Anemoia // Sally Face

27: Roof

October 9th

It's been a week since Ash has called me. I hate to admit it, but I miss hearing her voice, and hearing the small things going on in her life that she could talk hours about. How could you not miss one of your best friends who you've talked to everyday for a year?

With all this time I've had to myself, I've had time to think. I won't say none of this was Ash's fault, but I did try to guilt trip her, even if I didn't know I was. The way my words came out, I was blaming her for going away.

If she won't call me first to resolve this, I'll be the one to call.

It was the regular time that Ash would have called me to update me about everything, but the phone never rang. I was sick of avoiding the issue, and losing Ash, a vital part of my life. I picked up the phone and dialed her number, waiting to see if she would answer.

"Hello, you've reached Ashley Campbell, who is speaking?"

"Hey Ash, it's me, Katie," I waited to see if she would say anything, but all I heard was a loud sigh. "I won't waste your time I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for how I acted last week. I shouldn't have said those things about how you don't know your friends because you aren't with us. It was wrong of me to say that."

"No, I understand where you were coming from. It's been hard adjusting to being so far away. If it's anything, I'm also sorry. You have to deal with a lot already, and it's not your fault for being concerned with Sal. And you came to me wanting help, and I didn't understand the situation and I blew up on you over nothing. I knew I was wrong Katie, after that call, I just didn't want to reach out again because I was scared you'd still be mad," She chuckles slightly.

"Don't worry, I was scared you'd still be mad," I joke back.

"Man, we were being pretty immature weren't we,"

"Yeah, probably. But we're all good now right?" I ask for confirmation.

"Of course. I'm so sorry for ignoring you! I missed ranting to you so much,"

"And I missed hearing it,"

We spend the next hour just talking about our weeks. It's nice for things to go back to the way they were, even if I haven't made up with Sal yet. But Sal is different than Ash. He needs space when conflicts like these happen, and he needs his own time to think about what to do next. I know this, but I cant help but feel... that Sal won't come to me once he's ready; and that's what scares me.

"Hey, I'm going to leave now, I have some last minute homework I need to finish," I tell Ash.

"Ok, I'll talk to you soon. But hey, before you go, any plans on talking it out with Sal?"

"No... not really. I don't know what to say even if I confronted him," I say honestly.

"Do you have any clue when you'll next see him?"

"Most times we don't plan on hanging out, it just happens. But I was going to go to the apartments soon to hang out with Larry,"

"Maybe have Larry invite him over too and you can talk there?"

"I didn't want to involve him, since Sal's his best friend, I thought maybe..."

"He would take Sal's side over yours?" Ash asks.

"Yeah. I didn't want another friend to be mad at me,"

"You don't have to worry about that. Larry is a chill guy if you haven't noticed. He cares about both of you, and he wouldn't want to see the two of you fighting. Please trust me, Larry will be able to help you sort this out. He hates seeing Sal in a bad place. Why don't you go talk to him?" Ash suggests.