"You just keep crawling back, don't you?"
"It's for a class book project, so now it's my turn to buy it."
"I see. What made you get it? Forced or chosen?"
"Chosen. I recently caught my girlfriend chea–"
"Say no more. We're to get you coffee."
"Bu–"
"I know we've never talked, and I know you hate me, but I'm just trying to live in the moment and be kind, so please shut up. First, let me ring you up and then we can skedaddle!"
"No on uses the word skedaddle anymore, Travis."
"I don't care. That'll be $7.49."
YOU ARE READING
$7.49
Short StoryREWRITING! "Where are you getting all of this money from anyways?" ••• In which a boy goes into a bookstore every day to buy a copy of Romeo and Juliet and attracts the attention of an employee. ••• 07SS 10/29/16 Cover by @formulate
