Just a normal conversation between two high school juniors.
(This 496-word short story is purely dialogue-based.)
🏆 🥇 Winner of @YA 's Summer Countdown 2023 Contest. 🥇 🏆
Prompt: The warmest season is arriving in a few weeks. Create a short story of your to-do list before the school year ends.
Nat returns to campus for her senior year of college.
Something's in the air - is it anxiety? Is it pot fumes drifting out of someone's dorm window? Is it Old Town Road, dancing on the breeze?
Ope, nope, it's just hope (haha) that maybe, just maybe, a certain friendship with a certain someone might turn into something more.
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YA romcom/murder mystery because why not?
Marked mature for language and mention of suicide.
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Excuse the cringey description, I don't usually write this kind of YA.