TWELVE

It's been a long time since I could talk to someone and nothing happened to her. I worried that she would get hurt if she got too close to my personal space. I let people out of my life, expecting them to ignore me. But, the only people that had somehow cracked a hole in my invisible wall were Logan and Lily.

I hope everything between Lily and me isn't going too fast that we would hang out now that she talked to me.

"Hey, can I have your number?"

I looked at her and told her, "No."

"What? Oh, come on." She whined. "Don't be so cruel. I thought we were friends here."

"We are," I admitted, re-reading the lines.

"Then why can't you give me your number?'

"Because it's broken, my replacement won't arrive until tomorrow," I told her. After Hurricane Athena ended, I had to call for a replacement, and luckily we have insurance in case something would give the carrier to provide us with a brand new phone. But, it doesn't arrive until tomorrow morning. I'm stuck being phone-less.

"Oh, then I ca