A story about a text sent from a long-lost friend.
Written by Cody Newton
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and I have a story. I want to tell you a story about a two,
next sent from a long lost friend so
gather around and listen clubs,
The.
The bed had an aggressive creek and one spot
spot railway shifted myself off
it had been there at least fifteen years. I've been staying at this place,
tiny old parental. Our money
in coast just south
of cannon beach. You probably know what I'm talking about
already been to it or one like it.
And if not, you will someday,
Well camped exposed. Would ship lab
green glass, balls thick rope,
decorations and assign at reads life is a beach
I've been renting this place once a year for the last ten years on the anniversary of my best friends, death
the same spot. Our group used to go for years before he died after his death.
I made the decision to just come here alone. You see Jacon, I jake's the dead
We were always the closest
and when I say he was my best friend, I mean it in the most
since we were like songs
I walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen taken late evening nap. It was dark now
like so many years before there is this nasty storm side in
they're going to the beach that day or anywhere. For that matter,
I really never left the house on those anniversary, weekends,
stephen side, drink jack Daniels manages favorite,
I watched old videos of us in college me jane.
In our group of friends went through a phase where we filmed.
doing damn near everything,
smart enough to save him.
with special, though not only had eyes
some time getting a little extra drunk with our old friend jack
So the idea,
the ten year anniversary of jake's death. So this
I grabbed a bunch of old stuff that I had saved in moving box
one of those things was so far.
the same phone I had at the time of chicks death.
Operational anymore, but the cool thing
Old phones. Is the text messages live on them in perpetuity exist?
photographs, ghosts
and all the remaining tax between Jake, and I, on that far
self jack on ice,
the bottle down on the counter, with a sharp plank that fill
small house for a brief fleeting moments.
down to the living room?
What are you all box sat on a coffee,
the letters of ammonia is. I sat on
how to coastal this one said: Heaven is
should a home by the water own home was a seizure. My favorite coastal said holmes, sweet beach
I probably left that one back in the kitchen,
the inside of the box was like a tiny world in and of itself
a different area in the universe tat I once knew so well, no long
could visit logic.
Luckily, I was smart enough to bring your phone charger
The better on the farmers was as jake by this time. So
my ass over the edge of the sofa reach the outlet and plug your phone it
Why
it's crashed on the beach and rain belted. The windows on the west side of the old house, I listened to the wild weather outside while the phone slowly groaned to life, the phone
the time capsule. No doubt there is a lot to explore, but
With the jack I just poured working it's magic. My boy
from before the nap and come back with a quick and authoritative conviction
I opened the messages froze. I looked
big glass, a jack. He was usually to blame and back in my phone
You see mining jake's. Last conversation used to be down line quite away after jake died.
go out, attacks from friends and family. Tell me how much they loved me, but now it was right at the top. I clicked it open.
Rain crashed against the window
my entire world shifted for fast and aggressive mind. One was looking at.
new message from Jake
my heart began race quickly. I said
at grabbing my drink. I I took a long hard pull that started. Realizing jack might be part of the jig problem. I'm now having on my phone
no explainable reason, maybe to distract myself. I walked toward that cabinet that all rentals have with all the games.
Drink in one hand, the other hand
shaking as if something were stuck to it. I opened the cabinet and pulled out a tattered old clue borg slap on the table near by
My breeding was heavy, as I ran my hand through my air
I detest sweat on my palm as I wiped my face with it.
Then, I went back to the surface. The fund seemed heavier than normal, but I could
the ones old text read between Jake and I
texted me after
He was dead. I read it a man, it's been about ten years now. I know you can't read this, but I just had to say something: you have no idea how much I miss you. Maybe you do, but I miss you a lot,
I love your brother. I like twitching like crazy. I couldn't focus with Steven real. How did he
The text back right.
So I did jake
the gravity round my hand pulled harder than I can explain, but I had sent
it's me. I shudder
again running my hand down my face sweating now fuck this.
Imagining. He won't reply. I paced and paste
the phone lit. I ran over to it,
had come through from jake? Don't fuck with me?
This used to be my best friends, old phone number who
this
just like him to go on the exact first,
seventeen in this. There is,
something that can prove he's real.
How do I know the stick? I type you first, eight years old on my traveling, a girl, I told you I'd marry someday.
was the phone showed no activity for some seconds, then
ah geronimo emma on.
but I wanted more ok, I typed, but what about you? We were twenty two drinking a bottle of jacket are
I've been table. I asked you what you almost afraid of what did you say? Another pause having kids my heart.
again I took a drink of jack. The was happening.
Then the phone. Try again. I told you
I want to kids, but I was scared. My dad was such an angry man and I'm an angry
Dude, I told you. I was terrified that I'd be bad, my kids
single to rolled down my cheek, I don't know how
I was taxing my best friend I texted. Do
I don't know what I mean
did you. I really didn't think this would work not just
to say something
I have so many questions like what it's like. Where you are
really. I could have asked any number of things anything to keep this.
Conversation with a dead man alive.
Really two things are needed to know was
Ok, and could he forgive me honest
not that exciting
naturally down in the south. Now I'm married
that line down in the south now
didn't mean when I thought it meant regardless
I was happy to hear you married. I responded
now he could get married down there.
to get married anywhere. Smart ass
still couldn't believe what was happening when he died
nothing was the same without him. But now here I am texting him. What about you? He asked I looked around.
I spent a lot of time at that beach house man. Well at least once a year. I swear it still like your chief body spray
took a while for him to respond, and my
began race,
whose contact now with theirs.
As it came through. I must take place,
I must being there with you too. You have no
fucking idea. How much I miss you?
This is insane that we're texting like this there with you. I miss you too tight.
The wind rougher than usual picked up and blasted the west side windows.
waited for a response. I reread our old tax every year, the last ones we sent to each other.
Jake and I were always alike, even indebted seems I wish you could be here. What is your world look like
I was afraid of what you say. I never
considered what Heaven or how might look like, but I'd only hoped whatever jake. God was good. He deserved good. You typed back same as ours. When you are around just of little updated.
I guess that really honest
Does the world we laughed copied over
I guess in some ways that isn't too bad,
where does that mean everyone was there or if they shared
world together, so I asked him are the others there
anyone else we lost. It was
longer than usual pause,
the eyes of my drink and mostly melted, and the condensation left a small island of water around my glass.
I'm not totally sure what you're talking about man. He said
text, but
quickly following it came one more. Do you remember the end? The last time we were together, I did remember I do the car accident yeah. I was driving and I'll, never forgive myself. It took another drink. My jack is part of the story was always hard to tell, but I had the time we were headed to our buddy's house that night and there was that thirty mile per hour corner and I totally missed it. We shot across the road and hit that tree paramedics saved me, but that's where he died. I felt my muscles fight as I typed each word, but it needed to be said. Actually I I need to add more. I am so fucking. Sorry, I'm sorry for everything I took another drink of my jack, terrified of what he'd say. Did he resent me for what I did to him? Did he forgive me? The text thread showed three dots. Then they went away three more showed up. Then. Guy and again I took another drink and I said something wrong. Finally, a text came through and the light from the screen lit up my face. I'm not sure how I felt, but I felt of took one last smooth sip of jack and set the phone down as much as I wanted to text him
I realise that in need to
I finally sign
sales were so vivid. I got it.
Here then playing in real time rain.
Crash in the tree the tree that Mr Jake,
I closed my eyes,
ass message played in my head,
do know. I don't know what to say. I didn't
I and the accident that night
You did the wanted to leave the small house. I've been in that storm outside any bingo. That was the last time I was actually outside outside this place, where I felt closest to the person I loved most. I pulled the plug from my phone and decided. Maybe I'd sleep a while longer
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