Unorthodox

Jake.

I woke up this morning, expecting to feel a little better because of yesterday. But of course,it was quite the opposite,I didn't feel like going out,I didn't even want to get out of bed. I looked around,looking for any sound in the room,but there wasn't,apparently mom and Daren are out early. I searched for my phone to see what time it was, it was 11:00. Hmm,they're out really early today,I wonder what they're up to.

Just as I was putting my phone down next to me,it rang. Who would call me this early? Ivory didn't know my number. Weird. I reached for the phone again to see who it was,and the pain was back again. As it couldn't get any worse,it was Steven,did he seriously have the guts to call me after all of this? I was taking a lot of time thinking whether or not I should answer, I decided to face my problem and see what he has to say,so I picked up.

"What do you want?"

"Babe,it's me,Steven."

"First: Don't 'babe' me, second: I know who you are. What do you want?"

"Babe,what is it,you angry or something?" He didn't know what happened?Honestly?Was he that stupid?

"Call me 'babe' one more time,and why are you calling me? Shouldn't you be with your girlfriend?"

"What girlfriend? You're my girlfriend!" He laughed his usual nervous laugh that showed he was lying.

"Don't play stupid,Steven, I swear I'm gonna make someone punch you in the face."

"What is it,Natalie? It was probably just a wrong number." He couldn't get any more stupid than that.

"Steven,she was calling from your phone,and it was about you,'Steven Brown'. What. Do. You. Want?" I was actually turning mad. He sighed.

"I didn't want you to find out like this, I wanted to break up with her but she was already too attached to me. I wanted to make us work,and she didn't know we're together-"

"Were." I corrected

"No,please,come on, we can make it work,we can put it all behind us-" I was getting tired of his bullshit.

"Goodbye,Steven,have a nice life." I hung up.

Wow,I stood up for myself. I did it! Was I waiting for a situation like this or what? Whatever the reason was that kept me from doing this,I'm glad I did it anyways. I think I got over him,the quickest time anyone got over anyone! I suddenly felt like calling Ivory, so I got the phone,pressed in her room number, and waited till she picked up

"Hello?"

"Hey,Ivory,it's Natalie"

"Oh,hi Natalie,how are you?" She sounded off

"I'm good,but you don't sound so good,are you okay?"

"Yeah,I'm fine." She sniffed.

"Ivory? You can tell me." I assured her.

She suddenly burst into crying. This is bad. I gotta go to her.

"Okay,I'm coming." I told her.

"Okay." She said while crying.

"See you in five minutes." I hung up and got up quickly.

I opened the closet and got out a white T-shirt with long,black sleeves,blue jeans shorts,and picked out black Chuck Taylors. It took me four minutes to get ready, I grabbed my phone and the key to the room and got out. I already knew where her room was, so it took me a minute by running.

I knocked on her door,and she opened. She looked like she was crying for a long time. Her eyes were shot red,her long,black hair was up in a bun,and she was wearing black shorts with a green top. Somehow,she managed to stop crying in the last five minutes,but as soon as she saw me,she burst into tears again. I got in and hugged her,and she just kept crying and crying.