• "I'm sorry."
    He chuckled. "Why are you sorry?"
    "I...I'm just sorry to hear that is all." I bit my lip.
    "Well, you can't do anything about it."
    "Yah." I laughed nervously, before returning to chomping on my lip. I always did it when I was nervous. Force of habit.
    "So, anything happen at your school?"
    "Not really. It was boring here too..." I wondered what he would say if I said I thought about him nearly all day? He'd probably think I was clingy, so I kept my mouth shut.
    "Oh." He said simply.
    There was a long silence. Why did fate hate us so much? What did we ever do? He was so far away....it made my heart ache. What would we be doing right now if he were here? It pained me to think about it. The cold wind hit me like a brick wall. It was only November and it had already snowed.
    "Jeez, it's so cold here." I said.
    "Yah?"
    "Yah! It's only November and there's snow on the ground. I hate it here..." I lived in Illinois, the most boring and most climate challenged state in the country. He had no idea how much I wanted to run. Just run away and never come back, and just leave everything and everyone behind. Not just because of Illinois, because of the people who were in it with me.
    His laugh made me feel a little comforted though, warmer in a way. My stomach knotted. I approached my home faster then I wanted. I slowed my pace a little.
    "Did you get any homework?" I asked.
    "A little. Oh, remind me to do this essay later. I was supposed to do it this weekend."
    "You didn't do your homework?"
    "Nope."
    "Oh god! It's my fault! I'm sorry! Did you get in trouble?"
    "No, it's my fault." He corrected me. "I WANTED to stay on the phone with you. I could have hung up at anytime."
    "I-i guess." I gulped. He had stayed on the phone with me and let a project slip? I was on my driveway.
    "Hey, um...I have to go." I said reluctantly. "I'll call you later."
    "Kay. Love you Krissy."
    I froze. He sounded so sure. So positive and not nervous at all. In a way...it scared me, but made me feel so wonderful at the same time.
    "L-love you too...bye."
    "Bye."