Sweet Dreams
I exhale through my nose, staring up at the ceiling.
Of course my existence has already been turned into campus entertainment again.
“Well”I say quietly as If mauling the new information she just spilled before saying. “Screw them and their unhealthy obsession with him, I did nothing wrong”I say as she snorts immediately. Then it turns into a full laugh the kind she tries to hold in but loses halfway through.
I try to stay serious for exactly two seconds before I crack up too, and suddenly we’re both laughing messy, breathy, our laughter a little too loud for a room that’s supposed to be calm.