Safe In Your Arms

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The next morning I woke up to five missed calls.

Two from Bri and three from Michael.

I called Bri back first. She had let me know that she was home. I had to get to her house as quickly as I could.

I put my hair in a messy bun, put a bra on and ran down the stairs.

I opened the door and ran down the street. Bri didn't live very far from me, her house was about four streets down from mine.

When I got to her house, I was out of breath and super excited, I knocked on the door and waited impatiently.

When the door opened I immediately jumped into Bri's arms.

"Bri oh my god"

"Lye, finally, oh my gosh."

"At what time did you get here? How was your trip? Where's Sophie? How are your parents? How's Luke? How are you?"

I bombarded her with questions.

She laughed and let go of me.

"I got here around 4 am this morning, I called you but you didn't answer"

"I was asleep, sorry"

"It's okay, I thought you'd be."

"Where's Sophie?" I asked.

"She's still asleep, she was really tired."

"Oh, so how are you? How was your trip?"

"It was great. A bit too cold sometimes but it was okay."

"It was cold?" I asked confused.

"Isn't Australia really hot?"

She giggled. "It is but not this time a year, they're in winter right now."

"Oh, I didn't know that."

"Yeah. Well come in, I got a lot to tell you."

"How about I go home and freshen up, and I'll come back?" I said. "I didn't shower, as soon as I hung up, I ran over here."

"Oh okay, yeah. But make it quick, I haven't seen you in forever and I have a lot to tell you." She smiled.

"Okay I will." I laughed and gave her one last hug before I walked back home.

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When I got home, I ran upstairs and went straight to the shower. I was so excited about Bri being back. I couldn't wait to catch up on everything with her. It felt like forever since I'd last seen her.

When I got out, I checked my phone. I saw that I still hadn't called Michael back. I dialed his number, put it on speaker and started brushing my hair.

He answered on the second ring.

"Hello"

"Mike, did you call me?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to hangout later."

"Well I would but you'll just end up ditching me again like you did yesterday."

"Actually, where were you?" I asked.

"Uh um." He sounded like he didn't know what to say.

"Sorry I was, uh, I just, I, I needed to go."

"Well you couldn't of let us know? We went everywhere in the house looking for you, and we couldn't find you."

"Sorry, I meant to tell you guys but I needed to make it quick."

"Why didn't you just call us? Or something?"

"I forgot. Sorry."

"Oh well, I'd love to chat more, but I gotta go." I said impatiently.

"So you don't wanna hangout? Are you mad?"

"No I'm not mad, I just have plans."

"Oh okay, see you then."

"Bye."

I hung up and got ready to go to Bri's house. I didn't know exactly what our plans were so I just wore a loose white shirt with high wasted shorts.

I let my hair dry on its own. I didn't want to do much with it. I applied very little makeup and slipped on my black vans.

Before I left I went to go tell dad where I was going. Then I was on my way.