Chapter 164 · Month 60 · Starting a Family

The Long Walk

The first married argument, about something small

Oldest line first — the newest line is at the bottom.

      
            Penny
            teacher
            11:45
          
I've been sitting on something for a week and I'd rather say it out here than at the kitchen table. The test in the bathroom and the chip shop bag in the same basket — I keep waiting to feel something and mostly I feel watched by a jar.

            Algy
            designer
            11:46
          
That's fair, and it's not a small thing. I've been checking that jar every morning like it owes me something, and I put it there — so it's mine to knock off first. Want to keep walking or sit on the bench by the gate?

            Penny
            teacher
            11:47
          
I want to know what you actually want, not what makes this easier for me. If the twelve weeks were just yours, no guilt, no jar — would you take them?

            Algy
            designer
            11:49
          
Twelve weeks, yeah — but I'd want one morning a week where nobody asks me what I'm doing with them, including me. Now hand me the pen and I'll stop being noble and eat the chips.

← Chapter 163 Chapter 165 →

What the audience made of it

Algy 0 Penelope 0 Both 0 0 votes

The next chapter opens with these numbers on the table. The character with fewer votes is expected to demand a recount.

The story fund →