First Lie Wins

by Ashley Elston

They don’t love me. At most, I satisfied the first wave of curiosity.

I don’t want to lie to him if I don’t have to.

And I wonder if he is choosing his words as carefully as I choose mine.

Even though I expect his lies, does he expect mine?

“I got your fireworks, Kitty Cat,” he says, while grabbing his crotch.

Ew. This isnt the flex he thinks it is.

While this is the easiest way to get into the party, it is also the grossest.

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I found him on the children and teens floor of the Central Public Library, where he was teaching three middle school girls how to play chess on the life-size board.

My dream guy

Even though the screen is tiny, his familiar face is all I can see.

WHOSE FACE IS IT

Cats riding unicorns on a pale pink background.