Footlights and Forever by Sebastian Sharpe

Author:Sebastian Sharpe [Sharpe, Sebastian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Normal is an illusion, what is normal for the spider is Chaos for the fly” Morticia Addams

Dylan

“Ididn’t say what you were wearing was bad,” Natalie shouted through the dorm room door, “I just said it was a brave choice.”

“You said brave like I was a Make-A-Wish recipient,” I called back, rummaging through my wardrobe to find some clothes that didn’t make me look like I was a survivor of some horrible sartorial tragedy that had seen the demise of all well-fitting clothing in existence and left only rags to wear for warmth.

“You looked okay!” I heard her clearing her throat, making room for more lies. “I mean, was paring a black and white checkerboard shirt with a pair of canary yellow pants a choice? Yes it was, but you would have definitely stood out.”

I pulled out a heap of slacks and jeans from the chest of drawers and dumped them on the bed behind me.

“Why do you actually own those pants anyways?”

“I thought they might be suitable for going out to, like, a theatre show.” I plucked a pair of dark trousers from underneath a mound of blue denim.

“To wear?” Her shocked voice came through the door, as if I’d just told her I wanted to wear the tutu from the opening titles of Sex and the City to a funeral.

“No Nat, to wear on my head as a hat.” I grabbed a simple blue Oxford button-down from the hanger and dressed quickly, then opened the door wide and stood in the entryway for inspection.

“See now you look hot.” She smiled, coming into the room and closing the door behind her.

“But I won’t stand out,” I mumbled, my stare trained down to my shoes.

“Why would you need…” She trailed off before realization dawned on her face. She slipped her arms around my waist and pulled me tightly to her. “You don’t need to physically stand out for Austin to notice you, you idiot,” she admonished me gently.

“I just want to make sure his eyes stay on me, you know?” I hated admitting that to myself more than anyone. I knew though, if anyone would understand, it would be Natalie.

“Austin could spot you blindfolded across the other side of a crowded room silly.” She poked a finger against my forehead.

I started to respond, but a sharp knock on the door stopped me in my tracks. It couldn’t be Austin because he said he would be getting a ride to the frat house with his housemates. The plan had been to meet him there. I crossed my fingers, hoping that it wasn’t the RA telling us once again to keep the noise down. Hailey had been known to disturb the neighbors.

I pulled the door open mid-sentence. “I’m sorry we will totally keep it… Oh my god.”

“Well, god is a nice new name but let’s stick with Hailey.” Tears immediately sprang to my eyes as I walked into Hailey’s outstretched arms.

After about ten minutes of sobbing and bawling, I finally returned to some semblance of normality as I pulled Hailey down to sit next to me on the bed.

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