The call
( 3 days before thanksgiving while Gretchen was in class…)
I think someone is calling me... my phone is vibrating … Maybe it's Claire? Nah it says Unknown Number… ermm I can't answer now, but the caller is persistent maybe its urgent, maybe something happened… maybe it's her… I got to take this call… I hope professor im-to-good-to-be teaching won't mind me leaving class; I will deal with this later now I really have to take this call…
"Hello" I say as soon as I get out of the room…
"Gretchen? Gretchen berg?" Oh... It's not her…
"Yeah... It's her, who are you?" I'm a little bit annoyed now sorry mister caller.
"Hi Gretchen is Noah Bennet, Claire's Father… remember me?" How can I forget…?
"Of course I remember you , How are you? Something Wrong?" I'm kind of concerned now, why is he calling me?
"Oh everything is fine well... Almost everything…" Claire…
"Is Claire Ok? "Woops this came without me noticing
"Yes... And No… That's exactly why I'm calling I was wondering do you have plans for thanksgiving?" I'm totally lost now…
"Ermm... Apart from being with my parents no... Nothing in mind why?" I'm curious now…
"Well you are Claire's friend and..." I think he doesn't know...
"Mr. Bennet sorry for interrupting but I'm not in Arlington anymore I moved back with my parents and I…"
"Oh yeah I do know, Claire told me you moved… Can I ask you something?"
IS this for real…
"Of course you can " soo…
"Well first of all you can call me Noah…." As if…
"But I was wondering Gretchen.. How are you feeling? Are you happy?" What kind of question is that…
"Yeah, I Guess…" I couldn't even convince myself with that answer…
"Look, I will be totally honest with you…Since you left Claire changed, she is always moody and upset…She doesn't want to talk about it but I know my daughter…she is sad because you left" Oh God what have I done…
"You are silent Gretchen… that tells me a lot you know, my bet is that you feel the same way…"
I do... I do…
"I do feel the same, but I can't ... I mean she must be so mad at me" I don't even know what I'm saying anymore.
"Mad? Trust me on this, she is everything but mad… if I didn't knew better I would say... Ermm forget it... What I mean is… she needs you here; I can't stand to watch my little girl like that anymore" I'm officially the worst person on earth how can I hurt so much the person I love!
"I need her too; I miss her so much… " Did I really said that out loud?
" I know you do… I can sense it in you voice… So I have a proposition for you, why don't you join us on thanksgiving huh? Im sure Claire will love the surprise"
And if she doesn't… I don't want to ruin dinner with my presence there…. "I don't know … I'm not so sure about that, maybe she doesn't want me back..."
"Non sense... Please you have to trust me when I say she will be more then pleased to see you… if you really care about her please show up it would mean a lot to me and even more to her"
How can I say no to that? I don't even want to say no.. I can't wait to see her again…
"Ok … Count me in… let's hope you're right!" Oh yeah… let's hope...
"Don't Worry about it, Just please don't tell her anything ok? I want it to be a surprise for her" I don't like surprises but…
"Ok…"
Ok…
"I will call you later to confirm everything ok? And Please don't change your mind, Take care ok?"
"I Will Mr. Bennet you too…Bye!"
Oh
My
GOD
I can't believe this just happened, I can't believe I'm going to see her Again even if she is mad at me I don't care.. I just need to see her again … been a while since I felt this happy and excited!