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One Call Away

Inspired by One Call Away by Charlie Puth



So, it was kind of weird thing why I was sitting in front of my laptop now. I was typing and trying to remember what I should do for my final paper, when suddenly I heard a buzz from my phone.
“Hello?” I tried to open the conversation. It was Dan. Daniel Aaron Henderson. He was my senior high school friend. He was now working as a full time programmer.
“What’s up?” He exclaimed.
“You, what’s up?”
“Haha. I thought that you might be busy now.”
“I’m always.”
“Am I interrupting?”
“Not really. Are there anything to help?”
“Yes. I got problem. I felt like I need to resigned from my work now.”
“Hey, why? Don’t you dare to say that. Do you think it’s easy to find a new one?”
“No. I mean like, I don’t have time to continue my high education.”
“Really? Have you tried to speak to your girlfriend or family?”
“No, I think it’s only you who understand my situation now, Lily Smith.” He said and I blushed. I didn’t have anything to say anymore. It was like I was very special for him.

***

It had been two months since I did not speak to Dan. I knew that he might have happy time with his girlfriend. I meant like, I thought that I was very special for him in some sort of time. For example, when he got low feeling or when he got something bad with his girlfriend or work problems. I never thought about that before. I just wanted to be someone who cared to everyone who needed me.
Time flies. Dan had called last night and he told me that he got the problem with his girlfriend. I could not say anything to him. As I read on the online article that boys just needed to be listened, you did not need to give a lot of advices for them. So, I just listened through the text he sent me. That time I was like, he gave me some chance.
“Do I love him?” I asked my heart. It felt like every time he texted me, I was feeling so high.
One day I met him. We were meeting at a Mall near my house. We made an appointment and I met him. It was a fun day for me, I did not know for him. That day was very special for me. But, after that, he was gone. But, my feeling for him still existed.

***
I was crying all night. I knew Dan for about 5 years and now I did not know where he was. My feeling went so strong when he was gone. I still had his number but it felt like I was no longer someone who was still closed with him. He was nowhere. But he was in my heart.
By the time, I tried to forget him. “Lily could be a strong person. Lily could forget Dan.” That was all I said to myself. It felt sick inside. When I saw the things which related to him, suddenly my head was full of the memories we made. We laughed, we cried, and we shared everything in common almost every day.
But I realised some things. I realised that I did not need to have love physically. Love could be shared by caring each other. Sometimes love didn’t existed. I was happy now because I realised that I had ever been someone that I could call as ‘one call away’. I existed when Dan needed me. I was there when Dan needed me to hear his stories. As I knew that Dan had a new girlfriend, but not me, however, I was still happy because I knew I was the person who cares about Dan. I just put my belief that one day, he would realised about my existence. I also believed that even though he was with someone else, he would remember me. The memories could not be forgotten. I was sure about that because I could not erase the memories about me and Dan. The more I tried to forget, the more I remember it. I was just happy I could be someone who had ever been in his brain and heart.


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