20.02.17 - 8.17 pm
Theo: I love Mondays
8.43 pm
Rose: You know, you're the first person to ever say that to me
Rose: It's quite surprising actually
8.52 pm
Theo: I was being sarcastic
8.54 pm
Rose: Oh
8.57 pm
Theo: Oh, indeed
9.03 pm
Rose: What put you in a sarcastic mood?
Rose: Wait, let me guess...your boss?
9.07 pm
Theo: No, for once
Theo: My brother
9.11 pm
Rose: What has he done?
9.14 pm
Theo: He's set me up on a blind date with one of the women from his workplace
9.16 pm
Rose: That doesn't sound like such a bad idea, you know
9.19 pm
Theo: No, it doesn't sound like a bad idea
Theo: It sounds like the worst thing that he could come up with
9.21 pm
Theo: I have no idea why he felt like he could just go out and set me up with a random stranger. And to think that he thought I would be happy about it
9.22 pm
Rose: Maybe he just wants to see you happy
9.32 pm
Theo: But I'm not sad
9.35 pm
Rose: You may not think so, but you may seem that way to the people around you
9.37 pm
Theo: I'm not sad, Rose
9.39 pm
Rose: I know, but you're not happy either
9.41 pm
Theo: Are you happy, Rose?
9.43 pm
Rose: I haven't been truly happy in a long time, Theo
9.51 pm
Theo: Me neither
9.55 pm
Rose: You should go on that blind date, you never know, you might even have some fun.
Rose: And cut your brother some slack
10.01 pm
Theo: I'll try, for you
10.03 pm
Rose: Good
Theo: Good
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His Stranger [COMPLETE]
Short StoryA story in which he spends his nights talking to a stranger. #47 in Short Story - 25.07.17 Cover by @guyswithguitars Copyright © 2017 @_illuminating All Rights Reserved