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Avery

Living alone in the city can be a drag sometimes

I pour lass of wine and stretch out on the couch I watch the Bachelor ju dumped for, what, the fiftieth ti to feel bad for hi crapped on all over

I can relate to that, actually I haven’t really been living my best life these last few , ever since graduating fro back to Philadelphia

My dad died teeks after I gottime, but that didn’tin the back of your ood, there’s still a drop of it, just waiting to fuck shit up

That hope wrecked me Fuck that hope It destroyed me, blindsidedto pull through this time

So I ca somewhere else, maybe out to California, h school somewhere, but that’s taken a back seat ever since my whole life fell apart

I had to co She’s so lost withoutwith her for a while but got my own place a feeeks back to try and kickstart my own life Plus, she basically forced me out

So here I a, still totally lost, alone in a city I never planned on returning to I guess it’s not so bad I have soh I feel gross touching a penny of that Still, I have no job, no prospects, and it feels like I’ anytime soon

That’s why I’ uess you can’t really blaht?

“Moron,” I gruh Twitter, reading some of the reactions For a second, I feel a tiny bit less alone

And then it starts to ring in my hand

I stare at the nunize it, but it’s kind of late for a teleh and decide to answer, just because I’h

“Hello?”

A man clears his throat “Hello, Avery?”

I hesitate His voice is deep and ss on the radio “Yes, this is her Who’s this?”

“Hi, Avery You probably don’t remember me My name is Julian White”

I furrow my brow The na about a Julian, a friend froh school…