[ WP ] You have a 10-minute phone call with yourself from age 16

**Hey Kid. ** 
 
 Why do you always call me that? I ’ m 16 I ’ m not a kid anymore. Hell I can drive now for crying out loud 
 
 **You ’ ll understand…. ** 
 
... when I ’ m older? God you ’ re weird. 
 
 **No more than you are. How ’ ve you been? ** 
 
 You know how I ’ ve been. You ’ re me. 
 
 **Humor me. ** 
 
 Well…..I got my license, told you that already....got my first speeding ticket 
 
 **Oh shit I remember that, God I thought dad was going to lock me up forever. ** 
 
 Right?!? The old man was surprisingly cool about that. 
 
 **Don ’ t call him that. ** 
 
 Why not? You did. 
 
 **Yeah but…... just don ’ t. He ’ s dad. ** 
 
 Fiiiiiiiiiiine. Anyways, I started going out with this girl Julie…. 
 
 **Julie! Oh wow, I forgot all about her. She ’ s the one with the brown hair, always carried around that notebook with her, she always smelled like…** 
 
 Strawberries! It ’ s amazing. Wait if you don ’ t remember her does that mean we don ’ t get married? 
 
 **Do you really want to know? ** 
 
 I dunno, do I? 
 
 **Lets leave that one alone for now. Spoilers. ** 
 
 But… 
 
 **Fine, no, she thinks you ’ re not mature enough. ** 
 
 Oh that ’ s bullshit, I ’ m totally mature enough. 
 
 **You get to feel her boobs though. ** 
 
 Oh….well then I guess it ’ s not that bad. 
 
 **You can do better. ** 
 
 Do I….never mind. 
 
 **What? ** 
 
 No it ’ s embarrassing. 
 
 **This is me you ’ re talking to, I literally know embarrassing thing you ’ ve ever done, and a bunch you ’ re about to do. ** 
 
 Do I…... you know…….do I ever fall in love? You never really talk about that. 
 
 **Oh. That ’ s hard to answer. ** 
 
 This doesn ’ t bode well for me. 
 
 **No no its not like that it ’ s just….ok yes you fall in love…..a lot. Sometimes it feels like you do it too much. ** 
 
 But what about…... does someone ever love me back? 
 
 **Yeah....that's the hard part. I dunno how to answer that just yet. Ask me next time we talk. ** 
 
 What about you? 
 
 **What about me. ** 
 
 You always call and ask how I ’ m doing, how are you doing? 
 
 **Oh, I... we... do ok. I have a good job, I bought a house….I have….I dunno….decent credit. ** 
 
 Decent credit? That ’ s boooooooring, tell me about all the rad shit we get to do. Do we ever go diving in the Great Barrier Reef like we always wanted to. 
 
 **Yup, did that. ** 
 
 Did you ever make it to Alaska? 
 
 **Yes dude, it was soooooooo rad! ** 
 
 You still say rad? 
 
 **Yeah, heh, I guess I do. Why does that surprise you, people stopped using it at your age too. ** 
 
 Yeah but, I dunno, I always said it BECAUSE no one else said it. 
 
 **You were very clever. ** 
 
 You ’ re mocking me. 
 
 **Yes, yes I am. ** 
 
 Seriously though what about all the adventures and stuff I want to do. The book I want to write, the script I wrote for that TV show. 
 
 **Oh my god, the book! Wow kid, I guess I kinda forgot about all those things. ** 
 
 How could you forget that ’ s literally all I think about. 
 
 **I dunno. I ’ m not blowing you off, I legitimately don ’ t remember how that happened. I guess I just grew out of it. ** 
 
 Oh. Well, what you do now, this job you refuse to tell me about. Is it fun? 
 
 **No it ’ s work, hehe. It ’ s not supposed to be fun it just pays the bills. ** 
 
 That sounds kinda shitty. 
 
 **Yeah it does sound kinda shitty when I say it out loud. ** 
 
 Why did n't you just become a writer? 
 
 **You know how much money writers make? ** 
 
 Yeah but we ’ re better than they are. Every teacher we ’ ve ever had said so. 
 
 **It ’ s too risky, I wanted to have financial stability. ** 
 
 So you decided to do a boring job so you could not be happy. At least you ’ re financially stable. 
 
 **I don ’ t remember being this sarcastic at your age** 
 
 Listen, if I tell you something, do you promise not to be mad. 
 
 **Of course not, you ’ re me. ** 
 
 I ’ m…….I ’ m kinda disappointed in you. 
 
 **I know. ** 
 
 I ’ m not mad or anything…..I just……..I thought we ’ d be better. 
 
 **I know. I did too. ** 
 
 Hey listen mom ’ s home, she ’ s doing tacos tonight. 
 
 **Holy shit taco night! I miss taco night. Ok I ’ ll let you go. Kiss mom for me... us. ** 
 
 Ok. Listen….you ’ re gon na ……... you ’ re gon na call again, right? 
 
 **Of course I will. You ’ ve given me a lot to think about. ** 
 
 Cool. I ’ ll talk to you then. 
 
 **Later kid. ** 
 
 \*click\* 

