"Are you ready to talk?" Jessica asks me after over an hour of me bawling my eyes out.
I nod my head yes.
I needed to talk.
So I take a deep breath and tell her everything.
Everything.
At the end of my story Jessica is quite for a while.
I was afraid she was going to give me pity, like everyone else.
Everyone except Joseph.
But she didn't.
"Molly, I don't know what to say. I'm not going to give you pity, because I know you. I know you hate that. But I am going to tell you how sorry I am. But not just for you, but for Joseph and for your whole family. I can't imagine what this is like for you right now Molly. And I completely understand why you haven't talked. I do. But please, if this isn't to much to ask, don't shut me out again. I need you in my life Molly. You're my best friend. My life has been pretty boring without you. Please Molly. I need you." Molly finishes her mini speech, looking at me with a hopeful expression in her eyes.
I need her too.
I really do.
After a painfully long 49 second silence, I speak.
"I need you too, Jessica. But I'm not the same girl I used to be. It changed me, and not for the better. You need to understand that I am not that hyper chatter box anymore. I'm not." I say, practically whispering the last sentience.
"I know." was all Jessica said, but that's all she needed to say.
Jessica was back.
Maybe it has caused me to be isolated from the world.
But I now have my world back.
And my world happens to be named Jessica.
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49
Short Story"The number 49 never used to have any significance in my life. It was always just the number after 48 and before 50. But that was before it happened."
