Chapter 1
Ring ring ring!
The phone rang. I looked up the clock, before glancing at Grams "Who's calling us in the middle of the night?" I prayed it wasn't Mrs. Wedgewood.
Grams shrugged, picking up the phone. "Hello?" she asked.
A moment of silence later and she responded, "How did you get this number?" She listened for a few moments, before looking up at me. "Sammy did you give Casey our phone number?"
"Um… maybe," I ventured. Was Grams mad? "Is Casey on the other end?"
She ignored my question, and told the person on the phone "how DID you get this phone number?" "She said you didn't"
"I didn't say that," I protested, wondering, if it was Casey, why he was calling now.
Grams ignored me again, still talking to the person on the phone. "Oh she did, did she?"
Finally the person on the other end raised his voice loud enough so that I could hear him. "Look can please just talk to her?"
Grams hands me the phone looking irritated.
I put the phone to my ear. "Casey?"
"Uh, hey Sammy. I've kinda got some bad news." There was a moment of silence, before he blurted out, "My dad's decided to make me go to some stupid school in Bulgaria." He took a deep, before plowing on, "I really don't want to go. I really don't want to leave here… and leave you. I'm really really really sorry, but-"
"Wait wait wait wait," I said, as his message finally got through my skull. "What are you talking about?" I asked. I had heard wrong. I must've heard wrong.
He sighed, "I'm going to a new school in Bulgaria. I…" he trailed off, as if about to give even more bad news, " I can only come back on Christmas and summer vacation."
I was quiet, trying to take this in.
Finally he said "Sammy I'm so sorry but-"
"You have to be able to convince your dad to not make you go?" I interrupted. "I mean, just tell him you don't want to go! He can't force you to, he can't-"
"Sammy, I've tried!" He said. "He just sprung this on me, just an hour ago! I've spent every second trying to convince him there's an, an… alternative, but he's convinced."
"Oh… But…" I was not going to give up that easily, "but you can run away! I-I'll call Marissa! You can stay at-"
"No Sammy!" He snapped. He took a deep breath, before sighing. "Look I… I gotta go." The line went dead.
I looked at the phone, staring stupidly for a minute, before calling him back.
It rang a few times before his answering machine went off. I tried five more times but still. Nothing. I stood there, staring blankly as it once again rolled over to the answering machine.
"Sammy?" Grams asked hesitantly. "Are you alright?"
Tears started to drip down my checks.
"Sammy?" She asked again.
I stood there for a second longer, before bolting to my couch, where I broke down and cried.
Hey, this is my first fic! Don't worry Cammy fans, Casey is going to be in it