2:10am
"So why were you crying?"
"No reason."
"There's gotta be a reason."
"I don't know."
"Did someone die?"
"No?"
"Are you being bullied?"
"No."
"Won't your parents let you join a circus school in Russia?"
"What?"
"Happened to my brother once. True story."
Laughter.
"You have a nice laugh."
"Um, thanks?"
"It's definitely better to hear than you crying."
YOU ARE READING
1:57am
Teen Fictionin which a boy accidentally calls his neighbour and ends up consoling her late night sadness