Hi … How Are You?

I’ve mentioned my friend Ryan a couple of posts ago. We haven’t spoken for 3 months and I wanted to see how he’s been doing these days. We used to text each other randomly here and there … but let’s just say something happened … I’ll put it at that for now.

I was apprehensive about calling him up, wasn’t really sure if he would pick up. I was nervous calling him because we both haven’t spoken for so long that I thought it might be awkward.

So yesterday night after finishing my workout (I’m trying to tone up a bit) I stood in my room to cooling off. “Hey … why not just call Ryan up?”, I thought. So I picked up my iPhone and dialed his number.

The phone started to ring … more ringing … more ringing … it continued until I got his voicemail. A bit disappointed I hung up the phone thinking that he still didn’t feel like talking.

I continued to cool off from my workout (who knew crunches could be so difficult to do, especially if you don’t know the proper form of doing so). When I heard a text message from my phone, it was from Ryan.

He was still at work and couldn’t talk, I replied back saying sorry I was bugging him. It was near 10:30 p.m. and I was getting tired so I turned off the phone and headed off to bed.

I was going to leave my phone on, in hopes he would call … but knew he wouldn’t and thought it would waste battery life.

So today, I wasn’t sure if he would call back since he didn’t yesterday night. After coming back from a meeting at work with some clients, I sat at my desk reviewing notes and updating my functional designs.

My phone suddenly starts to vibrate and I smile hoping it was him. I pull the phone out of my pocket and read the caller ID, “Mom” *rolls eyes*. I pick up the phone and it’s my mom calling from the airport. She was telling me that she and my father both checked in and was now waiting for their flight.

Being a mom … she made sure to tell me to – eat … don’t work so hard … buy dinner if you have to … etc. I think she worries to much … anyways we finish talking and I hang up. I put the phone back into my pocket and continue working.

A couple of minutes later my phone vibrates again, “What does my mom want now!?”.

I grab the phone a teeny bit annoyed and notice it was a text from Ryan. I text him back and continue working. I wanted to wait to see if he would reply back … but couldn’t so I decided to call him instead. He didn’t pick up … so I thought maybe he still didn’t want to talk, “Okay … that’s fine I guess”.

So I put my phone onto my desk and sat there reading over my designs … when my phone vibrates again. I pick up the phone and looked at the caller ID, “Ryan”.

After months of not talking to each other … months of hoping we could go back to how it was between us … it was finally nice to hear his voice again.

Me: Hello?

Ryan: Helloo?

Me: Hey ….. How are you?

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- A