Part 3
(Hope you enjoy!)
I lie here awake, waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
I watch the clock on my ivory wall tick and tock back and forth. My eyes go round and round and tick and tock and back and forth.
What am I even waiting for?
Hannahās not going to appear tonight, curls tied back as always, her hands melting my knees like butter. I wish she were to appear; I wish she were to confess her love to me as if I am her Aphrodite ā although I am much less beautiful.Ā My hair hangs in pathetic streaks of strawberry blonde, resembling my mother, however my features are sharp, with a pointed nose and drooping eyes, more like my fatherās. it pains me to say that I do equally look like both of my parents, but thatās never a compliment. My parents have always tried to make me act like them in the same manner I look like them. However, no matter how much religion this and religion that that they try to shove down my throat, I refuse to believe anything they tell me anymore. Ever since I fell in love with the one person they said I couldnāt ā the one person they think God says I canāt, I detached myself from the leech that is their beliefs.
If there must be a God (or Goddess), it would be Hannah. I have seen the planets and the heavens with her by my side. She has made me see stars and moons and galaxies further from our reach than she feels to me right now.
I need to call her. The only problem is that I have no phone. Iāve never had one; I just donāt see the point! Why talk to somebody over a tiny screen when you can run down the road and shout them there? I carefully creep out of my room and head downstairs to call her on the landline in the kitchen. What if she doesnāt pick up? What if my parents hear me, or worse, see me? I take a couple of deep breaths to calm myself before finally stepping onto the cold, crisp, clean tiles of the kitchen.
Ā God, I love alliteration.
I reach for the dusty old landline and ring Hannahās number (I still memorised it, despite not having a phone of my own to call her on).
07754974205
The phone does its crackly little ring for a while before a hoarse voice picks up.
āHello? Who the fuck is calling me at this hour in the morning?ā Hannah questions, clearly irritated.
āYour fault for always keeping your phone by your bed,ā I tease back playfully. This is definitely the wrong time to be teasing her, but itās a little late now.
āViolet? W-why are you calling me now? I mean, I expected it at some point, but now? At ā what time is it ā 2:45am?ā
I bite my lip ā maybe this is the wrong time to call Hannah.
āI just need to talk to you. You didnāt come over tonight and I couldnāt stop thinking about how horrible it must feel to have to hide yourself on someone else's terms! I mean, I guess Iām trying to apologise here and I really want to see you again because I love seeing you every day and-ā it finally hits me.
āHannah, I love you.ā
The realisation knocks me over like lightning as my heart springs from inside my heavy chest, the weight of this world slightly lighter and the moonlight outside the frosted windows a bit brighter. I take no notice of the silence on the other end of the phone, caterpillars cycling into butterflies which are prancing about in my chest.
Suddenly, faint footsteps can be heard snaking down the carpeted hallway and down towards the kitchen.
āHannah? I have to go, like, right now, but Iāll see you tomorrow ā or, well, tonight. I love you, bye!ā Before she has time to reply, I dart back out into the corridor before I am seen by whoever is there, waiting to pounce and catch me. Soon enough, I end up back up the stairs and into my warm bedroom. It feels so inviting knowing that Hannah has been here with me so many times before. I just have to hope she shows up again later. Otherwise, Iām coming to her (maybe in both ways - who knows?).
Note: Thank you so much for reading; I hope you enjoyed this! I've stopped proofreading my work at this point (primarily because I can't be bothered) so I apologise for any SPaG errors. I hope you found this story cool, too.








