Hey There Delilah ~ g.d.

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Delilah

I wake up and throw my hands above my head to achieve the stretch that I truly need. I let a yawn leave my mouth as I sit up.

I tie my hair up like I always seem to do when I'm around the house and make my way outside. I need to check the mail.

I find myself checking the mail far too much. It's probably all the letters I receive from Grayson.

I reach the mailbox with anticipation and I smile once I see a small envelope placed inside.

"Delilah! Are you hungry?" My boyfriend of eight months shouts at me from the door. "Uh yeah." I shout back as I carry a letter in my hands.

Everything on the front is written so neatly. Grayson has always had a thing about making good impressions.

"What's that?" My boyfriend Tyler ask as he takes in the letter. I don't answer. He always ridicules the letters every time I mention them.

"Is that another letter?" He sighs. I just nod. I'm not going to lie to him. That will only create more problems for the relationship that I don't need.

"You're not gonna write back are you?" He ask with raised eyebrows. I want to write back. Grayson's all I really have left of my childhood considering my parents died in a car accident just a few months ago.

I don't even talk to him anymore and it hurts. He doesn't even know my parents passed away. I used to tell him everything.

"Uh no. I was just gonna put it with the rest." I say referring to the stack of letters from Grayson that sits on my desk. So much for telling him the truth.

"Alright breakfast will be done shortly." He smiles before he pecks my lips. I don't know what his problem is with Grayson writing to me but he's never liked it. In fact he's always complained about it.

I take the letter upstairs and rip it open. I need to know what it says.

Hey there Delilah. What's it like in New York City? It's hard to believe that I'm a thousand miles away. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you.

Love,
Grayson

It brings a tear to my eye. It's so simple but it means the world.

I have to write him back. It's been too long. Tyler can't see though so I know it needs to be brief.

I plop down in the chair at my desk and frantically find a pencil and paper. I need to speak to him. I miss him and I can't get him out of my head.

Dear Grayson,

So much has happened here and I have so much to tell you. I don't think I can fit it all in this letter. I miss you so much. What if one day I came to visit you in LA?

By the way I changed my number. Feel free to text me. It's a lot easier than all this letter writing crap. xxx-xxx-xxxx

Love , Del

He has always been the only one to call me Del and that's why I put it in the letter. I smile at the letter and hop out of my seat as I hastily shove it into an envelope.

I hope he can read it. I wrote it rather fast.

"Breakfast is done!!" Tyler shouts up at me. I run down the stairs with the letter tucked into my jacket pocket.

"I actually have to go run some errands I'll be right back." I lie. "Ok?" He says questionably.

I leave the house quickly. I don't know why I'm in such a hurry to mail this. Probably to get an answer back as soon as possible. I need to talk to him. I need him.

Word count 641

I really don't know how I feel about this book.