Excerpt: Dominoes

“Hey.”
I looked up and saw gabrielle standing in the doorway of my room. She was always the one who would come over to my house or call me, never the other way aroung. I always feel really awkard when I try to call her or arrange something. “Hey.”
“Your mom said you were upstairs and I could come up. I take it she hasn't found out yet.” Gabrielle does this a lot. I guess it makes her feel like she's right when everyone knew the answear all along.
“Yeah, and I want to keep it that way for as long as possible. When they find out, all hell will break loose.” talking about this out loud makes it feel so much more real than when I just think about the fact that I'm so fucked in terms of school and life and my future.
“I have an idea.”
Gabrielles ideas generally end up being amazing, so it's generally a good option to go along with them, even if I don't fully understand how or why I should be doing whatever I'm doing. “I kind of figured that out.”
“You know how I've always been thinking of running away?”
Gabrielle had been talking about this forever. Well, probably not really forever. Really, only the past couple years. “Everyone likes the idea of escaping.”
“I'm gonna do it.”