Wait

For the next few days, you sit anxiously day and night by your office phone number waiting for Abby to finally call you. You wait and wait for hours on end staring at the phone. After the first day, you begin to wonder why she isn't calling. Maybe Charlie did something. Should you call the police? What if they don't get there in time? You continuously come up with absurd explanations as to why she hasn't called. Until you feel yourself drifting away... your eye lids are getting heavier and your body is becoming more relaxed in that chair but you have to stay awake...

*Ring* *Ring*

You are woken up by an annoying ringing sound. It looks like you fell asleep. The noise is continuously going off right beside you but you take a while to adjust to suddenly being woken up. After a few seconds, there is an eerie silence. The ringing had stopped. A moment later, your voicemail begins to go off. You hear the familiar voice of Abby and you spring up into a standing position and pick up the phone. You slam it against your ear.

"Hello?" You say sounding excited

"... oh... hey John. I'm sorry if I'm taking your time..." she says sounding extremely sad.

"No no. Trust me. You can never waste my time." You say and you know that you made her smile.

"... so can I see you..?" You ask sounding unsure of the answer.

"... um... n... no. Charlie wouldn't like that..." she responds.

"Listen. Why are you still with that jerk even though he abuses you." You say through the phone.

"... it's just th..." she begins to say until you cut her off.

"This is the same Abby who was my best friend all through high school. Who helped me when I was getting bullied and who was there when I got into Oxford university. And I demand to see that woman again so I'll pick you up at 8 o clock tonight by the old cafe in town." You say sounding demanding.

Abby scoffs in a friendly way and then says: "alright mister. You got yourself a date..." you then begin to grin like a maniac. "Anyways. I have to go... I'll see you tonight..." she adds on before hanging up the phone in a hurry.