Wolf Mountain

The Call

Dec 8th 2018

My name is Sky Green, I'm 22 years old from Toronto, Canada, well not really. I study here in Toronto. I'm really from a small town where I was born and grew up just 4 hours away from Toronto. Sometimes I miss it and sometimes I don't. It's a weird relationship that I have with my home town, but I always come home at some point. As for my family I have a divorced mom and a dad and a 20 year old sister named Saige that I always keep in touch with, she tells me all the family drama that happens while I'm away, and just in general she keeps me updated with them

As for my mother, her name is Rose, she is a sweet kind woman who works as a nurse at a local hospital. I always kept her well informed that I'm alive, well and fed. She always Seemed to worry if I had enough food for some reason, but she "claims" the reason is I'll go hungry even though I can pretty much survive with nothing but junk food. As for my father, I never really knew him, all I knew was that his name was Sean and that he was more on the mysterious side. But when was little, probably around eleven to twelve I was around him a lot, he would take me up to Wolf Mountain for what he called "Lumberjack training" Because he himself was one and it was what he did for a living, but I also think he just wanted to carry down the art of it or whatever. But most of the time we had fun, after him teaching me about the millions of types of woods and the numerous types of "chopping techniques" we would always go down to this little Italian diner and always get the same thing we'd always get, a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs, that part of the mountain trips where always my favorite. But when I turned twelve he disappeared, so through middle school and high school it was just me, my mom and my sister.

As for me, it's nearing the winter break of my senior year of college, and as surprising as it seems I haven't been getting much work which is.. eh good and bad, I like to stay productive. But especially this time of year I am most productive, not doing work or anything but mostly just going on walks when it snows, since ya know it's Canada and we get snow here early. Point is I spend most my time Going on walks now because I don't have as much work as I do doing the rest of the school year, but this year was different, I would usually just stay in the city with my friends and throw a Christmas party but, I'm having one of those times where I havent gone home in a long time and im starting to miss it, I wanna see my mom and sister again. So one day I was in my dorm room and I think about calling my mom, hesitant and worrying that if i called her that should would start yelling and scolding me because I don't call her enough, but i pull myself together and I call her and she instantly picks up

"Hey sky sweetie how are you! It's been awhile since we last talked!"

The fact the she still calls me sweetie makes me cringe a little considering I am an adult but I brush it off, I can tell from the sounds in the background that she's at work with the beeping and talking of the machines and people at the hospital and respond

"Hey mom, I'm doing well uh.. how are you?-"

"I'm great honey! Listen I'm at work right now, but I'm on break so what up"

I sigh and change my tone into a determined one

"Nothing much, just missing home.. and I-"

She cuts me off

"Aww honey I'm so sorry, you should really come home you know- too much time in that big city can make you lonely, trust me I know"

I snicker

"Thanks ma you always know what to say, but what I wanted to say was I think I wanna Come home for break"

She shrieks in a high pitch tone making me pull the phone away from my head for a second

"That is so great to hear! I'll tell your sister right away!"

I get a slight sense of relief

"Yeah heh"

I hesitate for a bit thinking about my father and then ask

"Hey.. d-do you know where dads been?"

She instantly responds

"Oh well he recently was just back in town and I talked to him for a bit, he misses you a lot, and says if you come back he wants to take on a 'business trip' since you know you major in business"

For a second there I almost forgot that I am majoring in business

"Haha yeah right. That sounds like fun! W-who told him I majored in business? And what kind of business?"

I responded hopefully

"Oh I told him you major in business, didn't meant to freak you out there"

She laughs brightly and I laugh along with her

"Anyways yes he says he wants go on this little trip with him for a few days up in wolf mountain"

My eyes instantly light up

"Wolf mountain!?"

I respond excited

"Yeah hun! He says he wants to reconnect with you though this little trip"

I jump up and down excited like a little kid and respond

"Okay thanks mom, I-I'll start packing my stuff.. I'm coming home"

"Okay hu-"

I hang up rudely but then jump up and down energetically and fall onto my dorm bed. I've never been this excited in my entire life to come home! Seconds later I get a text from my sister saying "see you soon loser :p" I chuckle and lay down to rest.