Torn From the Present
Chapter 5: Midnight Callers
"Hello?"
"Hey, Ryan, man!" An excited voice asked.
"Um...not to be rude, but who is this?" Ryan asked.
"Oh... this is Chad Danforth... from High School?" Chad said, getting more nervous.
"Oh... hey Chad. Um... do you realize it's like..." he looked at the clock " midnight?"
"Oh... sorry about that. I live in New York now, and there's like a 4 or 5 hour time difference."
"Eh... that's ok." Ryan said, sitting up in bed. "I'm not doing anything important now anyway..."
"Oh... cool. I was thinking about getting everyone together... the gang, you know? In a place where everyone could meet... like Kansas or something. Since Taylor and I live in New York, Kelsi and Jason live in Kentucky, Zeke lives in Florida, and you, Sharpay, and Troy still live in Alberquerque. I was thinking of doing it this summer... like the end of summer. How does that sound?"
Ryan was only half listening. "Why don't we do it in Kentucky, because Lorraine, my daughter, is going to see her mom, Kelsi, this summer too. I could just meet them... and it'll be easier for you, Taylor, and Zeke, anyway."
"Cool... I'll call Kelsi and ask her... and what do you mean, your daughter is going to see her mom?" apparantly realization hit him a few seconds later, " You and Kelsi were married? You had a daughter?"
"Yeah" he relpied.
"You've got to be kidding me! Taylor and I had a boy... he's 13... how old is your daughter?" he asked.
"She's 12. Look, i'll call you later. It's really late and i'm tired... do you mind?" Ryan asked, very tired.
"Yeah, sure... i'll call you around... 6 o'clock your time?"
"Sure... bye." Ryan said, hanging up.
He got comfortable again, and was almost asleep, when yet again, the phone rang. Ryan groaned. Who is calling me at this time of night? Again? He thought. Chad was an exception... he hadn't talked to him for... 14 years. He turned over, and picked up the phone.
"What?" he asked.
"Um... Ryan?" a nervous voice asked.
"What?" he repeated. "Who is this?"
"It's... Kelsi... I was wondering if you had asked Lorraine about... you know...?"
"I haven't asked her yet. I'll call when she does. Goodnight." he said, hanging up.
Just as he turned over, the phone rang yet again. "WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME?" he yelled into the reciever.
"Um... Ryan? It's me... Gabriella... I wanted to ask you where you lived...?" she asked nervously.
"Oh... sorry... I'm just really... nevermind. Where do you live?" he asked.
"I live in North Carolina... where did you live again?" she asked.
"North Carolina! Wow... that's far... I still live in Alberquerque... how did you end up there?" Ryan asked, sitting up.
"I don't know... I've just ended up there." she said.
"Um... It's really late here... and i'd like to get at least 5 hours of sleep..."
"Oh! I'm so sorry... I forgot about the time change! I'll call you later... say, 6 o'clock your time?"
"Um... I'm gonna be on the phone with Chad then... how about you call around 7:30, my time?" he asked.
"Yeah... good night!" she said, hanging up.
Finally... Ryan said to himself. He turned around in bed, and finally fell asleep.
A/N: I'm sorry it's so short, but that's really all I needed to put in there... and once again, please vote... but now i'm asking for ideas. Any ideas at all will probably be used... and i'll make sure to put that you helped with this chapter... thanks for reading!