The Pretend Girlfriend
“A somewhat strange sensation, she thought, given that the mind usually exaggerated things.
Though it could have just been an expression of her mood. Despite there being no one else in the room, the secretary had told her to take a seat. So she'd sat down on one of a pair of wingback chairs flanking a teardrop-shaped coffee table.
The chair had looked comfortable, but seemed designed to achieve the opposite effect. She kept shifting, but no matter how she sat, something prodded her, or felt too ...hard or too soft.
And of course there weren't any magazines or newspapers to be found anywhere. Probably too plebeian or bourgeois or something like that.
Feeling like a kid sent to study hall for detention, the secretary being the shrewish, draconian vice principal in charge of discipline, Gwen surreptitiously took out her phone, crossing her legs and hiding it behind her thigh. No calls, no messages, no emails. Even Facebook was dead. Given the hour, that wasn't surprising. She kind of wished at least one of her parents understood texting.MoreLess
Though it could have just been an expression of her mood. Despite there being no one else in the room, the secretary had told her to take a seat. So she'd sat down on one of a pair of wingback chairs flanking a teardrop-shaped coffee table.
The chair had looked comfortable, but seemed designed to achieve the opposite effect. She kept shifting, but no matter how she sat, something prodded her, or felt too ...hard or too soft.
And of course there weren't any magazines or newspapers to be found anywhere. Probably too plebeian or bourgeois or something like that.
Feeling like a kid sent to study hall for detention, the secretary being the shrewish, draconian vice principal in charge of discipline, Gwen surreptitiously took out her phone, crossing her legs and hiding it behind her thigh. No calls, no messages, no emails. Even Facebook was dead. Given the hour, that wasn't surprising. She kind of wished at least one of her parents understood texting.MoreLess
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