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"Hey muffin man."
"You're killing me with that name, babe."
"..."
"Lila?"
"Huh? Sorry, it's just... you called me babe."
"Sorry, if that's not okay-"
"No! No. It's just... new."
"A good sort of new?"
"Yeah, a good sort of new."
"Can I ask you something, Lila?"
"Yeah."
"Did you do something to those people who were bullying me?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"I can see it now. Your nose is slightly crinkled and your left cheek is sucked in ever so slightly. You're lying."
"How did you know that? I didn't even know that."
"You can learn a lot about a person in only a few short hours."
"Anyways, I may or may not have... warned them a bit."
"Warned them? How?"
"Well, my dad is a cop so I may or may not have convinced him and some of his fellow officers to go to their houses and fake arrest them."
"Fake arrest?"
"Yeah, like put them in handcuffs and put them in the squad car only to drive them around the block while telling them the consequences of bullying."
"Wow... that's... devious. I can't believe it."
"Well believe it. My dad said that all of them were weeping their eyes out. One even peed themselves when my dad said that they were under arrest."
"Lila, I cannot believe this. Thank you so much. I fucking love you."
"Watch your profanity muffin man. And I love you too."
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eleven eleven | ✓
Short Storyin which a boy boredly calls a random number at 11:11pm every night, not expecting to meet a sarcastic girl just a year older than him. ✎ The Rose Awards winner - short story ✎
