Bold = Dylan
Italics = Ari
"Are you going to talk to me, Ari? It's nearly time for you to get off."
"What even happened yesterday?"
"Don't be mad. I'd explain it but I need to ask a question first."
He looks almost concerned as he gazes over at her.
"Are we friends?"
"Well, we've been talking together for a week. Yes, in my eyes we are friends."
The smile playing on his face is against that look of freedom and happiness itself.
"That's great. I think now you truly are my friend."

YOU ARE READING
The Train Boy
Short Story"You're a girl." "How did you guess?" Ari Winters is a normal school girl that commutes to school by train. That's where she meets Dylan Trist, a strange boy that has an unknown reason for catching the train everyday. Little conversations every day...