Did it?



Taylor mumbled into his phone as he walked down the street. He was trying to ponder his life and listen to the voice over lady at the same time.

“The person you have called is not available, press one if you would like to leave a return phone number. Press two if you would like to leave a message.”

Taylor heard the beep and racked his brain for something to say into the small phone he held in his hand.

He spoke his heart out. Everything he felt went into that little message.

He sighed again and hung up the phone.




“Kayla. Oh lord, I feel so stupid,” Keryn ran as soon as she saw her friend standing by the gates.

“You’re not stupid. You just made some rash decisions and tried to act on some issues you had to deal with immediately.” Kayla bent over and picked up Keryn’s lone back pack.

“You’re just saying that Kayl. I mean, what kind of person crosses country like I did? Hello?! Ugh... it all blew up in my face!”

Kayla and Keryn headed out onto the street. The dusk of Los Angeles had set in whilst Kayla was waiting around and she had to think for a moment where she’d parked the car.

“I’m not just saying that,” Kayla remembered where the car was and devoted her attention to Keryn. “Look, just wait till we get home, and we’ll have a talk.”

“I don’t think I can wait.” Keryn felt as if she couldn’t stop talking. She couldn’t help reasoning with herself and trying to account for the actions that had taken place over the last forty eight hours. “Kayla - I’m going to start hyperventilating in a minute. This stress is getting to me.”

Kayla grinned and turned around to her friend. “You think?”

“Don’t laugh at me, Kayl. Come on - this is serious.”

“Okay, okay.” Kayla opened the trunk and threw Keryn’s bag in. She threw the keys across the bonnet. “You drive.”

“I’ll crash. I can’t concentrate on two things at once!” Keryn wailed.

“Girl, you’re going to have to just stop thinking about it all. Do me a favour. For the next hour think about nothing but the basics. Think about what street you’ll drive into instead of which country to move to. Think about how much sugar you’ll have in your coffee; not what guy you think is the one.”

“I can’t do that, Kayl. No.”

“Well, I’m making you do it. Take no offense to what I’m about to say. But, Keryn. You’re all screwed up at the moment.”

Keryn placed her hand on her forehead and took a breath. “Fine.”

“You okay?”

“Fine. We’ll take a right out of the drive and then head down the Boulevard, down 23rd, 24th and 37th until we’re home. Then I’ll have two in the coffee.”

“Take a deep breath. You’re gonna make it.” Kayla grinned at her progress and jumped into the front seat. “Get in the car.”


“Now, there was something I needed to discuss with you,” Kayla warily murmured at Keryn as they started out of the car and into the house.

“I hope it doesn’t have anything to do with our one hour plan, Kayla. Cause that little arrangement needs your co-operation too,” Keryn got her back pack and started to cheerily skip toward the house.

“Well, technically it doesn’t. But it does have some kind of relation,” Kayla followed behind.

“Well, I don’t need to hear it. Wait a little. I am living in a bliss land at the moment.”

Kayla took a deep breath and watched Keryn skip down the hall toward the back bedroom.

She was humming to the words of Sway as she danced toward the door and began to open it. “Kayla? Could you boil some water?”

“Sure...” Kayla nervously dragged her voice out as she walked into the kitchen.

“Yeeeeeeeeekkkkk!” Keryn let out a blood curdling scream.

“Girl, you could star in horror movies with that. I mean, do you still know what happened last summer, spring and the winter before that?”

“Oh mmmyy God! Kayla - he’s making references to thriller teen movies! Kaayllaaaa.” Kayla came running towards the bedroom. “I think he’s here to kill us,” Keryn reasoned, whispering to her friend in the doorway.

“Okay... well. Try again,” Charlie looked up at Keryn and then gazed at his surroundings.

“Um... Kayl? Where’s my stuff?” Keryn noticed the atmosphere of her living space had dramatically changed to that of someone else’s. It was like going back to the house where you grew up... only twenty four hours later.

“This is what I was trying to explain before...”

“Well, you should’ve...” Keryn was looking a little hurt.

“Look, Kezz... Charlie needed a place to stay and you’re going tomorrow and, well... I just kind of offered. The timing seemed to just slot in together.”

“Oh,” Keryn’s face fell.

“Keryn, come on... I’m sorry.”

“Hey, I’ll be sleeping on the couch tonight. Don’t you worry about that.” Charlie cut in.

Keryn looked up and smiled at Charlie. “Hey, I’m Keryn.”

“Well, it’s a pleasure. I’m Charlie.”

Keryn nodded and grinned. “I’ll sleep on the couch. That’s fine.”

“I’ll sleep on the couch.” Kayla cut in. “It’s only fair.”

“True...” Keryn and Charlie said in unison, causing them to laugh.

“Thanks guys,” Kayla groaned. “Okay, Kezz. Back to your one hour thing. Lets have some coffee.”




Keryn was on her old bed, leafing through the magazines. Suddenly feeling an overwhelming need for a piece of chewing gum, she reached over for her bag and started fumbling through it. Taylor got her addicted to gum.

Keryn turned on her phone and sat it on the bed as she retrieved a fresh piece from the packet.

Keryn focused outside the window as the minty taste filled her mouth. A high pitched ringing sound came from the phone.

Keryn jumped off the bed in fright. Mobile phone rings always gave her bouts of anxiety.

The small screen read that she had one new message. Keryn rang the phone number and followed the voice prompts.

“Well. The beep sounded and this is the bit where I go blank. Our relationship. We’ve known each other since we were little, really, really little. It was perfectly natural for something to grow like it did, we spent so much time with each other through the years and it was just normal. But look what happened. Now look at us. We look like a couple of people that just broke up and they’re never going to speak to each other again.” She heard him take a breath. “I regret that. I regret that we were both trying to reach for excuses to get us out of what we were so keen to start. But you have to believe that I don’t regret, for one minute, that we started it.”

“I wish I had your voice here now. To reassure me, tell me what I’m saying is right. But I don’t. You have to believe that I wish I did. Whether we’re friends, or anything else. I need you in my life. I wouldn’t be complete without you.”

A solitary tear drizzled down Keryn’s cheek. He was so right. Their entire relationship had been instantly put in perspective.

Kayla sailed into the room and her coffee spilled over onto the carpet.

“Shoot,” she looked at the stain. “Oh, Keryn. What’s the matter?” Keryn was now a blubbering mess. “What happened to that one hour thing?”

“It finished five minutes ago.” Keryn cried at her and handed over the phone. “Listen to this.”

Kayla felt like crying herself. Her eyes remained stingy as she looked at Keryn, balled up on the bed.

“Does this change your mind?”

Keryn slithered out of her position and stared up at Kayla. She looked out the window and sat up. Did it?







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