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Not Listening

I had dinner with my family and got ready for bed. As I returned to my room, I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing began playing from my bed.

I ran to my bed and grapped my phone, “Hello?” I answered, not bothering to look and see who was calling.

“Hey Sweetie…” Tyler’s voice rang through my phone.

“Hey, everything alright?” I asked, hearing confliction in his voice.

“Yeah… no…” He said. I waited for hm to continue. “Candi… my best friend… she… got mad at me for talking to you… all the time… she thinks… oh I don’t even know.”

“Maybe I should talk with her?” I questioned.

“How would that help?” He replied.

“I don’t know…” I told him and laughed. “It was the first thing that came to mind.”

“I don’t think so… She can get impulsive when she’s angry… I don’t want her blowing up at you.” He said.

“Ok… It’ll work out though.” I smiled a little and logged on to my laptop, knowing I wouldn’t listen to Tyler this time.

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