Out of the blue, I get a call the Friday of Labor day weekend. A number I haven’t seen in a long time. The thought paralyzes me for a moment.
Its been two years, but with someone like her.. the emotional charge her name popping up on my phone will not fail to affect. In a moment, the myriad of emotions swept over me. Surprise, fear, longing… I pick up as if controlled by someone else. Hers was a call that I could not ignore. I felt a prick of annoyance that someone could such a profound effect on me without saying a word.
I answer cautiously, and it turns out she’s visiting in town, and wants to see if I would get a drink. It’s been a long time and despite my emotions, I feel over her and fine, and in fact recently got out of a bad relationship, so I said fuck it, let's go.