Chapter 11: A Different Side:
"Hello?" she greeted. I shouldn't be calling her right now, but I heard the voice mail she left and I wanted her to know that she didn't have to say those things out of guilt. Wait, she sounds scared. What is going on? I took the phone away from my ear and contemplated on whether I should hang up. I put it back to my ear.
"Ashley, it's me, Nick" I finally answered. There was an awkward silence.
"Ashley, are you there?" I asked nervously.
"Yeah, I am" she sighed. This was definitely going to be harder than I thought it would be.
"I wanted to talk about the voice mail you left" I began
"Look Nick…" she started. This is where she is going to regret everything she said to me.
"Ashley, I know, you didn't have to say that because you blame yourself for me leaving. I understand that you are ready to see other people. I didn't leave because of you, it was a personal choice for me" I interrupted.
"Wait, you thought I said that because I felt sorry for you leaving?" she asked as if in disbelief.
"Yeah" I answered.
"Nick I can't believe you doubt the way I feel about you. I have never stopped loving you and never will. If you think that I can just get over you, after loving you years, in just one day, you don't know me at all…." BEEP! What the heck was that? I took the phone away from my ear to see that it had died. Well that's just great, now she really hates me because she thinks I just hung up on her. I can't go back to her now…..