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"hello?" i say as soon as I answer the call.
Silence.
But suddenly i can hear someone sniffling.
My eyebrows furrow in concern and worry floods my body.
"hello? Can you hear me?" i start again, hoping this time the person would answer.
"Yes, I...I can hear you", a shaky voice replies.
Again there's silence.
"my best friend...she said whenever I want to give up, whenever i think that life isn't worth it...I have to call a random number. And if someone answers, i have to stay alive. Alive for her if I'm not able to do it for me."
a pained sound leaves her mouth and she loses control of her breathing.
"She's dead. She died yesterday. My life is shit and she was the only reason I stayed alive"
I can feel how hard she trembles and all my biggest desires in live suddenly lose any worth and a new one replaces them.
My foot suddenly start to move.
I don't know where I am running, only my heart knows.
I want to hug her.
"It was destiny. I'm sure of it", I whisper making her cry harder.
"Why, God? Why can't I take the easy path" she whimpers and my heart cramps at the sound of her pain.
I'm afraid she will still do something and I'm running even faster till I can see a figure, standing in front of a bridge.
A girl, so pretty I was at a loss of words.
But her red face and swollen eyes were like a punch in my face. I couldn't bear the pain my heart suddenly felt.
The beauty held a phone close to her ear, her grip was tight as if she was afraid it would fall down from her, trembling too hard.
"why. Why should i continue to try? I have no one."
I get slower, stop running until I stand near her. She doesn't notice me till I answer.
"Because your best friend was right. You have to stay alive."
She turns around and her eyes find mine, her jaw falls open and we stare at each other.
"w-why", she asks, so quietly, I'm glad we still didn't hang up or else I wouldn't have heard it.
"Can't you see?"
Her gaze never leaves me.
"It truly is destiny."