Colorblind [h.s]

26

"Something bad is 'bout to happen to me

I don't know it, but I feel it coming"

Dark Red – Steve Lacy

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The sound of my phone ringing wakes me up in a panic. I'm tucked under my sheets, with my phone on the charger next to me.

Weird. I definitely did not do that.

I answer the call without checking who it is. I have no idea what time I went to sleep or what time it even is right now- but it's too early to have someone expect me to hold a conversation.

"Hello?" I groggily ask into the receiver.

"Vi!" Caroline yells, "What the fuck bitch I haven't talked to you in like a week! You've been completely MIA in our group chat, me and the girls have been worried about you!"

I groan, knowing she's right. I haven't talked to any of them since they left for winter break.

"I've uh, I've been busy."

"Doing what? The semester's over and we're all at home and you don't have any other frie- ohhhh, okay I get it."

"What?" I ask, furrowing my brows.

"Oh come on, Vi," she says. "Don't play dumb."

"What are you talking about?"

"Just say you've been busy with Harry! If I was hooking up with a guy that looked like him I'd be MIA for a week, too."

"It's not like that, Care," I sigh.

"Oh yeah? Where are you right now then? Your location is off and it's never off."

"I'm uh, I'm..." I pause, trying to come up with a plausible lie so she doesn't grill me with questions I can't give her the answer to.

"I knew it! Are you embarrassed about it or something? You know we'd never judge you for who you choose to sleep with."

"Something like that. Look, can we talk about this later? I'm exhausted."

"Who are you and what have you done with Violet? It's almost one in Cali bitch, please tell me you did not just wake up."

I pull my phone away from my ear and check the time to confirm. Sure enough, it reads 12:54 pm.

My silence is enough of an answer.

"Damn, Vi! Harry really wore you out, huh?" Caroline laughs.

"Oh my god shut up," I groan, feeling heat rise in my cheeks.

"Okay, okay! I'll let you get back to him, just check the group chat every once in a while, okay? We all thought you were dead or something."

"I will, love you," I say, hanging up after I hear her say it back.

I open Messages on my phone and see 257 missed texts, all from "BOTTLE BLONDEZ", the name of our group chat. I scroll all the way to the top and begin to skim.

BOTTLE BLONDEZ

Tue, Dec 18, 4:33 pm

Lil dumbass Simon

im alrdy ovr bein home

lucas is driving me insane

Aves

What'd he do this time?

Lil dumbass Simon