even: Piz

ric

our house. We might have known each other since mi

e would run out of money and return home. That meant he would take o

t get hurt. I don't want that. I would only have to protect m

ter doing my assignment in mathematics, I lay in my bed, my mind fleeti

d her in my presence. The boy I liked kissed

othersome; I don't want to cry over som

the beginning of this year. I had made zero efforts in m

e will marry me. One of my classmates back in high school had said only a disabled person

I think I could have a chance with Gavi

such

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; I never wanted anything to do with him again. We did n

d sucked and it was tasteless, sometimes burned or partly cooked, but it didn't m

ating several salivating meals while I had sort of mashed potatoes and

er me at the thought of

r, my chest coming in contact with the mashed

op top showing her pierced navel and rocking sk

d away. I watched her sashay her hips, with building anger in me. I only ne

tu

I got up and did the walk

d by the mashed potatoes and sauce. Al

I going

t school; some

ith tears, but I fo

en is t

onger gawked at my stained clothes anymor

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r uniform. It was a white shirt and blue trousers. I never bothered

e with her usual scowl. She and her wife were going t

anks to the courtesy of Wren's father. No one was going to

ws. Luckily, I had this, though they paid seven dollars and thirty cents per hour.

ake orders, as I could irritate customers w

n the air, and my stomach grumbled for food. I had not eaten a

her chef's cap. She went on chopping ingredients like Houdini. Her face was red from the heat of the ki

e pushed a bundle of written orders to my chest.

d I

th them. I only had to take them to the customers. Luc

muster. I was to serve a woman and her infant son. Children un

en greetings on my app. *Welcome to Pi

ieved they would fall off. "Is this the new

akers of my phone. Placing her order on the table, I positi

dy's face. "Thank you..." Her eyes wande

king human. It might feel strange for others, but for me, it feels like I hit a jackpot. Holdi

Wren for

pizza crust was crispy. She only wanted to hear me say it; when I use

y day job. I signed out then went back to t

half-eaten. Opening the fridge, I pulled out three slices of pizza wi

g; I was so hungry my stomach began

and drank a liter of fr

the kitchen clean before going home, with

of eating pizza every day for a month, then two years.