Somewhere In Brooklyn

10 - November 4

Names are really powerful, no?

It somehow describes the person.

Althea is a really, eternally beautiful name. It suits you.

I heard a guy you were with earlier said your name, and I'm trying not to let my jealousy run over here, but I don't think he deserves to have your name on his tongue. He's not worthy, (but then again, so am I.) You two seemed to be fighting. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, but the left earbud of my earphones is broken so I caught bits and pieces of your argument.

I heard you say, "Do they even know why you left home last time?"

And then he said, "Althea, for once in your life, fucking shut up."

And then you ignored him and said, "If you're so smart, why don't you try never coming back?"

And then he didn't say anything but I saw him dug his elbow into the side of your stomach. That made you wince, but didn't talk anymore. Just scowled through the entire ride.

That made me see red. But I didn't do anything. What does a skinny kid like me can do against a guy who looks like he can be every action star's stunt double? He's taller and bigger, and I'm... well, I'm me.

I don't fight. I run.

It kinda makes me wonder if he's your boyfriend.

I hope not. I'm not saying this just because I want you to be mine, that I want you all to myself. I don't even feel like that. I don't want you to be my possession. I'm saying this because you could do so much better than a guy who will hurt you just to shut you up.

You deserve better than him.

You deserve someone who will put a smile on your face and do whatever it takes to keep it there because your smile will be the most beautiful thing they'll ever see and it's what they'll be thinking about day and night.

You deserve someone who will tell you the corniest and overused jokes just so they could hear you laugh—whether at their joke or at their dorkiness.

You deserve someone who will stand up for you no matter what and will not cower away. You deserve someone better than me.

Even if he's not your boyfriend—even if he's just a friend or a brother, you don't deserve someone like that in your life, to speak your name like it's an acid in their mouth and hurt you.

You deserve better, Althea.

// their names were originally sam and veronica.