Save Me ( Keith Powers)

A week later
Omniscient
Ashly rolled her eyes as she saw Keith's name popped up on her phone for the tenth time today. At first she was going to delete the voicemail like she did before, but this time something told her to just listen to it. So she did.

Voicemail
"Hey Ash um it's me, Keith..again. Which you already know so I don't know why I said that." He let out a nervous chuckle.

"Um look I know things between us haven't been good or the same but my love is still the same. I-I don't know what to do to prove to you but I'm willing to do whatever. Out of all the chicks I've dated you were the one that always kept my heart, if I'm being honest girl you still got it. You remember in high school when you told me no other girl could compete or compare to you, whether we were dating or not. I know-"

Before he could finish he was cut off due to his time being up. Hearing him talk brought tears to her eyes because she did still love him and wanted to be with him. Truth is she's stubborn. She wants to forgive him but she doesn't want to be too easy on him. Yeah she know everyone deserves a second chance but what he did was uncalled for and he really hurt her. Another reason why she couldn't run back to him so fast was because of the skeletons she had in her closet. She was scared of his reaction and other people's reactions, especially since she made a big deal out of his skeletons. She could only imagine what type of reactions she would get.

After doing some talking to herself and praying multiple times she finally came to a conclusion. She picked up her phone and started dialing a familiar number. When her finger was over the last number she chickened out and pressed the x until everything was erased. So instead of calling she sent a text and told this person to come to her house at ten tonight. To say she was scared was understatement, more like frighten or terrified. She didn't know what to expect.

Finally 10'o clock came around and he came right at ten on the dot. Ashly was too nervous to move. Right then and there she wanted to run upstairs and lock her door until the next day but she knew she couldn't do that. She's being procrastinating for too long and now it was time for the truth to come out.

She walked over to the door and shakily gripped the door knob but before she could open the door she quickly snatched her hand back and bit her lip.

"Melissa open the door."

As if his presence wasn't already making her nervous he called out her government name which meant he was either irritated, frustrated, or was just eager to talk to her and her was tired of the games. She inhaled deeply and exhaled then opened the door. Soon as she opened it she turned on her heels to walk back to the living room and he caught her forearm before she could go far.

She turned her head and looked at him as to say let me go but her look went unnoticed. She looked up at him in his eyes and immediately her eyes adverted to the wall behind him. Instead of saying something Keith just sighed and let her arm go. When she walked to the couch he walked behind her and sat on the love seat.

"You wanted to talk so what's up." He stated after five seconds of silence.

She opened up her mouth then closed it when words wouldn't come out. Before he got here she knew what she was going to say, from the beginning to the end, but now that he was here, in her face she was speechless, literally. As always she took a deep breath and let it out as she ran her hands down her legs.

"W-what were you going to say on voicemail before it ended?"

"What you mean?"

"You said I know then it ended. So what were you going to say?"

"I know that you hate me and you have every right to  but I'm willing to fix my mistakes like a man and at least, at least be your friend."

He spoke out as he rocked his legs back and forth.