STORY STARTER
“I really can’t stand you.”
“Then why are you still listening to me?”
Write a short story that features this piece of dialogue.
Stupid
“I really can’t stand you.”
“Then why are you still listening to me?”
“None of your business.”
“Just face it already—you like me.”
“No I don’t! What kind of delusion caused your idiot brain to think that!?”
“I don’t know”
“Hmph”
“Maybe . . . it’s the way you still approach me despite how much you claim to hate my presence.”
“Yeah sureeee, I’m totally the one who approaches YOU. Dummy.”
“-Or the way you look at me sometimes when you think I can’t see you”
“Like I want to murder you?”
“Like you love me.”
“Tha-that’s ridiculous!”
“And I kind of like it cuz I love you too.”
• • • •
“…maybe I like you just a little.”
“Only a little?”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself….stupid.”
“Of course not.”
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