Part VIII

[Two weeks later]

---Please press 1 to listen to a message. Press 2 to delete a message.---

Sky pressed 1. He then heard a voice he missed so much...

BEEP---Sky, I haven't heard from you for....

Sky sighed as he abruptly pressed 2. He turned off the phone and threw it back to Larry. "Hey, thanks for the phone." "Who was it?" asked Larry. Sky shrugged. Larry already knew the answer. "You can't avoid her forever, man. It's been two weeks already, why don't you go talk to her? She has a right to know at least." "I seriously don't think it's any of your business," replied Sky coldly. Larry sighed. "It shouldn't affect you two in any way, the fact that John likes her." "You heard what he said. Now, that really shouldn't affect me, should it?" questioned Sky in a sarcastic tone. "Maybe he didn't really mean what he said." "A person who's pissed drunk cannot lie, friend." Sky gave Larry an annoyed look as he responded. It still gave both of them chills, especially Sky, when they thought about that night and what John had said.

'I liked you ever since I first saw you, but he took you away from me.'

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"No, you have to tell me, Kelly! Why did your sister go back to Hawaii all of a sudden?" asked John. Kelly snapped at him as a response. "For a vacation, I said! Will you stop bugging me about it??" "She didn't even tell me she was leaving! How can she do this to me??" said John angrily. "No, how can YOU do that to HER? That should be the question," replied Kelly. Confusion struck John as he was listening to Kelly. "I don't understand. What did I do?" "You." Kelly was interrupted when Jim motioned him to keep silence. He then glared at Kelly. John was even more puzzled. "No, tell me, what did I do?" "Nothing," answered Jim nervously. "She just went back for a vacation, she'll be back in a couple months." "Okay," replied John as he walked out of the room in suspicion. Jim gave Kelly an evil look. "What??!" shouted Kelly. "You know that Sky told us to keep our mouth shut. I think that includes you too," said Jim firmly. "Well, then! What about my poor sister? John's supposed to be her boyfriend! How can he do this?" "I'd say it was very smart of you to tell Zoƫ in first place," responded Jim sarcastically, "about John liking Tallie and all... you blabber mouth!" "I am not!! Anyway, there's no point in arguing like this. So what's Sky up to lately?" questioned Kelly. "He's avoiding Tallie as much as possible. I feel sorry for her. And also for Sky and John," said Jim.

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The wrestlers were getting ready for the night's show. Kelly was doing his hair, Jim and Sky were getting dressed, and John and Brian were being helped to put on makeup. Larry was annoyed by continuous calls he was receiving. "Whew, hope that was the last," said Larry in relief as he put down the phone. BEEP BEEP BEEP "Argh!!!!" shouted Larry. "Gotta get rid of this junk! HELLO???" Larry answered the phone angrily. But a moment after, his facial expression turned very calm. He said in his usual soothing voice, "Oh no, that's okay. He's right here, hold on," He then handed over the phone to Sky. "This is for you." 'Who could it be?' thought Sky as he received the phone. "Hello?" "It's me." A calm voice yet with a hint of sadness was on the other line. Sky's heart started aching when he heard that voice.he had been missing her so much. The past two weeks had been like two years for him. "I figured it'd be the best way to reach you, through Larry's cell phone," Tallie continued to speak. "I'm kinda busy right now, I have to go up like in 2 minutes," Sky tried to sound as cold as possible but he found himself sweating over it. "Can't you at least return my call and say that you're alive? I've been worried to death!" Tallie's voice began to shake in frustration. "I'm sorry." said Sky as he trailed off at the end of his sentence. It hurt him even more, knowing that he had hurt her. "Can we talk later?" asked Tallie cautiously. Sky quickly organized his thoughts. 'I have to tell her tonight,' "Okay, I'll pick you up after the show."