13.03.17 - 11.11 pm
Theo: What are we doing, Rose?
11.17 pm
Rose: What do you mean?
Theo: When you nod your head yes, but you wanna say noooooo
Theo: What do you mean?
11.18 pm
Rose: Theo?
Theo: That's not a part of the song
Rose: What's going on, Theo?
11.19 pm
Theo: Nothing
Theo: Nothing at all, that's the problem
11.21 pm
Rose: Just tell me what's wrong, we'll talk through it
Theo: That's all anyone does over her
Theo: Talk talk talk
11.22 pm
Rose: Are you drunk right now?
Rose: Why are you drunk texting me?
11.23 pm
Theo: Why are you not drunk texting me?
Theo: Are you sober?
Rose: Of course I'm sober!!
Rose: Where are you?
Theo: I don't know
11.24 pm
Theo: Where are you now that I need you?
Rose: Are you asking or is that just Justin Bieber again?
11.25 pm
Theo: I can't remember
Theo: Let's go with the first one though, I don't where Justin Bieber is
Theo: Do you?
11.26 pm
Rose: No, of course not
Rose: Are you at home?
Theo: No
Theo: Why would I be at home? That's the one place I needed to get away from
11.27 pm
Theo: I'm at the park
Rose: What are you doing at the park at this hour?
Rose: Call a taxi and go home
Theo: But I drove here
Rose: Then leave your car and come back for it tomorrow
11.28 pm
Theo: But I drove here on my skateboard
Rose: Why on earth do you own a skateboard?
Rose: But take the skateboard with you
11.29 pm
Theo: My skateboard has a handle
Rose: So it's a scooter?
Theo: Why, don't you know some fancy words?
11.30 pm
Rose: Text me your address and I'll call an Uber for you
Theo: I don't want to go home
Theo: I want to come visit you
Rose: You can't come visit me right now, Theo
Theo: Why not?
11.31 pm
Rose: I'm not in a good place right now, and I'm definitely not in the position for visitors or house guests
Theo: Please?
Rose: No
Rose: Call your brother, Theo
11.32 pm
Rose: He'll help you
Theo: I can't call him
Theo: I don't want his pity
11.33 pm
Rose: You need to call him, Theo. You can't spend the whole night in the park. It's dangerous
Theo: Rose
Theo: I don't want to call him
Theo: I'll sober up
11.34 pm
Rose: Just call him up, Theo
Rose: I mean it, call him
11.38 pm
Rose: Theo?
11.41 pm
Rose: Did you call him?
11.43 pm
Rose: Theo?
Rose: Damnit, answer me Theo!
11.47 pm
Theo: Hi, this is Gabriel, Theo's brother. I've just picked him up so don't worry. I'll take him back to my place for the night. Thanks for making him call me
11.49 pm
Rose: Thanks for coming to get him
Theo: Any time
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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