XXXV

SATURDAY

“Hi, this is Flip. Yo, I’m not here right now, but be cool and I’ll get back with you as soon as I can.”

BEEP!

“Hi, this is Billy. Listen, I wanted to apologize for the other night. I think we SHOULD just pretend it didn’t happen. I didn’t mean to upset or weird you out. I didn’t mean to. That’s really the last thing I wanted to do, you know, is upset you. Your friendship means a lot to me, Flip. It’s sort of all I have right now. I hope I wasn’t out of line. I just couldn’t take it if I did something stupid. Let’s just not make any final decisions yet. You’re the only friend I have. I don’t want to sound possessive or anything. I just want you to know how important you are and—”

BEEP!

“. . . That I miss you already.”