Fiction Imitating Life

The entire week I lived it between anger and self pity. I talked to her during the week as she made excuses as to why we couldn’t hang out. I didn’t press it. I hadn’t even asked her to hang out. I was busy at school, and I was busy at work. I had actually quit my job on Wednesday because I was picked up at an office for twice the money. But on Friday, it was different. I was off the next day and I wanted to go out. I called her to see what was up. “Oh I’m staying in tonight, but we’re going to... Sign in to see full entry.

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I looked at the Futon on the roof of my car. I had gone to a near by Target and bought the piece for a hundred just so I would have a place to sleep and sit in my new one bedroom. It was all I had at my place. I had been moved in for twenty minutes. And I had gotten some groceries and this pretty futon. I had never slept on a futon before, and to tell you the truth I was barely aware that things like it existed. Still the thing was tied to the roof of my car and I had to try to get it down. I... Sign in to see full entry.