the prompt was 'include a lie you have told' kind of

Every morning, when he woke, he would brew himself himself a bland cup of colombian dark roast in his favorite faded blue ¨Apex, North Carolina¨ mug, pour a shot of decent whiskey in it, then drink it all in 10 minutes. After that, he'd make his way back in between his dirty cotton sheets and dream for another 3 hours.  His name was Jacob.

Every morning, when she woke, she would look in her old pink princess castle mirror and brush her long, wavy blonde hair. After that, she'd get changed, eat a peach, then floss and brush her teeth before leaving for school. Every morning, as she left , she would kiss her mother and father goodbye on the cheek.  Her name was Lily.

In theory, the two were very different people.

The morning of October 17th started out  as any other, but after Lily said her goodbyes, she didn’t leave for school. She was dressed in a long, slimming light brown coat her grandmother had gotten her from Nordstrom.  Grey clouds sat in the sky as she made her way to the supermarket down the street.

“Give me a pack of red 100s, please,” she asked the store clerk with angry eyebrows.

“I.D.?,” he said.

“Oh gee, I think I must have left it in my car. I promise I’m of age, I study micro-”

“No I.D., no service.”, the clerk interrupted sternly, drawing his attention to the tired looking man in the dirty hooters shirt behind her in line.

As she turned around to walk out, the man stopped her and said,  “Babe, I can’t believe you forgot your I.D., you have to stop doing that, I’ll get them for you.” he said, in earshot of the clerk. He presented his I.D. and bought a pack for Lily. They walked out together.

“Thank you for that, next time I should really remember my I.D.”, Lily said, trying not to look into his dull green eyes.

“No problem, but maybe next time you should learn how to be a better liar. My name is Jacob”, he answered as he went to shake her hand.

She  shyly looked at her feet, then back at Jacob, “Lily”,  she muttered with a half smile on her face.

“Why aren’t you in school?”, Jacob, half jokingly, questioned.

“I hate school.”, she replied.

The two began talking.  They sat in the parking lot for about 45 minutes until Lily finally offered to buy him breakfast.

“I god damned love breakfast”, Jacob exclaimed, and on that, to Denny’s they went.

He ordered the ‘Hearty man's’’ breakfast, she made fun of him for that, and ordered chocolate pancakes. When the steaming, sultry food was placed on their by their miserable old waitress, they quickly began eating. He ate some of her pancakes, she ate some of his eggs, all turned out well. They sat and talked for hours. She learned he was a musician and recently sold a song to Drake and that he moved away from his family a long time ago and doesn’t talk to them much. She was quite jealous of that. She also learned all about his addiction to prescription drugs. She wasn’t as jealous of that.

“If you really sold a song to Drake, why do you look like you haven’t showered in days,” she questioned, giggling.

“I rolled around in dirt”, he joked.

Eventually, the coffee ran out and the old waitress began getting annoyed with them, so they left. Lily offered to drive Jacob to the park so they could walk around a little bit. They hopped into Lily’s mom’s old Sudan and headed for the park. The whole car ride was a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ sing along.

Lily, with her vibrant eyes sparkling in the sun, pulled into the farthest, darkest corner. She pulled the key out of the ignition, unbuckled her seatbelt, and gave jacob a shy grin.

“Would you like to know what I love about you, Jake?”, she asked.

“What?”, he says, in utter disbelief that he could actually maybe touch one of the most beautiful girls he had ever encountered. He leans in close, wondering if it’s possible to fall in love with someone so quickly.

“That  nobody will really miss you when you’re gone”, she marveled, as she jammed her car key into the vulnerable blue vein in Jacob’s neck.