in which a boy boredly calls a random number at 11:11pm every night, not expecting to meet a sarcastic girl just a year older than him.
✎ The Rose Awards winner - short story ✎
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"Hm, what is your favorite dessert?"
"Brownies with chocolate chip cookie dough swirled in, hands down the best thing I've ever tasted."
"That sounds absolutely delicious. I need the recipe. BRO, what if I made that but with the blondies and white chocolate cookies? I am a genius."
"Ew, no."
"Please don't tell me you don't like white chocolate."
"Sorry, phone girl. I despise white chocolate."
"..."
"Lila?"
"I should hang up this phone, but I have better morals."
"Good, I don't want you to go."
"Uh, erm, it's your turn."
"Right, sorry. Um, what's your happiest memory?"
"Oh wow, that's a good one. Now I have to decide! Um... oh! When I was eight my mom threw this birthday party for me and everyone came and we had the most delicious cupcakes. Those cupcakes seriously made the world go round. I can still taste them."
"You're weird, phone girl."
"And you're an idiot."
"I took that to heart."
"Whatever. Have you had your first kiss?"
"Uh, no? Have you?"
"No. Not many guys like me."
"Why not?"
"Is that your question?"
"Sure."
"Well, I'm not exactly as talkative at school as I am with you and Jo."
"That is very hard to believe."
"It's true. And to add to that, I also have a resting bitch face, so people think I'm rude and unapproachable. So the only person I really talk to at school is Jo."
"That's fucked up."
"It is. I hate it. Okay, back on track. What is your favorite song lyric?"
"It's not happy by the way. Just warning you."
"That's okay. Shoot."
"The worst things in life come free to us."
"Is that Ed Sheeran?"
"Yeah."
"I like that lyric. I like it a lot."
"What's your favorite hobby?"
"Well... no one knows this, but I like to think of myself as a decent singer."
"Really?"
"Really really."
"You seem like a singer. You have the right voice for it."
