The Dollar by Jayn Hanna (online e book reader txt) 📕

"When I was in third grade, I was chilling in the bathroom a kid walks in and pulls out a pack of gum. I said, 'can I have a piece?' he said 'sure'. Another kid named Preston walks from behind and asked the same thing to the gum kid. The gum kid said that was his last piece, Preston turns to me and offered me a dollar for my piece. I weighed out my options, deciding to give the gum to Preston. The next day I see Preston, I say, 'hey, did you bring my dollar?' He says 'no'. The next day I come up to him and ask the same question, he says, 'I'll bring it next week'. I'm starting to get annoyed, getting angry at myself for giving him the gum. The next week comes, I ask again, he says, 'in fourth grade'. now he thinks its a fucking game, little does he know I'm very persistent. Every couple days I would remind him, he would say the same thing 'in fourth grade'. The first day of fourth grade I come and find him, I ask him again, 'where is my dollar?'. He bumps it up another year, saying 'fifth grade'. Again I bug him every couple days. Now this went on for a couple years, in 6th grade, he said he would give it to me in jr. High, in jr. High he said he would give it to me in high school. In high school he said 'on graduation', now I'm holding him to this, we will most likely never see each other after that so it's then or never. 3 years later it's graduation day, 9 years since I gave him the gum. I walked got my diploma, everything was going great, but in the back of my mind, I knew my actual goal for the day, get my fucking dollar. I walk through crowds of people, still can't find him just as I'm about to give up, I look over and Preston is standing there holding the dollar. My eyes light up, finally, I got my dollar, I grab it hold it in the air and yell. I gave him a hug and he told me, 'Dyl, that gum was f**king delicious!" and we parted ways."

Publication Date: 05-06-2018

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