Late Night Calls

Your iPhone is going off in the middle of the night. It could be any number of things: someones been arrested, someones in the hospital, someones wrestled a bear and...... These things happen on phone calls from friends.

These are the calls too priceless to ignore. The ones you know you have to answer. Cause if you don't, you may regret it forever.

I recall recently my phone ringing very early one morning (or extremely late one night). I, asleep: dead to the world, not to be bothered under penelty of death, do not pass go, that sort of sleep. I roll over to see who is ringing me at this unholy hour. And come to find, someone I had not heard from in some time. Knowing this girl and her pention for making a mess of things, I was inclinded to answer and was already to bounce out of bed if the need should arise.

The voice on the other end was quite and soft. She seemed tired, as if I had called her and woke her up. I asked if everything was alright, to which she replied: no, not really, but that's not the point. Before I could ask what was wrong she cut me off. "I'm calling you now because I just had a dream, it seemed so real. You and I were driving in my car singing songs and I was laughing at your silly jokes. It was so real to me. But when I woke up; you weren't here with me. And that make me very sad."

I, dumbfounded on my end of the phone line could only muster one sound: oh. She then told me that she misses me something horrible. And she called me only so she could here my voice, and to hear a few silly jokes.

After what turned into hours, we said our goodnights and goodbyes. Knowing both well enough the plans we made probably won't come around, but the thought of being together was enough.

It's calls like those that make me feel alive. Knowing that, sometimes waking up all alone is more unerving than any nightmare. But a call to a friend can be a remedy, if only a brief one. So next time, dont ignore that phone call at 330 in the morning. It might be the most important call you'll ever have.