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Red and I lay side by side on her bed with our pinkies interlaced. Soft music played as we lie there.
"Red?" I roll over and lay my head on her stomach.
"What do you want to do with your life?" I shift to be facing her with my hand propping up my head.
Red opens her eyes as if she were a little taken back by my question.
She takes a minute to think and a big smile lights up in her face. "I've never been able to answer that question. But I use to...well I kinda still dream of it sometimes." She pauses in embarrassment. "I um I've always wanted to be an actress." She pulls on a loose thread on her comforter. Her cheeks flare-up into a bright red.
She scrunches up her eyebrows as if she's coming to an understanding with what she's feeling. Her smiley demeanor now more of a saddened look.
" I want to be someone people remember ." She says in a whisper. I watch intently hoping she'd tell me more.
"I- I mean it's stupid. It's not like my mother would ever allow it anyway." She sits up, pushing her frizzy hair into a ponytail.
Red sits crisscrossed and pulls on the yellow hair tie on her pale wrist.
"She kinda has my life planned out for me already. She wants me to marry a wealthy man and have beautiful children. A cushioned life. Her life will soon be mine." Her crystal blue eyes well up with tears.
I pull myself up and wrap my arms around her. Squeezing her tightly I lay my chin over her head trying to console her the best I can.
"No one gets to tell you what to do with your life."
I hold her for a while.
"Is that why you're with Finn?" I question in a gentle tone trying my best not to upset her.
She was silent for a while before mumbling, "I'm happy."
...
I sit in my usual chair behind the counter laying my head on the wall beside me. With only two weeks of summer left, there are a grand amount of people doing their last-minute summer reading.
The bell above rings and I look over quickly to see Scout. He walks towards me with a smile.
"I brought muffins." He shakes the paper bag in the air.
