Crying Silent
Don’t want to say where I caught this little eavesdropping, but I will tell you it was between two teenagers.
A : “Are you good at crying silent? Can you do it without being detected? There are so many methods. What’s your favorite? I like the bathroom.”
B: “Oh c’mon. The bathroom’s too obvious. Besides, if you run the water, they’ll think you’re bulimic.”
A: “And, you have to take a full-blown shower so you can blame the red eyes on a shampoo mishap. Otherwise, it’s ‘Are you on drugs’?’”
B: “The pillow’s pretty good for muffling sound, but the heaving shoulders when you get into a particularly good racking sob will give you away. If they think you’ve been crying, omg.”
A: “ You’ll wind up at therapy.”
B: “Why does it have to mean something like the end of the world? What if I just wanna cry?”
A: “Yeah, I always feel better after. Well, except my sinuses.”