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I wish I was a cloud... then I'd be able to know what it's like to have an airplane inside of me without dying...
Inside of the school library, James sits at the computer typing slowly and oddly, using his pointer fingers on the keys, another student sits next to him.
Student: Hey, James.
James: What's up, Brian?
Brian: You know Jennifer, right?
James: No I don't.
Brian: I didn't say which Jennifer I was talking about.
James: Don't know any Jennifer.
Brian: I saw Mahoney talking to her, he's your best friend.
James: Just because we're best friends doesn't mean I know everyone he knows, we aren't butt buddies.
Brian: Well, do you know if she has a screen name?
James: Don't have a computer.
Brian: Well, do you know her number?
James: Don't have a phone.
Brian: I used your phone yesterday.
James: ...
James looks at the computer screen for a moment, then back at Brian.
James: No you didn't.
Brian: I remember saying "James can I use your phone."
James: Must have been some other James.
Brian: But...
James: Oh Jesus Christ, can't you take a fucking hint?
Brian: What?
James: Mahoney's trying to get with Jennifer and I'm sure as shit not gonna help somebody get with the girl my best friend likes.
Brian: M... Mahoney likes her?
James: Yeah, now I'd appreciate it if you would fuck off so I could...
The bell rings to signal the beginning of class.
James: God damn it, Brian.
James gets up and walks away, after a few seconds he returns to the computer, ignoring Brian. He clicks print and grabs what he's finished of his story then runs off to class. He meets up with Mahoney as he comes to the top of the stairs, they both walk into the classroom that Jennifer was just leaving, they sit down in their seats, their teacher, the black-haired man from the beginning enters holding a mug of coffee.
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