Phone

English 3 (final)

Phone

I take a deep breath before I look down at my mobile phone that sits in the palm of my hand. Slowly I run my fingertips over the keypad to light up the screen. I look and see that the time is now 18.52pm. It has been 48 minutes since he hung up the telephone.

I start to remember the last words he said to me, “You go your way and I’ll go mine.” I have called him six times since and I have left messages asking that he call me back. I want to make things right between us but I know I should give him some time.

An intense wave of emotion washes over me. The ache in my chest moves down into the pit of my stomach but the emotion takes its hold in my chest.

Suddenly I need to remind myself to breathe. I struggle to catch my breath as my thoughts run wild. Is he ignoring me? Will he ring back at all? My heart starts to race and a feeling of panic sets in.

I have to leave him alone and wait to see if he calls me back once he has calmed down. I feel the moisture build in my eyes and I try and blink it back. Wondering to myself how things got to this point, I close my eyes in an attempt to stop my tears from betraying me. However no matter how hard I try, I start to feel the tears fall from my eyes. Slowly the tears roll down my cheeks. I allow myself to really cry. After what feels like hours of crying I slowly open my heavy sore eyes. I right myself by wiping away the tears from my face and clearing my nose.

I take a deep breath before I look down at my mobile phone that sits in the palm of my hand. Slowly I run my fingertips over the keypad to light up the screen. I look and see that the time is now 18.59pm.It has been 55 minutes since he hung up the telephone.

By Melissa Laws