I wake up to the subtle vibration of my cell.

“Hello?”

“Just wanted to let you know, your girl’s off fuckin’ another guy”

“What?”

I can hardly comprehend what is being said, still being in the fog of my sleep.

“Bummer, just thought you should know”

A bright light shines in my right eye as I come out of my haze.

It’s 3:24 am, and my girlfriend is babysitting across town.

I can’t sleep, as I try to replay whose voice that was.

 

High school, I almost long to return to…