Nicotine (Eremin)

Chapter 6

January

Chapter 6

Eren's POV

        I was having a great day. I got an A- on an English test that Amin had been helping me study for. The minute the bell rang after school was over, I ran for the bus as fast as I could. I wanted to get home as fast as possible and tell Armin the good news.

        The bus that I rode was never too crowded, so I sat near the back in a seat by myself. After the bus started, I pulled my phone out of my bag to text him.

        get on skype in like 10 minutes! i have great news!

       
        I turned my phone back off and slipped it into my bag, and sat in excited silence for the rest of the bus ride. I tried to sit still, but I kept fidgeting. I was really excited to tell Armin about the test.

        I ran as fast as I could from the bus stop to my house. When I got through the door, I threw my bag in a heap next to a living room chair, and sprinted up the stairs with my test in hand. I jumped onto my bed, and pulled my laptop off of my side table.

        I started a call on skype, and I felt myself blushing with excitement. Only, the call kept on ringing, and ringing, and there was no answer. When it ended I tried calling again.

        Ring

        Ring

        Ring

        Nothing. I hit the button for a third time, in hopes that Armin was just busy the first two tries, but still, same result. A thousand possibilities rushed through my head as to why he didn't pick up. 

        "Is Armin mad at me?"

        "Is he just busy right now?"

        "What if he hates me?"

        I let the test fall from my hand onto the floor. I unlocked my phone to see if he replied to my message. Two sets of letters and numbers stood out from under my message.

        Read 3:14

       
        I shut my laptop and fell back in my bed, in the conclusion that he was mad at me. I didn't know what I had done, but he had to be mad at me. There was no other explination. I unlocked my phone again to text him.

        hey, man is everything okay?

        Read 3:16

        why aren't you talking to me? are you okay?

        Read 3:17

        you know you can talk to me about anything, right?

        Read 3:17

        I'm getting worried about you

        Read 3:18

        I stopped trying. He really didn't want to talk to me, and I didn't know what I could do. He had always talked about his problems to me, so I wasn't used to being ignored by him. I threw my phone across the room and it bounced off a wall and came to rest by the foot of my bed. 

        Now what do I do?