33 Days To Live (Under Revision)

54

After my dad and I left school he took me out to get a burger even though I wasn't hungry and he tried to get me to talk about everything but I couldn't bring myself to it.

The only thing I could think about, the only thing I could worry about was Lucy and how much my phone was blowing up. Everyone wanted to know if the rumors were true, others were apologizing for the behavior of my classmates, and the rest were making rude comments.

I've always been that person who didn't care what anyone thought of him, nor did I care what was said about me. I never tried to defend rumors because I knew they weren't true and as long as that was so why waste my breath?

When it came to people spreading rumors about my friends though, or in this case Lucy, I got very touchy. I didn't like bullies, I hated them, and I'm pretty sure if the coach didn't hold me back some people would've gotten seriously hurt.

If you haven't figured it out by now, I have a really bad temper, one that I'm gradually losing control of.

After my dad brought me home I made an attempt to call Lucy, okay I made several attempts, and after the tenth time of calling her the phone was turned off. Feeling frustrated with the fact I couldn't talk to her and had no idea what was going on I decided to pull out the journal and read it.

I knew it wasn't a good thing for me to do emotionally but I wanted to hear her voice so bad that I settled for reading her writing. I think somewhere half way through reading the journal I ended up falling asleep because I was reading a passage Lucy wrote about art and the next thing I knew I was woken up by my phone ringing.

Quickly, excitedly, I answered it in hopes it was Lucy.

"Hello?" I croaked as I sat up on my bed and put the journal in my backpack before checking my clock. It was just a little bit after six in the morning.

"Hey Ben this is Mr. Reynolds, Luke's dad. You never showed up for our meeting yesterday and I wanted to make sure you were okay? I called your dad and he said something happened at school," He said and I groaned.

I had entirely forgotten about the meeting.

"Oh...gosh Mr. Reynolds...I'm so sorry. Yesterday was hell." I sighed heavily and he sighed as well.

"Don't say sorry Ben. Bad days at school can really knock you off your feet and I sympathize you had a hellish one. Do you need me to cancel Radio Boy this morning?" He offered.

"No...no...I'll be there...and we can have our meeting...if that's still okay?" I asked as I got up and started pulling out clean clothes.

"Of course it is. I'll see you then," He said and with that we both hung up and I hurried along to get dressed.

I was emotionally and physically exhausted but maybe doing the radio show will help and maybe Lucy would tune in and I'd make her laugh. I loved making her laugh and right now that was what I wanted to do badly. Radio Boy may be my only way of doing that.

So with bravery I pushed myself to get ready for the day to the best of my ability then I got in my car and drove down to the radio station. I got there in just enough time to throw together a motivational playlist and put together a couple of segments before I got on air and did the best show I could.

It wasn't the same with out Lucy, I was so used to doing the show with her it didn't feel right to do it without her. So when I finished the show and locked up the studio I felt relieved it was over with. Now to get the dreaded meeting out of the way.

"What did you want to meet with me about?" I asked upon walking into his office and Luke's dad look up at me with a warm smile.

"Radio Boy, remember? C'mon, sit down," He said and I took seat as I put my backpack down on the floor.

"What about Radio Boy?" I asked, bracing myself for bad news. It had to be bad news, it was always bad news, at least lately it had been.

"Well, I want to discuss the ratings with you," He said as he opened his desk draw and pulled out the folder he was sorting through yesterday while my heart plummeted.

"Okay." Was all I was able to choke out as he opened it.

"As you recall, I told you a few weeks ago that if you couldn't get the ratings up remarkably high then we'd have to unfortunately cancel Radio Boy," He said and I swallowed the lump in my throat with a nod. "Well, you'd be pleased to know that you did and you didn't." He informed, making me sit up.

"What do you mean?" I asked and he smiled.

"The ratings were some of the highest you ever got when Lucy did the show with you, when you did the show by yourself they remained the same." He then sat back. "Ben, I know you were never for having a co-host but I have a proposition for you," He said, making my heart accelerate. "What if we canceled Radio Boy and had a new show, one staring you and Lucy? Maybe a revised addition and we can call it Radio Boy and Radio Girl or something? And of course if its as popular as I believe its going to be you'll both be getting paid double what you're being paid now." He informed, making me literally gasp.

"You want to give Lucy and I our own show?" I squeaked.

For some odd reason that made me ten times more excited then having a radio show all to myself. I could scarcely believe that Luke's dad would even suggest it.

"And a raise." He added, making a wide grin break across my face.

"Oh my gosh yes! Yes! I think that's an awesome idea! Lucy will be so excited! She loves doing the radio show! I love doing the radio show with her!" I gushed before sitting back then as another idea struck me.

"Actually, there's four other people I'd absolutely love to have on the radio show...does the name Radio Boy and the Fusions sound familiar?"
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Hi my darlings! It felt kind of weird writing a short chapter today, I'm getting use to writing these long dramatic chapters, so its nice to take a small break. I just wish I could have a day off! Work is killing me this week with 8-10hr shifts :( hopefully I get off early tonight!

What are your big Friday plans?
-Mari.