italics ~ elliot
bold ~ carter
thursday, april 12, 7:23 pm est
unknown number: hi
unknown number: crap, did grace write my number down in another bathroom stall?
unknown number: no, but care to share the story behind that?
unknown number: sure, random (creepy stalker) stranger
unknown number: i'm not a creep, my name's carter btw
unknown number changed "unknown number" to "carter"!
unknown number: i'm elliot
carter changed"unknown number" to "elliot"!
carter: i found this number inside a journal i found on the subway
carter: i gotta say bro, i was not expecting a dude to own this journal
elliot: fuck
elliot: well on the bright side my friend grace owes me five bucks, she said i'd never find it
elliot: what what do you mean? is my journal really feminine? wtf??
carter: uhh no dude it's just um
elliot: i'm kidding, i'm actually a girl "dude"
carter: but your name is elliot?
elliot: yeah and you're one to talk, carter is a unisex name too
carter: i can assure you i am very male
elliot: wow thanks for the info, i wasn't going to be able to sleep tonight if i didn't know that!!
carter: excuse me, i'm the one that has your journal, be nice to me
elliot: yeah yeah
elliot: you didn't uh look inside right?
elliot: it's just really embarrassing and personal and mush and gross
elliot: it's better for your personal health if you don't look inside actually, 4/5 doctors don't recommend
carter: don't worry, i would never
carter: believe it or not i have a journal too, i wouldn't want someone looking either
elliot: you have a journal mr.dude? what's in it?
carter: song lyrics, mostly
elliot: is music your thing?
carter: i guess so... what about you?
carter: what's in yours?
elliot: a lot of lyrics and poetry too actually, but i have no musical talent whatsoever
elliot: mostly stories and ideas and stuff, i want to write one day
carter: what do you write about?
elliot: everything
elliot: i want to write books or movies or tv shows or something
elliot: that's what i'm going to school for actually
carter: you're in college?
carter: we're like the same age then
elliot: oof brb praying you're not a creeper old guy
carter: i'll talk to you later then, elliot ;)
elliot: ugh i gotta do 57 more hail mary's just for that winky face, thanks a lot carter
YOU ARE READING
Subway Cars & Lonely Hearts
Short Storyin which a college student accidentally leaves her journal on the subway and a hollywood star contacts the number inside.
