From Ashes We Rise: Part 2

The Phone call

Prologue

It's a late fall day and for the first time in a very long time, I have found something to do. I still go through a lot of pain and frustration, but not as much as before. I'm still in college and keep hearing this voice in my head saying to me "I love you"




I'm sitting down on the floor completely tired and annoyed with everyone except one person. He's sitting right across from me, I'm looking into his eyes deeply. His beautiful big green eyes are so perfect, the best thing I've seen yet. "What are you doing?' he asks me and I jolt awake from my day dreaming. "Huh?" I ask. "I asked, what you are doing, but I think I already know what you were doing" he says with a smirk on his face. Great, the first thing I need is my boyfriend figuring me out, but that's the beauty in relationships, you date someone and they figure you out a few years or months later. "You look very fucking bored!" he says with that adorable voice of his. "Yeah, I know, and I am haha" "Do you want to go meet some more friends of Haylie's?" he asks as if unsure I'll want to. "Why not, we still have a lot of the day left to use, so why waste it on just sitting here on our asses" We get up and go out o our room to go venture the wonders of Haylie's friends. I'm wearing a blue Pawster Energy Drink shirt with blue jeans and red shoes. Kateo on the other hand was wearing a red Black Sunset Band sweater with dark blue jeans and black shoes .

I walk down the stairs and then all of a sudden I slip on one stair and fall down the rest. "OMG! Atlas are you ok?!" Kateo asks. I get up and rub my head and back as I Kateo runs down the stairs as fast and carefully as he can. "Yeah, I'm still alive, so I'm still ok."

"Oh thank god! I don't think I could ever survive without you!" We continue on walking to the cafeteria and after a few minutes of walking we made it. I see Haylie right off the bat and we walk over to her. "Why isn't it the two love birds, we were just talking about you guys" she says excitedly. "Who's this Syphonna that would very much like to meet us?" me and Kateo ask in sync. "I'm here!" Syphonna said in a meek voice. My phone rang as Kateo and I shook her hand. "Hello?" I ask the caller. "Hi, is this Atlas?" "Speaking?"

"Hi Atlas, I'm Dr. Shepherd and I need to tell you something important" Oh no. What happened this time that I needed to be called for? I was too weak and worried to act like I was worried over the phone. So all I said was "Oh?" "Ummmm, I don't really know how to tell you this Atlas....but your mother just had a heart attack and I'm very sorry..but she didn't make it through" My heart was put to a stop. I cant breathe. I dropped the phone and fall down in tears...She was all I had left of family, and now I'm stuck with nothing...but..pain. I pick the phone back up. "Atlas, can you handle this..?"

"Yeah, but she was my only family left.." I say through tears. "I know this is hard for you Atlas, but you are her only child, so you must come and grab her belongings" I start to shake.."O..ok. I..I'll come.." I cant breathe.."Great, see you soon" He hung up and left me with pain and grief. 'What's wrong?" Kateo asked me. "M...my mom....s..she died...." I start to break down in tears. "Atlas omg..I'm so sorry.." Haylie sits down and hugs me, Syphonna sits beside her and rubs my back. "Don't worry Atlas, it will be ok." Kateo gets Haylie to move and he picks me up and he carries me back to our room as I cry.

When we get back to the room he lays me on my bed and sits beside me. "Atlas..?" I look up to see those amazing eyes of his, with tears in them..."Yes..?" I hate when he's upset because of me.. "I'm so fucking sorry about this....like you have no idea how sorry I am for you Atlas.." He starts to cry and turns away. "Kateo..don't be..she's in a better place now." I sit up and turn his head to me, then I passionately kiss him and hug him. "Yeah it will be hard for me, but i have you to help me through it. I love you Kateo" He looks into my eyes. "I love you too my baby boy"

I wake up at about 4 am to find Kateo laying beside me, just holding onto me tightly. I try getting out of bed to get a glass of water, but his grip was too strong. So I decided to just kick him in the dick, by "accident" He jerks awake and grunts. Atlas did you just fucking kick me?" I look up at him and say "Nope must be your imagination baby" He jumps up and tackles me. We both fall to the floor. Kateo pins me down and forcefully kisses me. I kiss back. Our lips unlock and he looks down at me. "Fuck I love you Atlas" I smile "I love you too Kateo". We get up and he lays back in bed and falls back asleep, "Well I guess I can go get my water now" I think out loud. I walk into the kitchen, grab a glass and fill it with water.

I'm staring at the glass of water as I hear my phone vibrate on the counter. I pick it up and it's a text from Dr. Shepherd, it says "Hello Atlas, I'm so very sorry about how I asked for you to come clear your mothers things, would you like to meet me somewhere, maybe her house? I can help you with everything there if you want." *sigh* I guess I should meet him, but if he tries to talk to me about her I'll probably freak out. I answer, "Alright, I'll meet you there. What time?" Hopefully in the next couple hours so I don't have to tell Kateo about this. My phone vibrates, "Maybe in an hour or so?" Thank god, "Sure, see you soon"

I put my phone down and drink my water. I should probably shower before I leave, plus it wont take very long to get there so I need to use up some time. I go into the bathroom and start the shower, "I hope Kateo doesn't get woken up by me." I strip out of my boxers and hop in the shower. The hot water feels nice and soothing against my back. *20 minutes later* I turn off the shower, ugh I really don't want to face the house again, I haven't been there for so long. I hop out, dry myself off and wrap my towel around my waist. I walk out of the bathroom and into the bedroom, Kateo is still sleeping. "You're so handsome baby." I say quietly. I put some clothes on, grab my keys and leave.

I'll call Kateo later I guess. I'm on my way to the house and I stop to get coffee through the Starbucks drive-thru. same old Mocha as always. about 10 minutes later I arrive at the house, Dr. Shepherd is waiting in the driveway. I park my truck and get out. "Good morning Atlas, how are you feeling?" Ugh, definitely not a good morning. "I'm fine, lets just get this over with and please don't talk, I can't be here too long." I walk up to the door, take my spare key and unlock it. Here we go, I walk in and take a look around. Everything of mine is already gone, and my mother didn't have too much stuff, just photo albums and a few personal things from me.

It took about an hour going around the house and boxing up anything I had to take, after I was done Dr. Shepherd helped load the boxes into the back of my truck. "Thanks for helping out sir.. definitely was hard for me to come here after being gone so long." He walks up to me and pats me on the back, "don't worry Atlas, it will be okay, look. I'll see you another time okay? I have to go to work now. Bye" Thank god he's leaving. "Okay, bye"

It's 6:15 am, I drive home and go back to bed with Kateo.

To be continued.....

Ugh guys not even kidding, I seriously forgot I had this as a draft in my works haha, I was writing it for a friend, he wrote a little bit of this part, and a bit of what will happen next (I'm just writing onto the little bits lol) so if you like it, I'll totally tell him so!! Thanks- till next part byeee.