-3 AM-

That is when she got the voice mail from Phil. Of course that was also around the time she got off the phone with Adam. She felt happy and relaxed until she checked her voice mail. Why did she have to check it? She threw the covers off of herself and raced to Vanessa's room. She threw open the door causing her sleeping roommate to jump in fright. Vanessa stared sleepily at her wide-eyed roomie. Lex stood there before her breathing heavily with an almost crazy look in her normally peaceful blue eyes.

"You are never going to believe this!" Lex exclaimed. She had a seat on the edge of her friend's bed. Vanessa sat up.

"What?" She said before letting out a huge yawn. Normally she would have tried to hold it in but at this time she felt justified. She after all had been having a very nice dream.

Lex placed her head in her hands and pressed one on her cell to access her voice mail. She put the phone on speaker so they both could hear Phil's message. Vanessa was puzzled by Lex's sudden almost depressed state.

"I don't see the problem. Isn't this what you wanted? He broke down and called you. He obviously misses you and not only that but he apologized. Phil "CM Punk" Brooks apologized to YOU. Do you have any idea how huge this moment truly is?"

"Yea I know all this. And I know it is what I wanted but now I am not so sure. Maybe I don't want to be his friend anymore. Sure I miss him. I am not going to deny that but I am just really confused. He was supposed to be one of my closest friends and he really hurt me."

"I think you need to forgive him Lex. I know the other day I sorta bashed the guy. I meant every word that I said. He was rude and the world does not revolve around him but he called you up to apologize. That says a lot about how much you mean to him."

"I guess but I really do not know. I think I will take a few days to think about all this and then I will make a decision." Lex stood up from the bed. "Sorry to wake you up and thanks for the talk."

Vanessa was a little unsettled by her sudden dismissal of Phil. She knew how close the two were and for the life of her could not figure out why Lex was not already on the phone with him shooting the shit like she always did.

"Well that was confusing." Vanessa muttered before she collapsed back into her pillows.

–

Lex sat on the side of her bed looking out her window. She had a great view of a man made pond that was a little ways down from their apartment. In her hands was a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Her mind was a millions miles away. She agonized over whether she should respond back to Phil. She was having an inner battle between her brain and her heart at the moment. He heart was screaming at her to call him. To tell him that she forgive him and let them both put everything behind them. But her brain was telling her to ignore her heart and stay away. She honestly had no idea what to do. She finally decided that she could not just let him know that she had heard him. So she grabbed her phone from her bed side table.

She quickly typed out the words I Got Your Message. She hit send and that was it. That was all he was going to get from her right then and there.

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Phil heard his phone go off. He was laying in his hotel bed watching television. He grabbed for his phone. Although he would never admit it out loud he hoped the text was from Lex. He smiled when he saw that it was. He clicked the message so that he could view it. His green eyes turned to ones of confusion.

"I got your message." He read out loud. "What the fuck does that mean?"

A/N: Sorry about the short chapter. This will probably be the last chap for a little bit. I am trying to decide where to take the story from here. I have most of the later chapters written. But it's still a little bit before any of the stuff that I have all written out happens. So if anyone has ideas I am always willing to hear them. Anyways I hope you enjoy. I will be back as soon as I can.