Upside Down

by N.R. Walker

“Sometimes you drive me crazy.” I stopped again and frowned. “Wait a minute,” I said. “I think I have the wrong file or something.” “Here, let me,” Nataya said, getting up and quickly taking control of the laptop. She was some computer engineer wizard at Hogwarts or something, so if anyone could fix it… The next screen appeared. Sometimes you make me mad. “The fu…?” Nataya pressed the next screen. You never pick the wet bathmat up. “What the…?” And I know you used my toothbrush that one time, even though you said you didn’t. “I bought him a new one,” I said, defending my honour. “And it was a different colour, and he is a lying liar who lies.” But you make me laugh. I looked at everyone in the room, and they were all smiling at me. The next screen appeared. And you recommend the best audiobooks. “I work in a library, genius,” I mumbled. “But that is actually true. He loves audiobooks.” And there’s a hundred little things… Nataya pressed the next screens, one after the other. You give the best foot massages. You buy the bread I like, even though it’s not your favourite. You make the bed every day. I nodded. “That’s true. I don’t think he’s ever made it once.” Because you’re the last out of it. I gasped. “I resent that!” You are the light in my dark, my missing puzzle piece. Awww. I put my hand to my mouth. But something’s missing, Jordan. I blinked a few times. “What?” I looked around the room. My heart rate skyrocketed. “What?” Breathe, Jordan. Yes it said Breathe, Jordan ...