one missed call

thirty - two

he sat down on the grass beside her.

"hey."

"hi."

"what's up?"

"the sky."

"ha, that's punny."

"and that's corny."

there's silence for a moment. "what's wrong?"

she glanced back at him and smiled sadly. "all the ways i don't actually count."

he paused, "are you having trouble with math? because anna's tutoring every wednesdays and fridays and i'm sure i can get you in."

she looked away and laughed.