Friday
Naia's POV
The week seemed to drag by, but now it was finally Friday, the last day before Winter Break. There was about an hour left in school and I had to finish it with double math. So far in all of my classes, we were doing really easy and fun stuff. It was a great way to end off. We didn't really do anything in math. We were given a math booklet on all that we learned so far and were told to just get as much done as possible.
When the dismissal bell rang, I gathered my stuff and went to my locker. I shoved everything in and grabbed my coat and hat along with some mitts. I then closed the locker door to see Nate.
"Oh! Hey, Nate." I said, putting on my coat, hat and mitts. I grabbed my backpack which was on the ground and started walking towards the front doors of the school. Nate followed me.
"Do you have any plans for the break?" I asked him as we walked together.
Nate nodded, "Yeah, my family and I are going to the Bahamas. That should be fun."
"Sure sounds like fun." I said.
"Do you have any plans?" Nate asked me and we exited the school.
I shook my head, "Not that I know of."
"Oh, that's okay. Christmas is always a fun time." Nate said. "I'll see you in the new year! Merry Christmas!" Nate said as he started walking away.
"Yeah, Merry Christmas!" I said and waved. I was not looking forward to walking in this cold weather but I did anyways, making sure my hat was covering my ears.
The relief that I felt when I got to the Firehouse 51 was amazing. I walked in and dumped the snow off my hat stomped my feet so the snow would fall off my boots before walking into the common room.
"Eh! There's my girl!" Shay said and I smiled as I took off my coat and mitts. I then walked over and sat down in between Shay and Gabby.
"Yeesh is it cold outside." I said as Jimmy placed a mug of hot chocolate in between my hands. "Thanks Jimmy."
Gabby nodded, "Yeah we just got a call and we were all freezing out there. Sorry I didn't come and pick you up. I would have but by time we got back, I figured you would have already been here."
"Naw, don't worry about it." I said, wrapping my freezing fingers around the burning mug. "A little cold doesn't hurt me."
"So is today your last day of school before the break?" Herrmann asked me as he got up to get a snack from the fridge.
I nodded and then grinned, "Yup, no school for two weeks."
"Great! We'll see you even more often!" Foster said.
Kelly called his squad over for a game of Poker and Matt did the same with his truck crew. So now it was just Gabby, Shay, Sylvie, and Foster sitting around at this table.
"Do you guys not join?" I asked.
Gabby shrugged, "If we wanted to, we could join either game but I guess none of us are up to it today."
"I'm just not feeling the vibe." Sylvie said, making me chuckle a little bit.
"Can I call them? My parents I mean, is that alright?" I asked Gabby. I wasn't sure what made me say that but it just kind of came out of my mouth. Gabby nodded and handed me her phone.
"Matt has their number, go ask him." Gabby said and I gave her a salute. "Good luck." She said as I walked away.
I came up behind Matt and waited for him to finish his turn before tapping him on the shoulder.
"Hey Munchkin, what can I do for you?" He asked, turning around and putting his cards face down.
"I'm going to call my parents. Gabby said that you had their number." I explained, holding up Gabby's phone.
Matt nodded and started scrolling through his phone. He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and grabbed a near by pen before scribbling down a number. "Here ya go Munchkin." He said, handing me the piece of paper.
I thanked him and walked back to where I was sitting. I typed in the number on the key pad of the phone and then pressed the green call button. Gabby held my other hand as I head the phone ring.
Once.
Twice.
There was a click, followed by a hello from a voice that was clearly female. I froze.
"Hello?" The voice repeated.
I felt breathing pick up and the room started to spin before Gabby gently took the phone away from me.
"Hi, sorry, this is Gabby speaking." Gabby said before walking away.
Shay put a hand on my shoulder, "You okay Naia?"
I closed my eyes, feeling like I was going to throw up.
"I'll get some water." I heard Foster say and the scuffing noise of a chair against the ground. Moment later, Shay told me to drink some water so I opened my eyes to see a glass of water in front of me. I obeyed and drank about half the glass before setting the glass back down.
"I'm sorry." I whispered. "I don't know what happened. I heard her voice and then I just kind of froze and blanked out. I don't know why or what I was doing. I hope she isn't mad at me. I don't know why I did that."
Shay shook her head, placing a hand on mine, "It's okay. It's all good. Everything's okay."
"How do you feel?" Sylvie asked.
I nodded, "I'm fine."
Foster laughed, "Last time you said you were fine, you had a sprained wrist and some broken ribs."
I grinned, "Yeah, but I'm serious this time. I feel fine."