MARCH 20, 2020
Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 3:36 PM 0:30
Alexis? It's Yulissa. What happened? How long have I been asleep? I don't know what to do. Everyone's looking at me weirdly, and strangers are avoiding me in the streets. The last thing I remember was ... you screaming at me and me yelling at you? And falling off a—oh—Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 7:48 PM 0:42
You know, I should be mad, or furious even. But I can't find it in myself to stay that way. (Cars rushing by.) I know you, Lexi. I know that you're too hard on yourself all the time. Look, I don't blame you. It was an accident, you know? It's all in the past.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 8:31 PM 0:24
Not going to lie, Chinese takeout is pretty good. Doesn't taste nearly as authentic as food back in China, but it reminds me of home. Reminds me of you.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 9:02 PM 0:15
I should be concerned over the nine-month coma I was in, but I'm worried about you. You're usually really good at staying on top of things, but you haven't answered my calls the entire time...Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 9:10 PM 0:31
I'm just rambling now, but I hate the way people are looking at me. For god's sake, I'm not about to break. Anyways, huh, you sent me emails ... dating back to five months ago? Wonder what you wanted to say. Oh well, here goes.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 9:18 PM 0:11
Aw, I wanted to spend my summer with you as well. (Snorts.) Too bad I was in the hospital.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 9:45 PM 0:18
You're too sweet, Lexi. I've read seven of your messages so far, and I had no idea you were hurting like this. Please don't be so hard on yourself.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 10:36 PM 0:27
Is my service down? It's been seven hours, and you're still not answering nor reading my texts. Weird. Well, on the off chance you're getting these voicemails, I want you to know that ... I forgive you.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 10:53 PM 0:17
Say, I should go there again. I miss the ocean too. Don't waste your precious tears on me; you're so much stronger than that. It hurts me to see you feeling so hopeless.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 11:01 PM 0:16
Oh. My. God. (Glass crashes.) No, no, no, no, no. No. Lexi, pick up your phone.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 11:04 PM 0:08
(Rushed.) I'm calling your friends, your parents, anyone close to you. Other than me. Please tell me you're okay.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 11:13 PM 0:23
None of your friends picked up. Maybe I'm overreacting. Maybe your last email doesn't mean what I think it does. You have to be alive. You have to be here with me. You can't be gone.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 11:46 PM 0:39
I-I'm so, so sorry. Your parents told me that you ... (Sobbing.) ... d-drowned yourself in the ocean last October. (More sobbing.) Why. Why you. Why me. Why us. How do I live without you?Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/20/2020 11:54 PM 0:30
The water was supposed to be our safe haven. (Hiccuping.) When I wake up tomorrow, it's going to be fake. A dream. No, dreams are supposed to be happy. A nightmare.Voicemail from: Yulissa
3/21/2020 12:00 AM 0:07
(A whisper.) I love you, too.
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Oceans Apart
Short Story❝ perhaps the ocean had been calling her name all these lonely years -- the electric power, the drowning fear -- nothing more beautiful kissed the shoreline than her shades of blue.❞ in which letters are sent between two graduates, but one will ne...