The best years of my life
I spent this year as a ghost and I'm not sure what I'm looking for
My POV
I had managed to calm myself down after a panic attack. Going through my phone, I was trying to figure out who to call. I decided to call Jamie Benn, thinking that he is always good at helping me calm down. I first met Jamie in primary school. We were partners for a science presentation when he was 8 and I was 7. Spending so much time with him, a friendship had quickly blossomed. "I spent this year as a ghost and I'm not sure what I'm looking for" I said to my friend, Jamie Benn when I had called him after my most recent panic attack removing my black beanie when I got into the campus. I hated that I had chosen to go to University of Boston, we had a really rough winter this year, compared to previous ones. "So, what are you going to do about it?" "I haven't done anything drastic in my 24 years on this planet" I had told him. "Do you want to come here to Dallas and stay in the guest room?" He had asked. "I'll let you know after I take this final" I only had to take one more final and I would graduate in the next week.
The second I left the lecture hall, I called Jamie back. Getting annoyed after three rings, I hung up and called Jamie, his brother. I didn't get an answer from him either, so I went back to my apartment and started boxing some things to donate them to a local homeless shelter. They would need it more than I did.
When I was about to drive the boxes over to the shelter, I got a call and a text from both Benn brothers. I had called Jamie and I had to tell him my answer. "I'll take you up on that offer, if it is still available. I just need one thing from you." In a panicked voice, he said "What is it?" "I didn't mean to worry you, I just need you to buy me a ticket for next Friday" "When are you graduating?" "January 24th, that's a Saturday. I think you guys are on a road trip." "We are, but I'll buy you one for that Sunday, letting you and your family celebrate your graduation. I have to go. You guys deserve it considering this year that you guys had had" Thinking about what Jordie had just reminded me, I said "I'll talk to you in a couple of hours." I should explain. In the beginning on last year, my grandpa had a heart attack and eight months later, my grandmother had died from lung cancer, which was strange because she never smoked in her life. At both of the funerals, Jamie had managed to get everyone on the Dallas Stars to come to Victoria. My mum had assumed that Jamie and Jordie would attend, because they were a part of our family and we were all stunned when every player on the Stars came into the church for the mass. At the luncheon afterwards, I heard Jordie tell a rookie player that "she is family to Jamie and I and a part of your family by extension" when the rookie asked why the whole team was there.
what's the problem? do you need to talk about it? sorry I missed your call, morning skate and my phone was on vibrate in my locker
Jamie said that you want to come here. bring your manners and your converters for your laptop and whatnot
When that next week passed, I was so happy to not only get out of the Boston winter and to go to Dallas.
Notes
"I spent this year as a ghost and I'm not sure what I'm looking for" is a line from Come Out Swinging by The Wonder Years