19.03.17 - 10.44 pm
Theo: Where did you disappear to last night?
11.01 pm
Rose: Sorry, I fell asleep
11.04 pm
Theo: Oh, okay
Theo: It was pretty late
11.06 pm
Rose: Yes, it was
Rose: So how has your day been?
11.09 pm
Theo: It was good, pretty quiet to be honest
Theo: What about you?
11.10 pm
Rose: Same, I didn't really do much
Rose: It's Sunday so I kind of just lounged around and got some marking done
Theo: Oh, yeah. I forgot that you teach Maths
11.11 pm
Theo: So whats years do you teach?
Rose: I teach high school
Theo: So you must be really good at it then?
11.12 pm
Rose: I guess
Theo: Don't be modest now
11.13 pm
Rose: Okay, I love math and I'm absolutely brilliant at it too
Theo: That's much better
Rose: You're funny
Theo: I try to be
11.17 pm
Rose: Do you sometimes wonder what you're doing with your life?
Theo: All the time
11.18 pm
Rose: Really? Or are you just saying that for my sake?
Theo: No, I'm being 100% honest here
Rose: Oh, good
11.19 pm
Rose: Sometimes I have doubts about what I'm doing and where my life is heading
Rose: But I don't feel like I can talk to anyone about it
11.20 pm
Theo: Because their life just looks so put together
Rose: Yes!
11.22 pm
Theo: But trust me, it's not.
Theo: Their life being completely put together, I mean
11.23 pm
Theo: Everyone has their own problems, and sometimes, us being on the outside just don't see them
Rose: I guess not everyone's life is perfect and it's not just us, right?
Theo: Right
11.24 pm
Rose: This was a good talk, Theo
Theo: Yeah, it was
11.25 pm
Rose: Thanks
Theo: There's no need to thank me
Theo: We're in this together, Rose. So we have to look out for each other
11.26 pm
Rose: I don't know what I would do without you
Theo: Me neither
11.27 pm
Rose: I promise to stick around as long as you need me to
Theo: And I promise to keep you with me forever
Rose: Very funny, Theo
11.33 pm
Theo: I wasn't joking this time
11.35 pm
Rose: Oh
Theo: Yeah, oh
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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