Gretchen walked up the stairs past her mum and crawled into bed. Without taking off her shoes. Or doing anything really. She sat in bed for a good 5 minutes before deciding against laying there doing nothing. She went into her closet to put her shoes away and saw the box with all Luke's things in it. She sighed and realized that she's going to need to do this at some point. She grabbed the box and set it on her wood floor. She kneeled over and started going through the box. She found a old nirvana T-shirt that was actually too small for Luke. She slipped off her shirt and slipped it on quickly. She continued looking through the box and found his old sweater.
Ah yes , she remembered that she found someone's number in the pocket. She called it that night and Vanessa answered. God knows who Vanessa is.
She grabbed her shoes back out of her closest slipped on a jacket and walked to Franks. Now before you think Frank is some rebound or something , stop. Because Frank is the sweet old man who owns the ice cream shop.
Gretchen walked in the door and Frank smiled.
"Hey Frank." Gretchen said and smiled slightly smaller than usual.
"I haven't seen you in so long." Frank said. "Ah look , you've grown."
Gretchen came here last week.
"Luke was here yesterday." Frank said quietly. "I tried to tell him that he should just call you but-"
"I know. It's okay." Gretchen said. She walked to the back off the store and grabbed a handful of m&m's.
"You should come see me tomorrow." Frank said before Gretchen walked out.
"Of course Frank." Gretchen said. And then the bell rang and Gretchen left.
