"Heya."
"Hi."
"..."
"..."
"So about yesterday–"
"Forget it ever happened, I'm okay with us just being friends."
"Really?"
"Sure. I mean, when you break up with her in three days, I'll have you all to myself anyway."
"Pffft, whatever."
"I'm serious! When you two break up, I just might kiss you over this very counter."
"You better not."
"I'll bet you I will. Buying anything?"
"Yeah, some vinyl discs."
"Lana Del Rey? Fall Out Boy?"
"... Shut up, I like music a lot."
"Jock boy likes actually good music? I'd never have known... "
"Fuck off."
"Not just yet. $7.49 each."
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$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