Subway Cars & Lonely Hearts

twentythree/call/

italics ~ elliot

bold ~ carter

sunday may 13th 7:42 am est

incoming call from "c"

"hello?"

"ellll i'm in houston and i'm very drunk"

"are you somewhere safe?"

"yeah, i just got back to my hotel room."

"alone?"

"mhmm"

"ok, go get a glass of water from the bathroom"

"the kitchen is closer i'm going there instead."

"you have a kitchen in your hotel room? nevermind, ok, good."

"ok i got it, i'm going to lie on my bed now."

"shit! elliot!"

"what! are you ok!"

"we missed our one month anniversary! it was yesterday!"

"you remember what day we started talking?" her lips pulled into a smile.

"of course i do. i was supposed to call you and sing you a song, but i had a stupid last minute meeting, and then i had to go to this party, and then it was today and i was too late. i'm sorry."

"it's ok, really. the thought is what counts, and the thought was sweet."

"i'm going to sing for you now instead. i'm pretty sure i hid my guitar in the shower so it would be safe, one second i'm going to get it."

"i'm not even going to ask."

"i think the world just started spinning faster, or maybe just my hotel is. can hotels spin like ballerinas?"

"oh my god please lay back down before you kill yourself."

"mmkay"

"shit!"

"fuck, are you ok?"

"i just looked at the clock, i'm so so sorry."

"for what?"

"i woke you up before 10 am on a weekend. i know you hate that, i'm so sorry please don't hate me."

"carter, it's ok," she chuckled.

"promise?"

"i promise."

"i pinky promise i'll never do it again."

"it's really ok, don't worry about it. what's that noise?"

"i'm sending you a picture of my pinky so you know i'm not lying."

"you don't have to do that, it's ok if you wake me up, i swear."

"too late i already sent it, you have to send one back now."

"ok,  fine, i'm sending one right now."

"thank you, also your laugh is cute."

"you know you're adorable when you're drunk?"

"that is false, i'm adorable all the time."

"crap, leo's calling me, he proabaly wants to know where i am."

"ok, drink your water and don't get up."

"thanks el."

"anytime."