"Okay, I'm starting to think you're stalking me."
"Why do you always make things about yourself?"
"Because I'm a selfish gay with a daddy kink."
"What the actual fuck?"
"Never mind me, I want to know about you. How've you been?"
"I went to a lake yesterday."
"How was it?"
"It was great, I went wakeboarding and taught myself to jump the wake, and me and my–"
"Did you know your eyes light up when you talk about something you love?"
"Oh, f–"
"But the question is: do they light up when you talk about me? I'll have to–"
"Why do you always interrupt me?"
"Because I like talking almost as much as I like you. That'll be $7.49."
"I didn't buy anything."
"You owe me because I bought your drink yesterday."
"Fine."
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
