I still don't understand how personal the story was, since I've never experienced anything like it."

"No you haven't. You're still young and have a lot more to learn, especially about the real world."

"Supposedly."

"Speaking of the real world, are you planning to stay in your parents house forever?"

"I've never thought about it."

"Do you plan on going to any universities or something?"

"That does sound interesting but I don't know which university to study."

"I think you should focus on your interests first."

"My interests?"

"Yeah, like what are you passionate about? Other than Disney movies and random topics."

"This is hard."

"There must be something you like."

"I still don't know."