I Still Care
Chapter 5 Texting
Fridays always went by super slow. It seemed my art class was taking extra long today. I wanted to go home and call Zuko. I told Toph and Suki about Zuko giving me his number, Toph just shook her head, and Suki shrieked a couple of times. I found myself trying to think of what I would say to him. Would he remember anything from our childhood? Does he have a girl friend? The questions danced around my head like hip hop dancers on a dance floor.
Sokka always went to watch Suki in cheer leading so I was free to walk home by myself. Gran looked at me funny when she saw me come into the house and jump at the computer. Zuko did not want me to call him until four so I intended to wait. Than I saw the messages in my inbox, the first read:
Hey my dad said no to coming up and seeing you, you can come down and chyll though.
I was hoping he would come up and see me, but oh well. I clicked on the second one message in my inbox. It was from him again,
This is my cell number (555)- 345- 7890, CALL ME! What is your number? Zuko
Smiling I type down my number,
It is (555)-098- 6543, that is my cell
Smiling at the message, did not think I would get a reply for a while. My real intention was to wait until four like he told me to do yesterday. Up stairs I lay on my bed and start working on my home work. My phone vibrates in my back pocket. I pull out my brand new iphone and notice it's a number I don't have in my phone. When I open the message it reads: BOO!
I giggle in recognition. I type 'Hey' back and hit send. I quickly save him number in my phone as 'Zuko' than go on with my homework, but before I could get anything done my phone goes off again.
'So you think your dad will let you come down tomorrow?' he asked, I was actually not sure if I was. Dad was not quick to let me go hang out with boys especially ones with criminal records and who live an hour away.
'Idk probably' I type back, I put my home work aside because I know that I wont get any done while I am distracted.
My phone vibrates again, 'so what you doing?' he asked
'Just put away my homework, u?' I asked him
'Playing a game on the computer'
I feel the smile on my face growing with each text message.
'So what are we going to do tomorrow if I come down?' I asked him
'Idk, we could chyll here for a lil or we could go bowling' he answers
'Bowling sounds fun, oh and my brother would have to come down with me. Just so you know' I text remembering that there was no way my dad would let me go down there alone.
'Thats fine LOL, I kinda miss bothering Sokka' he texts back and I let out a laugh. I feel like a giddy school girl. I am smiling and my heart is beating loudly. Do I have a crush on him? Is that even right? I just started talking to him again a week ago.
'Sooo bored' I text him, because it is true sitting and texting him as fun as it is, is really boring.
'I am not :P' he texts back and I cant help but role my eyes.
'Good for you than' I text to him, I decide I should go down stairs and spend time with Gran gran. I walk down two steps than, my phone goes off. I look at it and Zuko is calling me.
"Hello?" I say is a happy voice, omg he called me.
"Hi" I hear him let out a long breath. Is he smoking?
"What are you doing?" I asked turning around on the stairs and going to sit in my room.
"Smoking a cigarette and talking to an old friend, u?" he says I can hear the laugh in his voice.
"Nothing just talking to someone I've missed talking too." I said back to him
"Cool" He says
"So are you excited to see me tomorrow?" I asked happily plopping down on my bed.
"Hell yeah" I laugh at him reply and remember dad gets mad at me when I use my minutes up.
"Hey listen is it alright if I just text you? My dad doesn't like when I use up my minutes" I say putting a smile into my voice.
"That's fine, bye" He says letting out another long breath.
"Bye" The line goes dead...
