Such is Life

Because Nobody is better than Somebody, and Somebody makes her smile though lips painted red with lipstick she doesn't like, wear the black dress that is in the back of her closet for a reason, makes her labor over curling irons and hair for longer than she wants to - but Nobody lets her dance under night skies in the rain with streetlights instead of stars - and that is everything and nothing at all.

Oh, c'est la vie; such is life.

[or Evan remembers when Julie was seven instead of seventeen, when they didn't know the suburbs were where people watched life go by and where everyone talked but no one said anything, and he wishes the rain would last forever]

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[basically just a short story about a boy in love with his childhood friend who has no idea; centered around one snapshot moment/an epiphany]

+ cover credit: my photo

(Note: I entered this into an awards with minor edits so it is not plagiarism because I am the author so it should not be reported as such. :)