by fennvoice | Oct 20, 2022 | Class of 2025
~Milo Davis, Class of 2025
My brother, Dan, and I lived in the small town of Melville, North Carolina with our parents. On a hot day in August both my parents were invited to go to my mom’s best friend’s wedding in California. This meant that my brother and I would go to Maine to stay with my uncle for a week and a half. Even the idea of this was extremely exciting to my brother and I because my uncle had everything a 12 year old boy could possibly want, a pool, a big backyard, a huge house, and most of all a big screen TV with cable and an xbox. So late in August we got into my uncle’s Jeep and drove off in a long two day ride to Maine.
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by fennvoice | Oct 14, 2022 | Class of 2025
~Nate Lyons, Class of 2025
Hello?
Are you there?
Guys?
Texts. Messages. Calls.
All unanswered.
Anyone?
You said you could call today.
Why aren’t you answering?
Busy. As always.
We’ve barely talked in months.
What is it now?
Are you at a swim meet?
With your little brother?
Doing homework?
Why don’t you answer?
I’ve been waiting for an hour.
But I don’t send those questions.
They can’t ever know.
How much it hurts to feel ignored by your best friends.
For now, i’ll just say:
Hello?
Are you there?
…
But you couldn’t possibly have that many swim meets.
Your little brother couldn’t take up that much of your time.
And you couldn’t have that much homework.
So what’s keeping you from sending a single message to your best friend?
…
Hello?
Anyone?
Why don’t you answer me?
…
I guess I’ll keep waiting.
Like always.
