"Val, is that you my darling?" Helen calls.
"Yes mother, it's me" I reply glumly.
"Ok dear, just checking." I slam the door shut. First thing I do when I get to my room is find my phone. Find it under all the paper, my homework and stuff. Finally I find it. But with my luck it is dead. Totally out of charge! Ughhhhhhhh!! So I put it to charge and flop on my bed. What should I put to Jared?? I need to get it right. Mmmmmmmm, hey! Val. No, too happy.
Hey Jared, it's Valentina!! No, too friendly.
I will just put Hi, Valentina. Short and sweet.
After waiting forever for my phone to charge I find the number Jared gave me and message him.
Hi, Valentina.
5 minutes.
10 minutes.
30 minutes.
1 hour.
2 hours.
That's all I'm waiting for. Him. Him to reply to my message. Has he forgotten me already? Forgotten who I am. Maybe he p thinks he made a mistake by giving me his number. Maybe he hates me! Oh what have I done! I should never have texted him, I should never have... *beep beep* My phone goes off. I run to the other side of my massive bedroom as if I'm in the Olympics.
1 message.
1 message from Jared.
Hey, how are you? Jared.
The party inside my brain starts again.
Breathe breathe, I tell myself. It's just a message. Just a message... From Jared! Ahhhhh! Quickly I reply with: Not bad thanks, wbu? This time he replays quicker and soon we have a conversation going. It's much easier to talk to Jared over message, but I will have to learn to talk to him in person.
Tomorrow will be a different day. Tomorrow will be the day I speak.
