“It’s okay, you’ll end up getting some of my winnings for squirrel-sitting, so it’s not a complete loss! Oh, good, good, I like where this is going. What if, when the music starts playing, we happy cry and run in slow motion to the other–but then! Bam! A car hits you! And it’s horrible! So we go to the hospital! And you’re in a coma, because, you know, you were hit by a car, but your soul comes to me and is like ‘I wish I had told you sooner,’ and it’s really sad–but then! A miracle! You wake up! But, you have amnesia! So, you can’t remember all the pining, and it’s really sad because you’re like ‘who’s that girl?’ and I cry because I want you to know, but if I tell you, you might sacrifice stuff for me and I want you to live the best life possible, so I leave, still crying–of course. So, time goes on, and we start living our own lives again, and then we meet in like a grocery store or something–a park! That’s more romantic. Okay, so we meet in a park, and I seem familiar to you, but you don’t know why, and I don’t tell you because, you know, there’s no drama then. So then, we keep accidentally meeting in random places and your feelings start to grow all over again and one night you run to my apartment and you’re like ‘Hey! Nev!’ and so I open my window and there you are and you shout something that you only would have remembered from before the accident and I start crying and you climb the fire escape and we both happy cry again and it’s a really nice ending with more music playing in the background!”
“Huh.” Nev couldn’t place her finger on it, but she felt like there was something about the subject of family that wasn’t Jake’s favorite. Maybe it was him saying it wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be, but for Nev, it had more to do with the way he said it. Kind of making it seem like it wasn’t a big deal–a behavior she shared. “Thank you. I think I will go for it, c’est la vie! Yolo! Carpe Diem! All those pump up sayings!”
“ Well, I like that it’s a win-win now. I’d have hung out with a squirrel for free, but hey! I don’t have to, which makes it even more a plus. I --- woah, I don’t think there’s anything I can add to that! You’ve got all the dramatic bases covered, what with souls, and memory loss, and two happy cries, not to mention the whole window thing. I wonder what it is I shout? Ah, I guess I’ll just have to wait go find out. I see now how many problems would be solved if our future selves weren’t pining, or being noble, but alas, we can’t change the potential future. “
“ You’re steps ahead of me in mind things. You already listed all the good dramatic plots for our future, already said all the good pump up sayings. Oh! Okay, I know, I’ll give names of pump up songs, but like in a normal voice, like they’re sayings. Eye of the tiger? Don’t stop believing? The Rocky song? “
