Dana The Texting Incident ●

Dana grabbed Jess’s phone. There it was—her whole unraveling, sent to the group chat titled “Sunday Scaries (minus Dana).”

Dana had two rules about texting: never drunk-text, and never text anything you wouldn’t want read aloud in a crowded room. She’d broken both in one clumsy thumb-slide. dana the texting incident

Dana wanted to dissolve into her oat milk latte. Instead, she typed into the group: “Okay, but can we pretend I’m a performance artist?” Dana grabbed Jess’s phone

Here’s a short draft for a story titled Title: Dana the Texting Incident she typed into the group: “Okay

Then she put the phone down. Some things, she decided, were better said in person.