I was in my room when the staff told me someone wanted to talk to me on the phone. Right away, anxiety flooded my body.
If it's Dante, I won't even answer...
I ran outside, grabbed the phone, and said, "If this is Dante, I'm not interested."
"What if it's Grace?" she softly asked.
"Grace? Is it really you?" I asked emotionally.
"Mhhm. I heard you're in the hospital right now."
"Well... you heard right. I'll be stuck in this dump for a while. I swear I'll see you when I get out. I miss you," I said, nearly in tears.
"You were always there for me; I don't know what I did to deserve you."
"Grace, I'm human trash. I don't know wh-"
"Okay, you know what? How about you shut up? You're the one good thing in my life, and yet here you are acting like you're a murderer or some crap. You're not a bad person. Get that out of your idiotic head, Clive!" she yelled.
"Heh, you ain't changed one bit," I said, chuckling.
"Oh, I have. I'm 5'9 now."
"What?! You were like 5'2 the last time I saw you!" I exclaimed in shock.
"I was, I grew a little," she teased.
"You're taller than me, for crying out loud!" I exclaimed.
"Ha, you shorty!" she exclaimed before blowing a raspberry.
"Grow up, kid," I said, rolling my eyes.
"Kid...? I'm a month younger than you, dude. I'm not seven anymore."
"No, but mentally you are," I retorted with a grin.
"Ughhh, I hate you sometimes..."
"Well, I hate myself all the time," I said half-jokingly.
"Don't hate yourself; you have a purpose in this world," she said optimistically.
"What's my purpose?" I asked curiously.
"Well, your purpose is to b-" she spoke before hanging up. I'm an idiot because I completely forgot how Grace would always end our conversations this way; it was a running gag of hers.
For once, I felt great. The call let me know I wasn't abandoned, and that there were people in the world who genuinely cared about me.
What could be better?
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The October Amaryllis
Ficção CientíficaClive Andrews is a typical 16-year-old boy who never had anything out of the ordinary happen until May 16th, 2020, when he was struck by several feet of ball lightning and nearly killed. After being discharged from the hospital, he realizes that he...
