We Believe

Chapter 6: The Call

Tobin's POV

Anonymous is calling.

I look at Whit. She stares on my phone.

"Who the hell would call you at this time..?", she whispers.

"I-I don't know..", I lie.

In fact; I exactly know who it is. I just have that strange feeling that it's her.

"Go answer it, Tobin. Come on!", Whit whispers and I nod.

I grab my phone, quietly walk to the toilet and finally pick it up.

"Hello, here's Tobin.", I whisper.

Nothing.

"It's Tobin Heath. You called me?", I say again.

"Prove me that it's you.", a strange voice says on the other side.

"Huh? How?", I mumble confused.

I'm for sure not playing games in the middle of the night.

"What's in your box?", the voice asks and I freeze.

It's her. It must me her.

"In- iny my box..", I mumble. "Pictures, letters, notes and a letter that I never read. Your letter?", I ask as I remember that Christen wrote me a letter for my box that I'm supposed to open when we would meet again.

"It's you..", a very, very familiar voice now says.

That voice. It's been two years since I heard that voice.

"Christen.. why are you calling me?", I mumble, still in total shock.

"Because it's been two years today. Two years since I saw your face, two years since I heard your voice, two years since I even heard anything from you, two years since I held you in my arms for the last time.", she says and I can hear her tearing up.

"Christen.. please don't cry. I- I missed you so much. I went on instagram for the first time again tonight and I saw our picture.. it made me realize how much I missed that pretty face of yours.", I mumble and also feel tears filling my eyes.

"Was it really worth it? Wherever you are- was is worth it to leave me? Leave us?", she asks with a cold voice of hers that I never heard before.

"Tobin where the hell are you?"

"I'm hiding in the toilet on a plane that's flying to chicago for camp. In the middle of the night while my teammates are asleep", I mumble.

"Camp in chicago? Did your college team bring it so far already?", she ask.

"My team is at home, sleeping. I'm- I'n with the nationals team, Christen.", I mumble.

"Wow.. I- I always knew that you'll make it one day Tobin. But in two years already? Wow.", she mumbles.

"But that's nothing. Christen. I made such a mistake. I should've stayed. Nothing on this planet would have been worth to leave. And I was such a fool that I didn't realize what I had..", I whisper and feel the tears running down my cheeks now.

"It's been two years since I last cuddled with somebody. Two years since I shared my bed with somebody. Every night I'm alone, laying alone in my cold bed, wishing I had you by my side. I miss every single little thing of you.", I go on, feeling the tears treaming down my face now and my voice get's shaky.