one month later
"dear ty,
hey dude, how's it going? have you bought the new donkey kong? it's really cool! the music is really good in it! yesterday this kid named synder tripped and fell into a puddle and he was wearing white jeans and it was really funny! he looked like he pooped his pants! anyways, are you excited for christmas? i want to get the legend of zelda. i think ive been pretty good, so i hope santa will get it for me. is santa real? i hope the message man got it. grandpa says to not believe what's on tv, but i think he's real. oh my dad got a new job! he gets to work at a place that gives him free ice cream! it rules! and debbys dad works there so we get to have ice cream after school everyday. i think she has a crush on me...
talk to you later dude!
josh"
the substitute teacher is calling out our names.
"synder?"
"present."
"mark?"
"eyyyyy."
"debby?"
"here!"
"jim?" there's a silence. "jim? jim dun?" she repeats herself.
"um, it's josh."
"it says jim. i'm calling you jim."
"jim is so boring though! can you make it cool? please?"
"okay... what about jim the man?"
"boring try something else."
"alright... hmm... what about dj jim?"
"sounds a little spooky."
"dj spooky jim! there's your name!" everyone laughs, including me. i pull out the letter to tyler
"p.s my new name is dj spooky jim"
author here :)
those last two chapters were supposed to be cute fillers
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penpal
Fanfictiontwo second graders living across the country, brought together by a grade school assignment. write a letter to a pen pal. tyler and josh instantly become close friends, and eventually neighbors. but nine years later, josh falls into a spiral of drug...
