Casting a Different Shadow Part Five

 

Casting a Different Shadow

Part Five

 

~Violet~

Dear Patsy-

Burn this after reading!
I have such a passionate crush on Jacob.
Don't tell anyone or I won't be your friend anymore.
I mean it.
He came in today and teased me again.
He keeps saying my eyes are BROWN!!!!
He makes me so crazy.
But he's SO cute!

V.

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Patsy: Hey Vi, look what I found today while cleaning out my old school stuff. It's a note about Jacob.

Violet: Oh........Jacob. Yes, I was a little silly then, wasn't I? Huh! Well, I DID like him.

Patsy: Like, my ass! You were enthralled. (Laughing)

Violet: Yeah, I guess. But it seemed so impossible back then. Funny how things change, eh?

Patsy: Yeah...funny. Who would have guessed it would have turned out the way it all did?

Violet: Life's a mystery, Patsy. No kidding.

Patsy: Will ya ever tell me the whole story, Vi?

Violet: Yeah, Patsy, in my own time. 
(whispers) He changed the way the world was supposed to be.

Patsy: What did you say?

Violet: I'll tell you later.

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