Chapter 14

“Purple died.”

I stopped writing and picked my phone up from the table. “What? How?” I asked. I swear yesterday he told me he was teaching his ugly pet reptile tricks. It was nine pm at night and I was on the phone with Axel while writing a new chapter for our story. I knew that stupid poem wasn’t the end of it all.

“I don’t know, food poisoning I think,” He answered in a hushed tone. “I buried him earlier today.”

Reptiles can die from food poisoning? The pros of being with Axel are that I learn something new every day. The cons of being with Axel is that he teaches me stupid shit sometimes. Either way, I still love him.

“Why are you talking like that?” “I’m the toilet.” He whispered.

I shook my head and laughed. “Seriously? So did you give Purple a proper burial?”

“If you consider throwing him in a hole and then throw dirt on it as a proper burial then yes.”

Poor Purple. I will honor him in our story. That’s the least he deserved. <