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Was it just her? Or was Caleb ducking her calls? They’d been playing phone tag for a couple weeks now, which was ridiculous given that they live in the same city and one of them should have given up by now and just gone to the other’s residence. Only for Veronica to realize that she didn’t actually know Caleb’s current residence, and neither did their mother or father. Which was just… odd. Granted, she hadn’t seen him in what amounted to a year and change but still. Not knowing where Caleb lived or where he was or how he was doing was a first for her. Especially when she had free time, mind you there wasn’t a lot of that, arguably less and less of it as the stakes in law school got higher but it wasn’t good to just let your family slip through the cracks like this. She wanted to hear him again, in person, and she felt she kindof deserved to after all this time. Which is why she didn’t feel too guilty about the call she was making right now.
“Hey, Caleb… so, there’s like this… strange nasty rain that smells awful and I’m having a hard time doing things like getting food. Class has been canceled and work let me off the hook. What do you say about helping a girl out a little? You bring food and we can put on movies? Like old times… It’s been too long you know and I know I’ve been so busy but- “ She heaved a sigh, “-Ugh, this rain is the worst is smells like wet iron on steroids. Anyway let me know if you can pop over.” She hung up, gingerly making her way from the window to the couch. At least the sounds of rain were still pleasant. There was that, silver lining and all.
She scratched at the red rashes of skin on her arms and face, her thin PJ’s were all she could be bothered to wear at the moment. She, being the fool she was, had decided to walk home in the rain last night, which resulted in a late night visit to the hospital and a hazardous travel back to her apartment with ointments and pain killers. Veronica supposed she looked awful if the itchiness of her skin were anything to go by, her mother had full on gasped in the morning during their daily facetime chat. At least it gave her some rest time, much needed rest time. Veronica turned the volume of her TV up to better listen to the news, the weather was a constant topic and she as well as all residents of New York wanted answers.