A Little Over a Year Later

“Hello?”

“Hey, sweetheart.”

“Hey, Reggie. Is everything alright?”

“Yeah, why wouldn’t it be?”

“Because you’re calling.”

Reggie released a heavy sigh on the other end. “I know we’ve been broken up for a while now, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care about you, and we agreed we would remain friends, right?”

“Right,” Arianna agreed. “Um...how have you been?”

“Besides missing you? I’m living. How about you?”

Arianna felt the same way, but life had a way of being ironically cruel. Every time Arianna thought about her fate, she started to maniacally laugh, cry until her pillow was soaking wet, and then she’d rush...