Distant Howl

hone bounced and vibrated next to me. I grabbed it so fast my wrist slammed into the corner of the cheap-a

out her name. But it wasn't like she had hordes of friends or family calling.

s fully connected. I didn't even care that it was pixelated as hell. I was so happy to see her

ed to feel like an idiot

ally fill up. It would never be completely full. When I thought that one day I would have my own family, a clean-faced husband to love me, little babies th

ough that totally represented my life, and I had n

ane." I smiled, laughing as the screen froze and lag, Daira's face turning into a

ncredibly r

in good humor a

acclimatize. I got to see a bit of her bed and breakfast room as she sat up in bed. I wante

woke up twelve hours later with a completely dark room and an e

t least fe

sun started to come up, at which point I went back to sleep and woke up with just enough time to spend an

exploring. With her six hours ahead of me, she'd probably already done so many exciti

y, but I did find out a bit, which i

sat up straighter on the bed and smiled. ``That's

as exhausted as I felt and,

family apart from each other." He got this strange expression on his face from her, and he could practically see her turning over in her head what he ha

from her. "I think that might be normal under the circumstances," I said, hoping to show him some kind of silver lining that might make things seem less hopeless.

more than that. And since tomorrow is Sunday, they won't be open. And there are so many possib

e bed, my head pounding something ferocious from lack of sleep and the fu

eld the phone away from me, but it didn't help the chin party I was currently having. I finally said, "Fuck it," and let the phone sit on my ch

of her on the phone shook slightl