[ partly dialogue ]
[ stand alone ]
// previously known as "Hey Neighbor | A Dialogue Story\\
When a mute foster kid moves in next door to a deeply insecure homeschooled girl that lives in the middle of nowhere, them meeting is slim even when the cl...
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|| message to: firefly AKA neighbor girl ||
willa I'm sorry [Delivered at 8:42 pm]
can we talk?
i didn't mean to push anything
other than you I don't have any friends or anyone to talk to...or text I mean
so if you stop texting me, I turn into the complete loner outcast dude that's never had sushi and eats cereal for fun
fruity pebbles specifically
those just hit different
but anyways
yeah, we're both socially awkward and probably left school for the same reason
bullies are the worst. I was always teased for being quiet and shy and being that kid no one wanted
i still don't know why you continue to answer my texts even though I seem to irritate you to know end
id like to think that on some level we're friends, if not at least acquaintances
here I'll make a deal with you
i promise to never (because I haven't) stalk you in any way (even tho you've creepily watched me on my porch) and if you'd like to see and pet my dog, I'll stay inside and let her out so you can call her over to the gate of your ginormous flower garden thing [Read at 9:15pm]
ah see I knew that'd get your attention
What is it that you want exactly?
to talk to you, to say sorry
What're you sorry for?
i obviously struck a nerve that I shouldn't have and wanted to apologize
There's no need for that. You didn't do anything wrong.
how so?
Because I'm sensitive and don't like talking about certain things that remind me I'm not like everyone else.
is that why you don't like people, because they made fun of you for whatever it is you have?
No..
there's no point in lying anymore
we don't know each other, we never see each other, and there's no one else out here that can judge you. I'm not one of those kinds of people
How do I know you're telling the truth?
why do you think I do online schooling?
i don't like people either, they judge you without actually taking time to get to know you
they don't care about how you feel or about how their words make you feel
if I was going to hurt you in any way with something I had to say, I would've said something rude the first day I got your number
just give me a chance
Willa contemplates this. It would be nice to have a friend again, one that doesn't go behind your back and talk about you like you're some diseased animal that infects everything she touches.
Fine.
You get one chance. If you blow it, we're never talking again.
does this mean were friends now???
I guess.
Jasper flares his arms around out of excitement with a big smile on his face but it disappears just as quickly as his chair falls backward onto the hard wood floor below. Despite the pain, happiness courses through him.
Finally. Someone to call a friend...
🥀
Hey what's up everyone!
The relationship between these two is a bit dysfunctional but It's fitting.
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