Wishing Day (2016)
“ You should smile more, Natasha. When you smile, it lights up your face.
Natasha read it through twice. Then she dug in her pocket for the first note. She shook it open, and her eyes went from one to the other. She checked the handwriting, the funny little as and the carefully dotted is. She went back and forth until she convinced herself of the truth: There were two notes, both written to her, both equally wondrous.
“Hi, Natasha,” someone said, and she startled. It was Benton’s best fri...end, Stanley, looking round and puffy in a green down jacket that probably came from his parents’ sporting goods store.
Natasha pressed the notes together and held them at her side, hidden by her cupped hand.
“Hi, Stanley,” she said. Her legs felt hollow, and although she liked Stanley, she wasn’t in the mood for a chat. She willed him to continue on toward wherever he was headed.
He didn’t. He stood there, smiling awkwardly. They both smiled awkwardly, until the fog lifted from Natasha’s brain.MoreLess
Natasha read it through twice. Then she dug in her pocket for the first note. She shook it open, and her eyes went from one to the other. She checked the handwriting, the funny little as and the carefully dotted is. She went back and forth until she convinced herself of the truth: There were two notes, both written to her, both equally wondrous.
“Hi, Natasha,” someone said, and she startled. It was Benton’s best fri...end, Stanley, looking round and puffy in a green down jacket that probably came from his parents’ sporting goods store.
Natasha pressed the notes together and held them at her side, hidden by her cupped hand.
“Hi, Stanley,” she said. Her legs felt hollow, and although she liked Stanley, she wasn’t in the mood for a chat. She willed him to continue on toward wherever he was headed.
He didn’t. He stood there, smiling awkwardly. They both smiled awkwardly, until the fog lifted from Natasha’s brain.MoreLess
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