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"Okay, Ms. Summerall, can you please explain what happened the next day, specially when you called him?"
"Sure. No problem."
August 5th, 20XX
"Damn it! I'm so late! I didn't even drink and I'm still super tired. Human interaction is exhausting."
Mental Note: Never hang out with those girls again.
"Where are my keys?"
Maybe they're in my jacket. I was wearing one last night, wasn't I? I'll check there.
"Huh? What's this?"
"Ah okay. Um, here, have this."
"What's this?"
"It's my business card."
"Why are you giving me this?"
"It has my number on it. Call me."
Oh yeah. Guess I forgot to call him. Whoops. I'll just call him now.
"Hey Sirus. Oh, right. I swear when I move out I'm gonna get a IPhone. I guess I'll just have to do it the hard way."
Beep Beeep Booop Boop Beep Booop Beeeeep
Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring...
"Hey! Finally you called."
'How'd you know it was me?"
"I don't give my never to just anyone."
"Okay whatever. Any I'm about to head to class. What class are you in right now?"
"I don't have classes today, but thanks for the thought."
"Oh, um... yeah no problem."
"I could meet you after your class if you want."
"I- uh- sure! Where should we meet?"
"At the coffee shop on 5th street and Jackson maybe?"
"Yeah, sure. I'll see you there."
"Okay see you. Bye."
"Bye."
Beep
Oh my god I was way too hyped. How embarrassing.
Present
"Thank you for response. As you can see ladies and gentlemen of the jury...."
And that's when it hit me.
"At the coffee shop on 5th street and Jackson maybe?"
"The coffee shop on 5th street and Jackson."
It was the same place. The worst part is that it wasn't even a well known coffee shop it was still the same place. I didn't tell anyone the details about any of this. So how on earth did she say the exact same place? There's no way that she picked that place at random. Daniel had never even been there before and as far as anyone knew I had never been there either. Why did she pick there? Has she known all along? But how would she have known?
"Ashe! Wake up!"
"Huh?"
"You fell asleep. I thought I should wake you up."
"When did I fall asleep?"
"Like 30 minutes ago."
"Where's Helia?"
"She said she'd be back soon, supposedly there was something she needed to take care of."
Something she needed to take care of? Is it what I think it is?
"Hey you must have been pretty mentally exhausted, huh?"
"Well, yeah, I guess I was. Hey can I ask you a question?"
"You just did, but yeah, what is it?"
Don't ask him just yet.
"Why don't you have any other friends?"
"I do have other friends."
"Then why are you here with me? Wouldn't you be happier off with your friends somewhere?"
"No, I'm happier here with you. Why do you ask that?"
It has been bothering me lately. I never see him with anyone else. I've never met a single one of his friends. All throughout high school I was the only person he talked to. And when I met Helia, Daniel sort of just left the group and made new friends.
"Are we.... still friends, Daniel?"
Please
"No..... we aren't."
"Huh?! Why not?!
"Because we're best friends."
"I hate you, you know that."
"Yeah, yeah, I know."
"Thank you."
"For what?"
'For always being there for me."
"It's no big deal. I'm just being a good friend."
"You don'y have to be modest. I know how much you wanna brag about being the best friend I could ever have. You have my permission."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"I told you so! I. Am. The. Best. Friend. Ever!"
Love you Daniel.
- Writer
