❝I'm afraid.❞
❝Of what?❞
❝Of myself.❞
❝What? Are you taking drugs or something? It's been three days since I last heard from you. A 'Hey Sophie' would've been suffice.❞
❝Sorry.❞
❝What's going on?❞
❝Annabella took the whole week off. Said she came down with some flu or something.❞
❝Oh, boy. She's got it bad for you, Londie.❞
❝And James is still planning the perfect way to tell Delilah.❞
❝And how would you know that?❞
❝Because for some reason, he keeps telling me about his plans and he's all excited about it.❞
❝And why do you sound so happy right now? It's kind of freaking me out.❞
❝Because James is a good guy. He deserves her.❞
❝No you deserve her.❞
❝...I don't. I couldn't even talk to her at first and James is here just writing her a whole poetry book.❞
❝But you're learning. That's the whole reason you called Heartbreak Hotline, remember? Which I don't understand how you say you can't talk to girls because you talk to me almost everyday and you're fine.❞
❝But that's because you're you. You're Sophie.❞
❝What does that even mean?❞
❝Because with you, everything seems to come so naturally. I don't have to try too hard, don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not. I can just...can just be me. And you don't even care?❞
❝Why would I?❞
❝I don't know...but you...you just get me.❞
❝...awww.❞
❝You do. And honestly I shouldn't even be saying this right now, but the reason I'm so happy today is because over the last three days, I noticed something.❞
❝What?❞
❝Anytime something exciting would happen, you're the one I wanted to talk to. Every restless night I had, you're the voice I wanted to fall asleep to. And every time I looked at Delilah, it was like she was this different person.❞
❝...❞
❝Because I realized I was in love with the thought of love, I wasn't in love with her. But after I met you, after I kissed you...I just wanted to hold you and never let you go. But I thought I was crazy for thinking those thoughts about a girl I'd only met once.❞
❝...❞
❝And maybe I am crazy, but Sophie Genevieve Price, you have been the last person I think of before I fall asleep and the first name that floats through my head each morning. And the reason I didn't call for the last few days was because I was trying to sort these thoughts, I was debating if I should even act upon them.❞
❝...❞
❝And for the first time in an entire month, I want to apologize because the girl I was looking for was here the entire time. I was just too blinded by lust to see her. Because it's always been you, the girl who hides behind the three numbers.❞
❝London...❞
❝A-Are you crying?❞
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Heartbreak Hotline
Short Story[COMPLETE] "So imma need those digits." "Isn't that a bit too fast? You don't even know my name or-" "Of your credit card, you idiot." ═════════════════════════════ A boy calls in to a hotline for help on how to win his dream girl. There he...