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wait, what happened? you look wrecked. | Baxter passed this morning. fourteen years old, just went in his sleep. been holding it together all day at this party and then someone's kid asked where my dog was. |
hold on, you okay? what's going on? | my dog died this morning. old boy just didn't wake up. been here three hours smiling through cake and party games like nothing happened. |
okay what's the weirdest thing you've seen so far over there? | there's this one dad who's been trying to open a juice box for like ten minutes and keeps pretending he's fine about it. little guy just staring up at him waiting. it's the most low-stakes drama i've seen all night. |
are any of these kids actually having fun or is it just chaos? | there's a kid face-down in the grass near the bouncy castle just absolutely still. thought something was wrong but nah just taking a tactical rest between sugar highs. honestly respect the strategy. |
so what kind of weird dream did you have last night? | dude I was fighting a giant raccoon in a laundromat |
was it one of those dreams that felt super real? | yeah my cat was giving me life advice |
hold on, what do you mean a live snake? | came padding through the bedroom door with it dangling. looked at me like i was the unreasonable one for screaming. had to use the dustpan to get it back outside. |
any theories about why they always board by group numbers? | oh it's a loyalty test, you know. see who cracks and tries to cut. |
what's your next move here at the gate? | watching for the one guy who always runs late. prime suspect. |
what's got you looking like that this early? | oh man it's just — you know when you wake up and for like half a second everything's fine and then it hits you all over again? that's where i'm at. she packed up and left and the best i got was 'it's not you it's me' which is basically the adult version of a note taped to a rock. i'm sitting here in my backyard at 7am ... |
did something happen last night or are you just processing? | both i guess. i mean nothing new happened — she's already gone — but last night i couldn't sleep so i started going through old photos on my phone and that was a mistake. found one from like two months ago where we're both laughing at something stupid and i just sat there trying to remember what was so funny. i don't e... |
so what are you even gonna do with the money? | okay no i still can't breathe right like i was literally about to brush my teeth and then i check my email and it's just sitting there you know and my brain short-circuits cause i don't even remember entering this thing it was probably some late-night scrolling thing from months ago and now apparently i've got two gran... |
you gonna spend it on something stupid or what? | honestly i don't even know what my first thought was maybe new headphones but then i thought wait that's boring and then i thought maybe save it but who am i kidding i'm twenty-two and this is the most exciting thing that's happened all year and my brain's just looping between like rent money or something dumb like a w... |
did you even get any warning before it went? | n-nope. just a wet patch. then boom. |
what'd you say to him when you called? | told him the ceiling ate my couch. |
remember you said you were nervous about takeoff? | yeah this was a terrible life choice |
didn't you mention your instructor was kinda intense? | bet he's laughing watching me get tossed around |
wait what happened? you look like you just saw a ghost or something | okay so i went in for my regular shift review thing, right? just the usual sit-down with my manager, nothing special. and she's like 'so we're restructuring a bit' and i'm thinking oh great here comes more work for the same pay. but then she slides this paper across the table and it's like a formal promotion letter. fo... |
hold up, what happened? you're grinning like an idiot | so my boss called me into her office and i'm literally preparing myself for a lecture about something i definitely messed up. but instead she's like 'we're promoting you' and i'm looking around like who is she talking to. turns out someone in upper management just put my name forward without even telling me. i don't ev... |
so what do you do with stuff like that — keep it or toss it? | god the hoodie's still got that coffee stain from senior year. pretty sure that's just part of the fabric now. might frame it honestly. |
you gonna just shove it back in the closet or what? | it still smells faintly like that old library and bad decisions. definitely keeping it for the next time I need to feel twenty-two again for a minute. |
what's up with the box on your counter? saw the name on it and it's definitely not yours | oh my god okay so that's the weirdest thing. showed up with some random dude's name but it's literally the exact set of mixing bowls i've been eyeing for months. in a hushed voice like i'm still processing it. |
why are you whispering? you get a weird package or something? | dude the label says 'marcus allen' but inside it's the vintage record player i had bookmarked forever. whispered like i'm telling a secret because it feels like the universe just fumbled a delivery and handed me a win. |
so you're telling me the beach was worth dragging me out of bed at dawn? | okay you're not gonna believe this but she just looked at a seagull and went 'that bird is walking funny' like a full six words just dropped out of nowhere and i nearly dropped my coffee |
did the ocean inspire any deep thoughts or was it just cold? | better than deep thoughts actually. she pointed at a shell and said 'this one's sleeping' with this totally serious face and i swear i felt my heart do a backflip right there |
what's going on? | just standing here in the backyard at some ungodly hour thinking about when they were little and held your hand crossing the street. now they're not picking up and it's like that feeling never really goes away. |
so what'd the little menace do this time? | ate half a couch cushion then looked proud of it |
tell me about the dumb thing — what happened? | chased his own tail for ten minutes then fell over |
so what are you gonna do for the next three hours at the gate? | thinking the airport is a perfect cover for a money laundering operation. that one guy with the tiny suitcase and no carry-on? absolutely sketchy. |
you think you'll survive the wait or lose your mind first? | honestly the woman in the leopard print scarf is definitely a government plant. watching her pretend to read that same magazine page for twenty minutes now. |
so have you two started packing up his place yet? | boxes everywhere man. feels like a funeral in slow motion. |
did you guys figure out a last hangout before he goes? | tuesday. coffee. like that's enough time for fifteen years. |
you got that look again, what'd they do this time? | okay so i open my lunchbox at work right and there's this sticky note on my sandwich bag and it says 'you're my favorite person to share meals with' which is so stupid because we literally never share meals, i eat at my desk and she eats at her studio but the fact that she thought about me eating alone and wanted me to... |
did you get another one of those notes in your lunch today? | yeah she drew a little cartoon of us under an umbrella and wrote 'don't forget your umbrella' even though it's not supposed to rain and i texted her a picture of the note and she said 'just in case' and like something about that just in case got me because it means she's always thinking about things that might happen t... |
so what happened with that big interview you had? you kinda went quiet after. | oh they went with someone else. which is fine you know their loss obviously. except it's not fine because i literally rearranged my whole life around this one. told my landlord i'd be late on rent because the start date was so close. bought a blazer that makes me look like a real estate agent from 2007. and now i'm sit... |
did you end up hearing back from that place you were so excited about? | yeah heard back alright. form email. the kind that starts with 'after careful consideration' which is code for we barely looked at your application. had this whole vision you know. imagined the desk i'd sit at. practiced my commute in my head like a weirdo. even picked out which mug i'd use for tea. and now it's just g... |
how do you even handle something like this? | avoid the empty side of the bed, mostly |
so did you manage to get any sleep at all before the wedding? | sleep is a foreign concept at this point honestly. got back from the airport at midnight and was up at five thirty because the slides kept looping in my head. made myself a coffee around six and realized i'd already had three before noon yesterday so i switched to tea which did nothing. now i'm standing here in this su... |
what's got you looking like you're calculating something instead of enjoying the cake? | running numbers in my head actually. like if the meeting runs forty minutes and i excuse myself at the right moment i can miss the toast but catch the first dance which my wife would kill me for missing. but if the zoom drops i have to be near the router which is apparently behind the bar. the bartender already thinks ... |
So what's the wildest hypothetical you two cooked up on that endless drive? | oh man, if you could only eat one texture for the rest of your life, what would it be. dad said crunchy, mom said smooth, and i'm still mad they didn't pick chewy. |
Did your folks get tired of your chatter or were they playing along? | mom just kept passing me crackers while i asked if a tree falling in a forest would still make a sound if the car was too loud. she said yes but only if the radio was on. |
What's that you're holding? | old letters from someone I used to be inseparable with. it's funny how you can go from talking every day to n-not knowing if they still have the same number. |
Looks like you found something interesting up there? | just a box of letters from my old roommate. we used to write these ridiculous notes about nothing and now I can't even remember the last time we really talked. |
so this friend you met online — how's that going in person? | oh it's going. third time they've bailed last minute. like today I'm standing here on this platform with my lunch break ticking away and my phone buzzes — 'sorry something came up.' something always comes up apparently. I mean what do you even say at this point. the first time I was like fine whatever life happens. sec... |
you've been standing here a while — train late or something else? | train's on time actually. just me and my lunch and the realization that I've been stood up again by the same person. third strike. first time was the flu excuse which fine. second was a work emergency plausible. today it's just 'can't make it sorry' with no explanation. like at some point the excuses get thin you know.... |
so what's this earth-shattering discovery you're making me stand still for? | my mom's voicemail from like seven years ago. found it going through an old phone i thought was dead. she's just talking about the neighbor's dog getting loose again and asking if i want her to save me some of that weird casserole she made. nothing special. just her voice being completely ordinary and alive and i'm sta... |
you look like you just saw a ghost — what's with the phone? | my uncle left me a voicemail four years ago complaining about his tomato plants and i found it tonight. the man literally spent forty seconds telling me the slugs were 'getting uppity' and then asked if i wanted some rhubarb. that's it. that's the whole message. and now i'm sitting here on this stupid log watching the ... |
you just spaced out there for a sec — what's up? | smells like my dad's kitchen on a sunday morning you know. he'd wake up at like six and just start banging pans around and the whole house would fill with that garlic and onion smell. i was never awake enough to help but i'd sit on the counter and watch. now i'm trying to follow his recipe card and it's in his handwrit... |
did something remind you of something just now? | the way the oil sizzled when i dropped the garlic in. it's exactly that sound from when i was like eight and my dad would let me stand on a chair and 'help' stir. i remember he'd always say don't rush it let it get golden. and i'm standing here in my tiny apartment kitchen with this stupid plastic spatula and it's not ... |
so did anyone actually film it or are we safe | oh my god three phones were out i wanted to die |
did you at least save the bouquet on the way down | no i took out the cake table on my way |
So how's the freelance life treating you these days? | oh you know, just drowning in inbox zero that never actually hits zero. woke up to seventeen new messages before I even had coffee, which feels like a personal attack honestly. |
You look like you've been staring at a screen for twelve hours — everything okay? | three deadlines all decided to land on the same week and my inbox is basically screaming at me. keep telling myself it's fine but my eye's been twitching for like two days straight now. |
oh no, what happened when you showed up? | well maria was still in her bathrobe for starters. her hair was all wet like she'd just gotten out of the shower and the table was just covered in grocery bags and they were still figuring out what to cook. i just stood there holding a bottle of wine and my walking stick like some kind of lost mailman. she laughed it o... |
did they at least make you feel okay about it? | they were nice about it yeah but that almost makes it worse you know. the way people get real polite when you've messed up and they're trying not to make you feel bad. marla kept saying it's fine it's fine but you could hear that little edge in her voice like she was rearranging the whole menu in her head. bill just ke... |
remember that diner you mentioned on our first date? the one with the blueberry pie. is it still there? | oh yeah, and the house two blocks over got painted over too. hurts a little. |
you said you grew up on that street with the big oaks. do they still line the road like you described? | they do. but the old house is that weird beige now. doesn't feel like home anymore. |
babe you really gonna survive this week or what | barely keeping the wheels on at this point |
how many hours have you actually slept since Monday | laughing but there's no sleep just coffee |
so wait you're really doing the whole move by yourself at this hour? | yeah just me and a lifetime of crap i apparently decided to keep. every drawer turns into a time capsule you know. found a love letter from '92 and had to sit on the floor for fifteen minutes. now i'm at the gym because the only thing that makes sense at three am is lifting heavy things in a quiet room. the apartment l... |
you sound wrecked. how bad is it really? | bad enough that i almost cried over a spatula. a spatula. because i couldn't find it and it's the one thing i actually use. the kitchen is just piles of newspaper and bubble wrap and i swear the tape has developed a personality. it fights back. and the movers cancelled yesterday so it's just me and my sixty-year-old ba... |
Wait, you're actually going through with the speech? You looked pretty green on the phone earlier. | oh god don't remind me. like my cousin's wedding is in two days and i keep practicing in the mirror and my voice just… disappears? it's like my throat closes up the second i imagine people looking at me. and my mom keeps saying just picture them in their underwear which is the worst advice ever because now i'm gonna be... |
Did you at least get the notes down or is it still just you staring at a blank page? | blank page. blank everything honestly. i've got like three bullet points that say stuff like 'they're good together' and 'the dog likes him' which is not exactly toast material. my friend sarah sent me a template and i tried to follow it and it came out sounding like a corporate LinkedIn post about synergy. i mean i wa... |
wait so you're telling me that guy who always brings the sad tuna sandwich is some kind of internet celebrity? | oh you wouldn't believe it. turns out the quiet guy who fixes the ancient printer on tuesdays has like a million followers on some diy woodworking channel. i found out because my phone died and he let me use his laptop and the browser was open on his analytics page. i just stared at him and he goes 'yeah i don't really... |
so how exactly did you figure out debbie from accounting has a secret life? | it was the weirdest thing. we're at this late-night diner after a double shift and she starts telling this story about how she once accidentally live-streamed herself assembling ikea furniture for six hours because she forgot to turn off her camera. and i'm like wait you stream? and she just casually says oh yeah i hav... |
wait you heard something outside? | yeah like a scraping sound against the back fence. and then just this silence that felt wrong you know. sat here staring at the door for a good five minutes. |
so what was the noise exactly? | couldn't tell you honestly. maybe a branch or something but it had this rhythm to it. been gripping the phone so tight my hand hurts now. |
wait you got a ticket tonight? what even happened? | okay so i park in this spot that's been empty every single night for like three months right. it's not even marked. no sign no painted curb nothing. and tonight there's just this slip of paper under my wiper when i come out of the bar. fifty bucks for 'parking in a designated tow-away zone' which is literally not a thi... |
you're not seriously gonna let that slide though right? | oh absolutely not. already took pictures of everything. the whole block. the missing signs. the other cars parked the exact same way with no tickets. got the timestamp from the photo and the weather report showing it was actively raining when i pulled in which means the pavement was wet and the lines would show up if t... |
so what's got you gripping that treadmill like it owes you money? | lawyer just emailed me out of nowhere and i'm scared to open it |
you look like you're trying to outrun the fbi on that thing — what's up? | got a scary email from a lawyer and i have zero clue why |
remember how you used to say they'd probably just rewatch their wedding video instead of going out for dinner? | oh god yeah and look at them now, dad literally set up the old projector in the living room and mom made popcorn from scratch, like the fancy kind with the real butter, not that microwave stuff. and he keeps pausing it to point out how her dress looked in the light, and she's all 'you've seen this a hundred times' but ... |
did they actually use that cheesy playlist you made them last year? | you know they did, mom sent me a voice note at like 2am just humming along to that one frank sinatra track, and dad was in the background going 'turn it up, this is our song' like they hadn't heard it a million times. i was on the treadmill almost falling off because i was laughing and tearing up at the same time. and ... |
you've been out here staring at the same page for like twenty minutes, you good? | the words just stopped meaning anything around page seventy. like suddenly 'consideration' looked like a made-up word. feels like my brain is actively trying to escape my skull. |
is that the whole stack you gotta get through tonight? | yeah but honestly at this point i'm just moving my eyes across the sentences. none of it's sticking. feels like trying to fill a cup that's already got a crack running down the side. |
remember that time you made her that weird pasta with the burnt garlic? | yeah. she said it was the best thing anyone ever made her. |
didn't you guys have a song you both hummed at the grocery store? | still comes on the radio sometimes. just switch it off now. |
remember how you said that barista at the coffee shop near your old place always remembered your order? | that's the one. they paid for my coffee and left a note saying 'someone who smiles like that deserves a free one.' still have it in my wallet actually. |
didn't you mention once that some stranger bought your drink and left a napkin note? | yeah it was this tiny wedding reception later that night and i found the napkin folded in my bag. 'hope your day is as sweet as this coffee' — i mean who even does that. |
wait you're telling me you actually spoke to them? | just stood there like an idiot |
did they recognize you at all? | stared right through me man |
so you're gonna stand up there and just... speak? | the toast is in my pocket and my hand is sweating through the paper. three minutes of talking and i'm picturing the entire room staring at me like a deer in headlights. |
bet you practiced in front of the dryer, huh? | the spin cycle's applause was actually pretty encouraging. now i just gotta remember what words come after 'hello everyone'. |
So what are you gonna do now? | delete my phone from existence probably |
Any idea how to fix this? | fake a signal loss and hope they forget |
so she just... forgot entirely? | yeah, called her last night to say goodnight and she was asking how my weekend plans were. just sat there staring at the clock after. didn't have the heart to remind her. |
did she realize it later or just never came up? | never came up. checked my phone all morning like a fool thinking maybe she'd text something. just that same old photo of the lake as her profile picture. feels stupid to care this much. |
What happened that's got you this quiet tonight? | got home starving and that container of pasta I specifically wrote my name on was just sitting empty in the sink. like that wasn't a suggestion, that was a survival plan. |
Something at the apartment set you off? | left a note on the leftovers — literally said 'do not touch.' came back to find the Tupperware licked clean. there's a special place in hell for people who can't read. |
what are you gonna do about the job application deadline? | still stuck in that moment honestly. she was just standing there at the self-checkout and it was grandma's exact lavender powder smell. froze me right up. |
any idea what you're doing for the weekend? | probably just sit in the stacks for a bit longer. that perfume hit me so hard I can't even think straight. haven't smelled that in like fifteen years. |
no way, what'd you do? | thumb slipped and now they know everything. |
wait you never checked that email from the state lottery? | oh my god the five bucks turned into five hundred |
so you're telling me that scratch-off from last month was actually a winner? | dude I almost threw it away just now |
Wait, you look like you just got hit by a bus — what happened? | it's stupid really but my mom forgot my birthday. like not even a text. and i know she's busy and it's not like i'm a kid anymore but i was sitting there watching my phone all day and nothing. and then i thought maybe she'd call after dinner and she didn't. and i'm sitting here in the library with these old books and i... |
You've got that look — what's eating you up right now? | ah it's my mom. she forgot. my birthday was yesterday and not a peep. and i know i'm thirty-something and that shouldn't matter but it does. i was up late last night just scrolling through old photos and thinking about how she used to wake me up with pancakes and now there's just silence. and the worst part is i didn't... |
hold up, you good? | seven days at the dog park alone and that's pretty much it |
wait what happened — you look wrecked | t-third night in a row. literally don't remember what my bed feels like anymore. the project lead kept adding stuff at like midnight and there's no one else to push back. fell asleep standing up on the bus and this lady had to tap my shoulder to get off at her stop. the worst part is we're not even halfway through and ... |
dude you look like you haven't slept in days — what's going on | yeah that's because I haven't. three nights now and the caffeine stopped working somewhere around hour forty. my brain feels like static but I keep opening the same email over and over like I'm waiting for it to say something different. the bus driver had to yell 'end of the line' twice before I snapped out of it. this... |
so the turbulence was that bad up there? | oh god the whole plane just dropped |
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