Elliot = Bold
Isabella = Italics
"Isabella...have you ever been in a relationship before?"
"That's an...odd way to start up a conversation."
"Yeah...I guess it is. But I...have you? Been in a relationship, I mean?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"It's...it's nothing. I...I've just been considering some stuff recently and I want to know if...if what I feel in a relationship is normal."
"Normal?"
"Yeah...I...I just wanted to see if what I was going through is normal in a relationship."
"You're in a relationship right now?"
"No...I...I mean, yes."
"Elliot, I thought we discussed this. I'm the one who's supposed to stutter. Not you. Leave the stuttering to me, okay?"
"O...okay."
"So, what is it, a yes or a no?"
"Yes. Yes, I am in a relationship right now."
"And you said you felt like...like something wasn't normal between the two of you?"
"Not between the two of us. Not really. Just me. I...it's weird. I don't know how to explain it."
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Never Alone
Short Story❝In which two people call up a helpline in order to find someone just as broken as they are. ❞ "Does...does it bother you that my dad's in prison for murder?" "Well, judging by the fact that I moved away from America to get away from the memory of a...