Chapter 10:
I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and slipped out. I picked up my phone and glanced at the screen. Still no messages. From anyone. I sighed and stood up out of the bed and picked up my small bag of belongings. As I walked out of the hospital I kept glimpsing back at my phone to see no change. My mum was at work so I was meeting a friend and going to her house for the rest of the day. I looked out onto the bright midday sun and squinted as a bus pulled up and the light bounced of its windows. A small brunette girl stepped of the bus as I waved and walked over to join her. "Hey Ebony." I greeted her as we hugged briefly. "Hey Andie"
"So are we going on the bus to your house?" I asked
"Yup" She answered as she sat at the stop. I joined her and sighed. "What's up?"
I looked up to her, he face full of genuine ignorance. Ebony didn't really care about Short Stack and had no idea about the drama between Andy, Shaun and I. "Its a long story"
"I've got time." She smiled, truly interested in my problems. I smiled back,
"I'll tell you on the way." I said while I stood up and walked towards the bus that had just pulled in. We climbed onto the bus as I started telling her the whole story.
She looked at me wide eyed as we stepped off the bus. "Wow...that's….big." I smiled slightly "Yeah. That's why I didn't turn up yesterday, I was at telethon. I'm surprised you didn't see it. Everyone else seemed to." I thought back to the million texts I had got after I had been left alone yesterday. None of which I had bothered to reply to. "I didn't watch telethon, but maybe I should start to." She teased. I shoved her lightly as we entered her house and made our way to her bedroom. "So, have you talked to either of them since yesterday?" She asked while she flopped onto her bed
"Nope." I once again glanced at my phone to find no change.
"Have you ever thought about calling them?" I bit my lip
"Well...they probably wouldn't answer me…"
"So that's a no." She looked at me with a look that said call them now.
"Fine, fine, I'll call. But who do I call?" My mind debated over who I would rather talk to first. Ebony bit her lip, deep in thought. "Well, who do you want to call?" I also bit my lip. Who did I want to call? Andy is usually the person I talk to when I feel bad but at the same time I felt like I needed Shaun's strong arms around me, comforting me. I decided to go with my gut and dialed in a number. I listened to the phone ring, my stomach full of butterflies and then I heard his voice "Hey it's Shaun…"
"Shaun it's Andr.."
"I'm too busy being awesome to come to the phone but leave a message and if you're sexy I might get back to you." My heart slowed and I felt like it would drop right out of my body. I took the phone away from my ear and looked at Ebony. She was watching me expectantly. "Voicemail.." I could tell from the look on her face that I looked how I felt. "Should I call Andy?" I bit my lip again, trying to decide if calling my him was a good idea or not. He was way more pissed at me than Shaun was. I just stared at my phone, my thumbs dancing over the keys. "Call him, Andrea. I know you want to, you're face says it all." I looked up. "What does my face say ebony? 'Cause my heart certainly doesn't know." She just looked at me and said firmly "Call him." I dialed in his number and l listened to it ringing. I rang and rang and I was about to hang up when I heard his voice "Hello" My heart started racing at a voice I had been longing to hear "Hey Andy, it's me."
There was a long pause while I waited for him to break the silence.