us when they know something.”
It was then that he started pacing. And then Falcon got up and paced with him, they looked like knights jousting without the lances or the horses. I shifted in my chair. You’d think hospitals which have concerned people waiting for their loved ones could have better chairs.
“Are you okay?” Falcon sat next to me again.
“I’m fine. Did you call your mom and dad?” Owen must’ve heard me too because they both looked extremely guilty.
“I’ll call them,” Falcon said and hopped up and walked outside the doors to make the phone call.
“Owen Black,” a nurse yelled in front of enormous swinging doors.
He ran over and followed her through the doors to the back. Falcon came in a few minutes later and I explained that Owen went to the back. A few minutes after, Owen emerged through the same doors and called Falcon to join him. Nellie must’ve been okay because he had the biggest grin on his face.
Owen’s parents and Maddox came in later and through the doors they went. I felt like an idiot, a seventh wheel to their already balanced vehicle. I decided to go back to the bookstore parking lot on foot. They would probably be visiting Nellie for a while and then they would be exhausted and need to go straight home without taxi cabbing me around. I got to my car a little before two a.m. I drove down the street to the back of the diner where Falcon took me before. It was well lit and there was a police station across the street, perfect spot for a girl to sleep in her car.
I drifted to sleep and as soon as I got as comfortable as possible in the front seat of a compact car my work phone rang.
“Hello?” I answered, already sounding groggy.
“Where are you?” Falcon
“I walked back,” I answered.
“Oh,” he sounded disappointed but I couldn’t imagine why.
“How’s Nellie, is she okay?”
“Um, here, I’ll let her tell you.” I heard the shifting of legs and then the phone being handed off.
“Reed?” Normal Nellie was definitely back.
“How are you,” I asked.
“I’m fine, except Owen knocked me up.” She laughed and I could hear the chorus of their family laugh in unison.
“Congratulations,” and I meant it. Anyone could see how in love those two were.
“Thanks. Ok, I’ll let you go and I will see you in a couple of days, right?”
“Yeah, definitely. Congrats again!” I hung up the phone and tried to get comfortable again but couldn’t. This sleeping in my car thing was for the freakin’ birds.
Chapter 9
Reed
Laundromats, in general, are a conundrum to me. There are no chairs right by the washers. But if you’re not close, you take the chance of some skeeze trying to jack your skivvies. And if you try to sit on the washer, they look at you like you’re molesting it. Forget the mansion God, I just want a washing machine of my own, please.
I hate when I’m having a dream and my phone starts ringing in real life and then ‘Wham!’ there’s a ringing phone in my dream. I don’t think the elves in my dream appreciated it very much at all.
“Hello!” I answered, eyes still closed.
“Hey, it’s Falcon.”
“Hey, is Nellie okay?” I hoped she was.
“Yeah, they let her go last night. I just got up and
It was then that he started pacing. And then Falcon got up and paced with him, they looked like knights jousting without the lances or the horses. I shifted in my chair. You’d think hospitals which have concerned people waiting for their loved ones could have better chairs.
“Are you okay?” Falcon sat next to me again.
“I’m fine. Did you call your mom and dad?” Owen must’ve heard me too because they both looked extremely guilty.
“I’ll call them,” Falcon said and hopped up and walked outside the doors to make the phone call.
“Owen Black,” a nurse yelled in front of enormous swinging doors.
He ran over and followed her through the doors to the back. Falcon came in a few minutes later and I explained that Owen went to the back. A few minutes after, Owen emerged through the same doors and called Falcon to join him. Nellie must’ve been okay because he had the biggest grin on his face.
Owen’s parents and Maddox came in later and through the doors they went. I felt like an idiot, a seventh wheel to their already balanced vehicle. I decided to go back to the bookstore parking lot on foot. They would probably be visiting Nellie for a while and then they would be exhausted and need to go straight home without taxi cabbing me around. I got to my car a little before two a.m. I drove down the street to the back of the diner where Falcon took me before. It was well lit and there was a police station across the street, perfect spot for a girl to sleep in her car.
I drifted to sleep and as soon as I got as comfortable as possible in the front seat of a compact car my work phone rang.
“Hello?” I answered, already sounding groggy.
“Where are you?” Falcon
“I walked back,” I answered.
“Oh,” he sounded disappointed but I couldn’t imagine why.
“How’s Nellie, is she okay?”
“Um, here, I’ll let her tell you.” I heard the shifting of legs and then the phone being handed off.
“Reed?” Normal Nellie was definitely back.
“How are you,” I asked.
“I’m fine, except Owen knocked me up.” She laughed and I could hear the chorus of their family laugh in unison.
“Congratulations,” and I meant it. Anyone could see how in love those two were.
“Thanks. Ok, I’ll let you go and I will see you in a couple of days, right?”
“Yeah, definitely. Congrats again!” I hung up the phone and tried to get comfortable again but couldn’t. This sleeping in my car thing was for the freakin’ birds.
Chapter 9
Reed
Laundromats, in general, are a conundrum to me. There are no chairs right by the washers. But if you’re not close, you take the chance of some skeeze trying to jack your skivvies. And if you try to sit on the washer, they look at you like you’re molesting it. Forget the mansion God, I just want a washing machine of my own, please.
I hate when I’m having a dream and my phone starts ringing in real life and then ‘Wham!’ there’s a ringing phone in my dream. I don’t think the elves in my dream appreciated it very much at all.
“Hello!” I answered, eyes still closed.
“Hey, it’s Falcon.”
“Hey, is Nellie okay?” I hoped she was.
“Yeah, they let her go last night. I just got up and
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