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I sat down on a bench and pulled s, warer I’d be able to enjoy the sun like this

Being with thes, but it didn’t really feel like it There would be soout my phone, I hoped that Jack would still be awake My exhaustion and te to wear ily

"Sorry Did I wake you?"

"Nah, I’h Why? What do you need?" He still sounded awfully tired, and he yawned into the phone

"I was just… wondering if I could stay with you for awhile" I grimaced at my own question Maybe I asked too o hoed the locks

"Yeah, sure What’s wrong with your place?" Jack replied without even thinking about it

"I got in a fight withhome so late, and I’m not exactly welcoized "Yeah Sure You can stay here as long as you want Do you need a ride right now?"

"It would be nice, but it’s not necessary" I still didn’t completely understand his deal with sun, and I wasn’t sure if he could drive out in it to coet me

"Yeah, yeah, okay I’ll be there in like five ain and I heard a rustle ofthat he’d already been in bed

"I’h I’m on a bench a couple blocks away" I looked around for a street sign so I could tell him what intersection I was at for sure, but he could always find ht" He clicked off the phone, and I shovedthat I wouldn’t be stuck on this bench all day like a ho the right thing

Nothing in my life had prepared me to deal with situations like this Up until now, /partying/hating myself with Jane, and that’s about it

I’d barely even kissed a boy, I’d never driven a car, or been out of the tri-state area My father left before I o, andcontinuously so we’d have just enough to survive

I knew nothing about life, and here I was, preparing to give it up in exchange for so I didn’t truly understand