by dawnchu » Wed May 22, 2019 8:07 am
I go through the rest of my day almost mechanically. Normally an argument wouldn't bother me, but something was different that time. Despite getting being questioned by many of my co-workers, I shrugged them off and push the situation to the back of my mind. I seem to be very good at doing that. Throwing away thoughts, feelings and people. I think.
After getting home I sit on the couch and turn on the TV. Suddenly I remember what Aurora said about La La Land. Might as well give it a try, right? It's just a movie. I decide.
I go on my Netflix account that is immediately bombarded with horror movie suggestions. For a second I feel ashamed of it and contemplate turning off the TV, but I push through and and watch the dumb movie Aurora loves so much. It starts out pretty boring, but then I get interested in the characters relationship. By the end I'm rooting for them to get married, and when they do, I'm completely awash with happiness and emotion. I'm crying on my couch, still in my work clothes, when I finally see myself and wonder, Maybe Aurora was right. I guess not everything bad can come out of a relationship. Well, sometimes. I'll just... apologize to her tomorrow. Sounds good.
The next day's lunch break rolls around all too soon, and all of a sudden I'm in front of a mad Aurora, nervous and sweaty.
"What do you want, Finch?" she asks me, annoyed.
"I just wanted to say, uh, I-I'm sorry for what I said yesterday and how I made you sad?" I stutter somewhat. She stands there for a moment with her arms crossed looking up at me. I'm almost 99% sure she's going to slap me and walk away until she says,
"Really? You are? That's amazing! Have you thought about what I said?" she exclaims happily.
I let out a sigh of relief and almost laugh at seeing her so happy. "Well, a bit. And I also watched La La Land last night. You know, the one that you're obsessed about?"
"Wow! What did you think of it? Wait, actually I don't really want to know. You're going to say one of your "suffering comes with love" lines again." I can practically see her deflate already.
"No! No, no, not at all. I thought it was... pretty freaking epic. I even shed a tear or two." Or a couple hundred, I add in my mind.
"Oh my gosh. You see! I tell everyone it's amazing and nobody listens to me." Aurora says. She giggles and I suddenly feel ten times more happy. We chat for a while until she has to leave. I'm almost disappointed.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." She says casually, throwing the waste from her garbage away.
"Tomorrow?" I ask, surprised and happy at the same time.
"Yeah, you don't want to talk to me?"
"Talking to you is great! I mean, yeah, that'd be pretty cool." I rub my neck and shrug to play it off.
"Ooookay then. Bye!" Aurora walks towards the doors, waving at me until she leaves the building.
"See you." Then I'm sitting all alone smiling like a fool.
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