miracle [N. SEBASTIAN]

"jersey?"

[<3]

the warm and bright ray of light woke me up from the uncomfortable position I am now laid in. I sat up groaning as I felt pain all throughout my sore body, my legs the most.

my joints let out a loud pop when moved.

I grab my phone, making my way to the bathroom. after I finish in there I walk down stairs just to find Amyra still asleep on the couch with drool still falling from her open mouth.

I let out a snort before helping myself to some coffee. I wait as it filters into the pot, tapping my finger on the granite counter.

I look at my phone for the first time since waking up and notice that it's actually 12 in the afternoon and I had missed 2 calls from Noah, one this morning around 10 and the other about 40 minutes ago.

and my alarm that was supposed to go off at 7. fuck me.

I ultimately ignored the fact he called and left messages, all in the process of that I woke Amyra up who also needed to be at work.

"I know you're hungover as shit but we both slept in and now we are late so get your ass up before I leave without you."

I run up the stairs and get ready, Amyra quickly behind me as I stumble pulling my jeans on. she laughs at me but them trips down the stairs.

"karmas a bitch, babe." I say walking down the stairs past her as we both fall in fits of laughter.

I put my shoes on and then we both are out the door, speeding down the road as we drive the hour to work.

"you're late!"

"yeah I know! over slept."

"Josh left papers in your booth to sign!" Mandy shouts.

"of course he did." I mumble before walking into my booth.

"look who finally showed up, you're late."

"I'm great Josh thanks for asking, what's up?"

"you had a interview today. I had to step in and do it."

I roll my eyes before speaking, "wow Josh, you actually did your job."

I place my stuff down and start setting up my laptop.

"this interview was important Kennedy! how could you be so insensitive!"

"Josh, they are your interviews. I stopped doing them the second you came back. they aren't mine, they've been yours since the start. It's my first day back since the accident, so please let me do my job and you do yours." I say quietly not wanting to argue with him on my day back.

he huffed and said something under his breath that I choose to ignore. I turn my attention to the huge stack of papers on the desk, "what are these for?"

"I need those filled out and signed, I'd prefer to have them on my desk before you leave at 7."

he finally stomps out of the booth and I turn the stereo up loud enough to block out any extra noise.

I start reading over the packets of paper, filling out anything that has to be filled. hours ticking by.

at one point I turned the music down as I got frustrated and I couldn't focus. the call from last night spirals around my brain.

——

"hello?" the voice answers.

"hey, uh who is this?" I ask confused.

"this is Jersey, who are you?" the southern lady's voice goes through.

"Kennedy, um can I ask where Noah is?"

"Noah? is that who owns this phone?"

"yeah, where is he?"

"oh sweetheart he left about an hour ago, can I leave him a message?"

"uh no no, it's okay. just um tell him I called."

"of course sweetheart, have a good night."

"yeah, you too."

——

a vibration breaks out in my bag next to me and I blindly dig through my pocket in search for the device.

"hello?"

"hey I've called 4 times today, everything okay? you haven't answered any texts either."

his tone worried as I hear his hard breaths, assuming he just got off of the stage.

"uh yeah, yeah sorry I forgot to call back earlier. I woke up late this morning and was in a rush." I sigh rubbing my forehead already over the papers, luckily I have 2 more packets left.

"how was the show?" I ask assuming that's where he just came from.

"it was great, I was worried about you the entire time though. I just wanted to know if you were okay, which I'm glad you are. how was your first day back?"

I lean back in my chair and look at the clock, "it's been a day. had a lovely get together with Josh."

"what did he want this time?" I could hear movement from his side.

"well the second he saw me he basically grilled me for not doing his job this morning because I was late and left me with a textbooks worth of papers to fill out and sign."

"he's a dick."

"yeah," I can't get the girls name out of my mind. "so um I called last night, who's Jersey?"

"Jersey?" he asked confused.

"yeah, when I called, she answered your phone."

"Oh right, she's a part of one of the bands here's team. I left my phone on their bus last night and she brought it to me this morning telling me you called. it worried me when she said you called so late but it worried me more when you weren't answering when I called."

"oh, okay."

"was everything okay last night?"

"yeah, just couldn't sleep. probably best I didn't wake you anyways."

"baby, you know I'd alway answer you no matter what I was doing. I just always want to make sure you're okay."

"yeah I know." I look at the time, 6:32pm. "hey listen, I need to go and finish these papers. I know it's late there but I get off in an hour so I'll call you when I get home, okay?"

"okay that's fine baby, I'm happy you're okay. I'll talk to you later."

"yeah, I'll talk to you later."