"What if he needs to talk to you about something important?" Spencer asked as he layed down in bed with me. "You're a really great person." I told him smiling. He smiled. "I don't know about that." "You are." I told him. "You're willing to give anyone a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth. You're so caring." I said. "I try to be." He said. "You are. You're amazing." I said. "You only live once right? You only get one chance." He said. I smiled. "Yeah." "I try to be forgiving. So far, it's benefited me." He smiled. I nodded. I walked over to my phone and called Chris back. "Tell me what you want." I said rudly. I looked at Spencer and he smiled nodding. "You gonna hear me out?" He asked. "Yes." "Julia passed away." He said. "What?" I asked as I started to cry right away. "I am so sorry." He said. "I was trying to get ahold of you. I really wanted you to have the funeral information." "Why didn't you tell my brother when you talked to him?" I sobbed. "I want to hug you so bad right now." He said. "And I am so sorry for anything jackass fucked up thing I did to you. I've grown up now. I'm no longer working at Taco Bell. I work with my Dad at his welding business." All I could do was cry. Julia was my best friend since 2nd Grade. I felt horrible for not keeping in touch with her since I had moved. I guess I was just trying really hard to focus on my new life in Chicago, instead of the shitty life I had back in Phoenix. "Please say something." He said. "How is everyone?" I asked. "Everyone's good." He said. "My sister made the basketball team." I started picturing Julia and I sitting on the playground in 2nd grade for our movie star club. It was just the two of us in it and we could pretend we were movie stars. I giggled. "She's really staying out of trouble. Unlike us." He said. We ended up talking for at least an hour. Every so often, he would make a comment that would remind me of why I broke up with him, but overall, he did sound like he had changed a lot. I was happy for him. When I hung up, I felt so much better. "So?" Spencer asked smiling. "I think I could learn a thing or two from you." I said. "Why were you crying?" He asked. I told him all about Julia. When I was done talking to him about her, we just layed there in bed. I ended up falling asleep with tears in my eyes. When I woke up the next morning, I called into the store and told them I wouldn't be in. Spencer took me to breakfast, then headed to work. I sat down in my room and opened my shoe box full of old pictures from high school.
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"What if he needs to talk to you about something important?" Spencer asked as he layed down in bed with me.
"You're a really great person." I told him smiling.
He smiled. "I don't know about that."
"You are." I told him. "You're willing to give anyone a second chance. Maybe even a third or fourth. You're so caring." I said.
"I try to be." He said.
"You are. You're amazing." I said.
"You only live once right? You only get one chance." He said.
I smiled. "Yeah."
"I try to be forgiving. So far, it's benefited me." He smiled.
I nodded. I walked over to my phone and called Chris back.
"Tell me what you want." I said rudly.
I looked at Spencer and he smiled nodding.
"You gonna hear me out?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Julia passed away." He said.
"What?" I asked as I started to cry right away.
"I am so sorry." He said. "I was trying to get ahold of you. I really wanted you to have the funeral information."
"Why didn't you tell my brother when you talked to him?" I sobbed.
"I want to hug you so bad right now." He said. "And I am so sorry for anything jackass fucked up thing I did to you. I've grown up now. I'm no longer working at Taco Bell. I work with my Dad at his welding business."
All I could do was cry. Julia was my best friend since 2nd Grade. I felt horrible for not keeping in touch with her since I had moved. I guess I was just trying really hard to focus on my new life in Chicago, instead of the shitty life I had back in Phoenix.
"Please say something." He said.
"How is everyone?" I asked.
"Everyone's good." He said. "My sister made the basketball team."
I started picturing Julia and I sitting on the playground in 2nd grade for our movie star club. It was just the two of us in it and we could pretend we were movie stars. I giggled.
"She's really staying out of trouble. Unlike us." He said.
We ended up talking for at least an hour. Every so often, he would make a comment that would remind me of why I broke up with him, but overall, he did sound like he had changed a lot. I was happy for him. When I hung up, I felt so much better. "So?" Spencer asked smiling.
"I think I could learn a thing or two from you." I said.
"Why were you crying?" He asked.
I told him all about Julia. When I was done talking to him about her, we just layed there in bed. I ended up falling asleep with tears in my eyes.
When I woke up the next morning, I called into the store and told them I wouldn't be in. Spencer took me to breakfast, then headed to work. I sat down in my room and opened my shoe box full of old pictures from high school.
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