Love Locked

Marshall

I laid wide awake on my bed with my leg dangling off the edge of it and looked up at my ceiling. My leg began  to get that sharp staticky feeling like when a TV doesn't have a signal and you get that annoying black and white snow shit, but I didn't want to move. I looked over at my clock, it read 12:30 am. Fuck my life I thought as I rolled over onto my side to stare at my wall. The only thing that's going to sleep tonight is my dumb fucking leg I thought as I moved it from the edge.

Ting. I was startled from my thoughts as my phone alerted me that I got a new message. I clicked the power button on my phone. The screen brightness blinded me for a second and I had to squint while my eyes watered just to look at it. Quickly I turned the brightness down and checked my messages, one from Jada, another from Carl.

Jada's read Hey, how are you? I read it but didn't reply. No one cares how I'm doing anyways so why bother answering that question. I was most excited for Carl's even though I ignored his earlier message containing a dank meme that made me laugh. That laughter died quickly though. Carl's message said, Hey, are you awake? Little did he know I was. I replied, yeah, why are you? I waited a couple of seconds when he responded, I dont know, I'm not very happy right now. I felt my stomach drop, are you okay? I sent. I waited 2 minutes and then 5 minutes until it became 30 minutes without a reply. Carl? Hello? Are you okay?? My fingers shook as I typed it out. Yeah, sorry. Don't worry about me, goodnight. What. The. Fuck. No, talk to me. Are you okay? I waited for a response. I waited for what seemed like hours that began to stretch into years.

I woke up the next morning with my phone still clutched in my hand. My palm was sweaty and left gross marks on the screen, no new messages..I hope Carl is okay I thought as I got up. Time to begin another stressful week of hell..I mean school.