The Space We Kept
Teen · Everyday Life · ~21 minutes
After eleven days of silence, Mira doesn't know where she stands with her best friend Leah, or what to do with the photography project they share. With an exhibition deadline on Friday and their friend Noor listening, the two girls try to say what they actually mean.
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How the story begins
Mira and Leah had saved each other a seat since the first week of ninth grade.
Now, halfway through junior year, an empty chair seemed louder than the cafeteria.
She saw the messages. The little circles said so.
A read receipt cannot tell you what happened after someone opened a message.
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