2:21am
"Are you a gambling man, Anne of Green Gables?"
"Well no, I mean, I'm a woman."
"Well are you a gambling woman?"
"No."
"That's too bad."
"How come?"
"I was going to offer you a deal. A sweet, sweet, deal."
"Go on."
"I will teach you how to live."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"Is that it? That's the deal?"
"Not so fast. You have to tell me why you were crying."
"You know, surviving isn't so bad."
"Boring."
"It's safe."
"Ew. Safe is boring."
"Oh yeah? How would you know?"
"I survived sixteen years of my life, and have lived almost two."
"You're eighteen?"
"Almost."
"Shouldn't you be in school instead of living?"
"I graduated early."
"Genius or did you start early?"
"I like to think it was because of my charming good looks and dazzling personality that my teachers bumped me up a grade."
Laughter.
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1:57am
Teen Fictionin which a boy accidentally calls his neighbour and ends up consoling her late night sadness