Garett Yahn
Darkness. Mirror against the wall. Pillow next to the mirror Garett leaning up against it. Computer on Garett’s lap. Glowing apple. Someone gets up to leave. Glow of Garett’s face from the computer screen movement on the flow, people moving their feet Garett is typing something, or searching/ looking? Everyone sitting watching. People move down from the stairs. Reposition themselves. Sneezes. Talking in the hallway, Steps walking in…looking, peering, not sure. It’s a dark space. What to do? Antsy. Continued talking in the hallway. Can see someone texting, can’t make out who it is. So silent. I cough. Multiple people texting. Someone left. Texting noises. Looking. Lights glowing. Someone enters, someone else enters. Sitting. Two people leave. Shifting, movement. One person enters. Talking in the hallway. A person walks up to the mirror, close, to see what is reflected, what is Garett looking at? Movement. More texting. One person leaves. Someone else walks over to get his or her bag. Someone else leaves. A woman putting her coat on. Someone gets up talks close to the mirror. Goes and sits against the wall. Someone walks in. More texting. Little glowing lights. Someone hits a bottle going down the stairs. Movement on the stairs. Someone leaves. Someone shifts. Tow people leave. Movement to the snacks, or to get water. Shifting movement. Garett seems to be still browsing, looking, not sure. Can’t tell exactly. Texting. Chatting…. whispering. So quiet. Door closes. Whispering in the hallway. One person walks in. sits down. Multiple people walk in and sit down. Garett is just looking. Everyone just sitting. Someone standing in the doorway. Can slightly hear the fan blowing. Glow of the exit sign. Shifting. More texting. Glowing lights. The clock says 9:45pm. Someone cleared his or her throat. Silence. My typing fingers. Squeaky shoe? Or floor board? No movement of shifting by Garett. Still looking. His face glows from the computer screen. Garett shifts his arm. A cough. More texting. People sitting, looking. Someone walks up the stairs, chatting. Soft and sweet. More texting. Little glowing lights in the darkness. It is 9:48pm. Snacks being opened. Fiddled with in the dark. More shifting, fiddling. Garett’s legs have been crosses the whole time. Movement, shifting. So quiet. Hum of the fan. Sound of boxes, food being eaten, very soft though. Chewing. More glowing phones. It is 9:53pm. Food movement. Cracker box? Chatting. Soft. Loud noise. Its dark, no one can see. Its 9:55pm. Glowing phones still. Eating. Wrappers. Yawn from a viewer. Standing in the door way. Light coming in from the hall. Clearing of the throat. Someone walks out. Someone stands up. Something falls. Water bottle? Its 9:59pm. Its. 10pm. Garett stands up turns the light on. Puts his pants on. Sits down.
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