Down Below Us, page one
“A long, long time ago”
“In a galaxy far far away?”
“...really?”
“You understood that one!”
“I’m 358, Bel, not living under a rock! Can I continue please?”
“Fine fine... ahem A LONG LONG time ago...”
“I died”
“Was it cool?”
“Heck yeah!”
Ten years later...
“You up for a movie tonight?” I called from the living room, shutting my laptop.
“Fuck yeah!!” called Bella, running into the kitchen to grab snacks.
I put the computer on the coffee table and was snuggling into the couch cushions when I heard a loud crash from the kitchen. “Don’t break the microwave!” I yelled, flipping on Netflix.
“Whyyy? Don’t you trust me?” she whined, poking her head through the divider between the living room and kitchen.
“Bel, I’ve known you since you were twelve. Of course, I don’t trust you” I say, rolling my eyes at her.
“Ughhh, stop being such an old lady, Addy!”
“You’re technically older than me…’’ I pointed out, much to her dismay. I had been holding this over her head since her twenty-first.
She raised her middle finger, and popped back in the kitchen, presumably to grab the snacks that she hadn’t ruined. (full disclosure, Bella is a terrible chef and burns literally everything, so despite the fact that I can’t have most foods, I still have to cook for us.)