I wake up to the annoying ring from the fixed line.
I pick the phone up. "Hello, what do you want?"
"Hello Nick, may i speak to your father please?" Oh shit, am i in trouble? My grades are solid A stars, why is the school calling at four in the morning?
I wake my father and pass the phone to him.
"Uh, hello, yes," He spoke too softly after that for me to catch what he was saying.
There's a frown on his face.
"Oh God, what happened?"
"Josh ... he died.. la..st night. Josh Catlin." I could see him struggling to get the words out.
"Josh , you mean Ripley's boyfriend? Jesus Christ, how?"
"He was talking on the phone while driving."
Everything after that was just a blur. Ripley's boyfriend is dead. How is Ripley feeling right now? Pain,sadness, emptiness, numb? I can't imagine the amount of grief she's dealing with right now. She really loves him, or now, loved him. Loved, past tense. Josh is gone.
Everyone is permitted to take the day off school but staying at home and feeling sad is worse than going to school so i went to school.
