"Hey."
"..."
"..."
Travis looked at Ethan and smiled.
"Hey."
"You're not mad about me...?"
"Of course not."
Ethan smiled and closed his eyes for a kiss.
He was backhanded.
"I'm fucking furious."
Travis started to pace behind the counter.
"You didn't call, you didn't text! How was I supposed to know you weren't off getting high at a college party?"
"I lost my phone."
"You could've just driven over here, y'know."
"Mom won't let me go out without my phone."
"Oh."
Ethan shuffled his feet and smiled.
"You missed me?"
Travis backhanded Ethan.
"You missed me."
Travis rolled his eyes and took of his employee lanyard.
"Carry this, would you? Night shift is here."
"Who's night shift?"
"A guy named Ned."
"He sounds awkward."
"Eh, he's a nice guy. Only a little older than us."
"Is a "little" thirty years?"
"He's twenty, Ethan."
"Oh."
Travis skimmed over the counter and high-fived a burly man Ethan assumed was Ned.
"Let's go out to eat, shall we?"
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Holy fuck thanks for 25K y'all
I remember I was so excited when my first book got to 250 reads I almost cried and look at where we are now guys
okay have a great day <3
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Short StoryREWRITING! "Where are you getting all of this money from anyways?" ••• In which a boy goes into a bookstore every day to buy a copy of Romeo and Juliet and attracts the attention of an employee. ••• 07SS 10/29/16 Cover by @formulate
