Kiley: Hey! Hope I actually got the right number this time...
Brandon: Lol. You did.
Kiley: THANK GOD! I thought I would never get it right. How is New York?
Brandon: It sucks. None of my friends are here with me, so I'm basically in the most populated city on Earth and everybody is a stranger.
Kiley: That sucks, man.
Brandon: Yeah, it does. I miss you.
Kiley: I miss you too. I wish we did more when you were here. Oklahoma is kind of boring without you.
Brandon: It was still boring while I was there. You're just getting the worst of it.
Kiley: Yeah, well. Still wish you were here. How are your parents?
Brandon: Still following through with the divorce. I live with my dad in an apartment. Haven't talked to my mom lately. She never answers phone calls.
Kiley: I'm sorry, Brandon.
Brandon: Well, that's just life. You make what you can out of it.
Kiley: Yeah, I guess you're right. Hey! Remember that time we went camping, at Robber's Cave? And we went into the cave and that big spider crawled onto your brother's head?
Brandon: Yeah. That was really funny.
Kiley: Well, I thought that maybe my phone didn't record it, but I was scrolling through my pics and vids and I found it.
Brandon: Cool! Send it to me sometime.
Kiley: It won't let me. Says the file is too big. I guess I can email it to you or something.
Brandon: Yeah, I guess. I have to go. My dad wants to take me out to eat. I hate eating out.
Kiley: Oh! Well.... Bye then. Ttyl, Brandon.
Brandon: Bye.
Kiley is away.
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Brandon Is Away
Short StoryThe text messages between two people tell the stories of their lives and who they are. Not all stories have a happy ending.
