3:22am
"I feel like I'm drowning."
"Drowning?"
"Yeah. Except, I'm surrounded by people who aren't, like they've got a tank of oxygen strapped to their backs or something and I don't."
"Is that why you were crying?"
"Yeah. I just...I just feel like shit, and it's constant. It never goes away. Nothing makes me happy anymore; none of the things I used to enjoy are good enough to make me smile. I've lost all motivation to do anything. I just want to sleep forever, y'know?"
"I understand."
"Do you? Or are you just saying that?"
"Let me tell you a story."
"Okay."
YOU ARE READING
1:57am
Teen Fictionin which a boy accidentally calls his neighbour and ends up consoling her late night sadness
