one missed call

twenty - three

"Ben what're we doing here?"

"Just gonna hang out." He sat on a swing. "Literally."

She sighed and sat on the swing next to him. "It's not like we don't hang out in school."

"We don't anymore, actually. So you gonna tell me what's up?"

She kicked off the ground and the swing began to move. "The sky is really great, don't you think?"

"Yeah..."

She stopped swinging. "And everyone loves it, don't they?"

"Of course everyone does. I guess the sky just doesn't know it."

"What do you think would happen if the sky just... disappeared? Stop being there?"

He paused and smiled sadly, "The world would be insanely different without the sky. Like, the sun and moon and stars would cease to exist if the sky was not there anymore. Everyone would miss it cause they love it so damn much."

"You really think so?"

He nodded.

"So you understand what I mean, right?"

"Of course."

"Thanks Ben."