"Hey Sutton."
" Hey! What's going on?"
"Other than the fact that you've been acting like what happened with my mom never happened, nothing much."
"Okay.... well anyways since you're free. Slushies?"
"No."
"Okay.... no slushies then, how about ice cream?"
"No, I mean why are you avoiding the subject?"
"Sawyer, *sigh* you're sixteen. You shouldn't have to deal with all the crappy situations you've been put into, but you dealt with them, like really well. You're just a teenager. You should be having fun, not worrying about funerals.
"....."
"I'm just trying to help you live like a normal kid."
"I'm not sure that's possible, I'm not exactly normal. How do you suppose you're going to go about this plan."
"I'm not going to save your life. I'm going to stay your life."
"What?"
"Stay your life. I'm going to help keep your life exactly the same."
"Did you just come up with that?"
"Maybe."
"......... Is the offer for ice cream still on the table?"
"Of course, my treat! See you in ten."
YOU ARE READING
Stay Your Life
Short Story"I'm not going to save your life. I'm going to stay your life." "What?" "Stay your life. I'm going to help keep your life exactly the same." "Did you just come up with that?" "Maybe." ⩶ A story in which a girl finds the normalcy in a boy...
