Prerna
As her heaving began to slow, she heard Elsa come down the stairs. This time he didn't knock or say anything. He went back upstairs shortly afterward. Prerna wiped her tears and snot with the sleeve of her sweater and sat up, looking at the door. There was something on the ground in front of it.
She got up from the bed and went over to the door. In front of it on the carpet was a phone. A pink phone. Her phone? She grabbed it and turned it over to see herself and Joseph on the home screen. Her heart ached. They were both smiling, leaning into each other as only best friends do. She sat on the ground cross-legged and unlocked the phone. She went to her contacts and called him.
It rang twice before he answered.
"Prerna," Joseph said, "Oh my god, Prerna."
"Joseph," Prerna said, on
