Chapter Four...
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
I get so lonely I could die.
Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
and you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
to Heartbreak Hotel.
There I was. Back at the same place that I was days before. I think Elvis said it best, "Just take a walk down lonely street to heartbreak hotel". Well Elvis I was there, the hotel was vacant. I was alone again. Lucas had called repeatedly. He was truly concerned about me and I knew that I should have answered. I did have caller id for god's sakes.
"Madison, it's me. Please call me back. You need to get out. Call me when you are ready." He would say. I watched the phone from my queen size bed and waited for him to call back. I would answer this time. The phone rang and I anxiously reached over to answer. Not even looking at the caller id, I answered. "Hello?" I said, excited.
No one replied. I waited for an answer. Heavy breathing was heard on the other line. Finally, there was a voice, "Hey." It wasn't Lucas. It was Nathan. "Listen, before you say anything... I just wanted to call and tell you that I was sorry about," He paused, "well about everything."
I prepared to answer. So many things ran through my head but all I could come up with was, "Why?" I took a deep breath. "Not why are you sorry, but why did you do it?" I pushed my hair off of my face. "I just don't get it Nathan." I swung my legs off of my bed and let them dangle toward the floor. I stared at a picture of Nathan and me from middle school. What he said next was almost like he was looking at the same picture I was.
"Remember in middle school at dances when the guys were too shy to come up and asked girls to dance?" He laughed. "I never was. You and I would dance all night long. Well until 10 when the dance was over."
I sighed remembering the fun we used to have. "Yeah. You're a lot of things but shyness never was one of your characteristics." I looked in the mirror, all of a sudden, I felt like myself. "Ya know Nathan. I can't be mad at you. Don't get me wrong, I still don't agree with what you did but you have always trusted your instincts so I am sure you know what you are doing."
There was no answer. Then Nathan spoke, "I'm glad you said that. You know your opinion means a lot to me Madison." He paused for a moment. "There's something that I need to ask you."
"Okay?"
"Are you pregnant?" I could feel his cheeks blush over the phone. "I heard you were pregnant and so was Brooke and I just wanted to hear it from you before I believed anything."
I shook my head in disbelief. "And whose baby would it be Nathan? Yours? Last time I checked you had to have sex with someone to get pregnant and we have never had sex."
"Yeah. I guess you're right. So Brooke's not pregnant either."
I shook my head as if he could see me. "No."
"Okay good. I was worried." There was an awkward silence. "There is one more thing I need to tell you."
I walked into my closet and pulled out an outfit for the day. Today seemed like the perfect day to start my life over. "Shoot." I replied feeling that right now nothing could bring me down. Man was I wrong.
"Haley and I are moving away for the summer. We may be back for next school year. We don't know yet."
The phone slipped out of my hand and onto the floor. I felt the color drip from my face as if I were melting. I could hear Nathan's voice saying, "Madison? Hello? Are you there? Are you okay?" If I had been on the phone my answers would have been, "Yes? Hello. Kind of. No way."
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Elvis Presley
I get so lonely I could die.
Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
and you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
to Heartbreak Hotel.
There I was. Back at the same place that I was days before. I think Elvis said it best, "Just take a walk down lonely street to heartbreak hotel". Well Elvis I was there, the hotel was vacant. I was alone again. Lucas had called repeatedly. He was truly concerned about me and I knew that I should have answered. I did have caller id for god's sakes.
"Madison, it's me. Please call me back. You need to get out. Call me when you are ready." He would say. I watched the phone from my queen size bed and waited for him to call back. I would answer this time. The phone rang and I anxiously reached over to answer. Not even looking at the caller id, I answered. "Hello?" I said, excited.
No one replied. I waited for an answer. Heavy breathing was heard on the other line. Finally, there was a voice, "Hey." It wasn't Lucas. It was Nathan. "Listen, before you say anything... I just wanted to call and tell you that I was sorry about," He paused, "well about everything."
I prepared to answer. So many things ran through my head but all I could come up with was, "Why?" I took a deep breath. "Not why are you sorry, but why did you do it?" I pushed my hair off of my face. "I just don't get it Nathan." I swung my legs off of my bed and let them dangle toward the floor. I stared at a picture of Nathan and me from middle school. What he said next was almost like he was looking at the same picture I was.
"Remember in middle school at dances when the guys were too shy to come up and asked girls to dance?" He laughed. "I never was. You and I would dance all night long. Well until 10 when the dance was over."
I sighed remembering the fun we used to have. "Yeah. You're a lot of things but shyness never was one of your characteristics." I looked in the mirror, all of a sudden, I felt like myself. "Ya know Nathan. I can't be mad at you. Don't get me wrong, I still don't agree with what you did but you have always trusted your instincts so I am sure you know what you are doing."
There was no answer. Then Nathan spoke, "I'm glad you said that. You know your opinion means a lot to me Madison." He paused for a moment. "There's something that I need to ask you."
"Okay?"
"Are you pregnant?" I could feel his cheeks blush over the phone. "I heard you were pregnant and so was Brooke and I just wanted to hear it from you before I believed anything."
I shook my head in disbelief. "And whose baby would it be Nathan? Yours? Last time I checked you had to have sex with someone to get pregnant and we have never had sex."
"Yeah. I guess you're right. So Brooke's not pregnant either."
I shook my head as if he could see me. "No."
"Okay good. I was worried." There was an awkward silence. "There is one more thing I need to tell you."
I walked into my closet and pulled out an outfit for the day. Today seemed like the perfect day to start my life over. "Shoot." I replied feeling that right now nothing could bring me down. Man was I wrong.
"Haley and I are moving away for the summer. We may be back for next school year. We don't know yet."
The phone slipped out of my hand and onto the floor. I felt the color drip from my face as if I were melting. I could hear Nathan's voice saying, "Madison? Hello? Are you there? Are you okay?" If I had been on the phone my answers would have been, "Yes? Hello. Kind of. No way."