*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

'Hello you have reached the phone of Agnes Thompson. I know this is you Roy Chang! Seriously you're the only person I know who prefers calling over texting GOSH! Just leave a message after the beep and I will TEXT you back! Oh and if this isn't Roy Chang you've got the wrong number.'

"Yes Agnes it's me, your only friend who uses a phone the way Thomas Edison intended. I'm just calling to make sure the little dude is ok. Hopefully he survived your extermination. Anyway CALL me back when you get this message."

*NEW TEXT*

Not going to call. The pipsqueak still lives. I promised my parents I wouldn't kill him. Is everything ok at home? You ran out pretty fast last night after that phone call from your mom. Text me.

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

'Hello you have reached the phone of Agnes Thompson. I know this is you Roy Chang! Seriously you're the only person I know who prefers calling over texting GOSH! Just leave a message after the beep and I will TEXT you back! Oh and if this isn't Roy Chang you've got the wrong number.'

"Huh yeah. My dad's not doing too well. I need to see him. Wish you would call."

*NEW TEXT*

We're gonna graduate in about a month, then you can have a long visit with your dad over the summer before returning for college. Can't call. It's family night.

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

*Ring*

'Hello you have reached the phone of Agnes Thompson. I know this is you Roy Chang! Seriously you're the only person I know who prefers calling over texting GOSH! Just leave a message after the beep and I will TEXT you back! Oh and if this isn't Roy Chang you've got the wrong number.'

"Haaaaaaaaaaaa.... the infamous weekly Thompson family night. I forgot it was Sunday. I really didn't want to say this to your voicemail but I guess I have no choice. My dad is sick, really sick. He's not just "take 2 pills and call me in the morning" sick. He's "enter the hospital and maybe never leave" sick. If I go to China to see him this summer, I'm not coming back. Sorry.

*Ring*

*Ring*

"Hello? Agnes? What about family night?"

"Family night can wait! Explain yourself! What's this about not coming back? Are you crazy?"

"Pancreatic cancer, they say people don't survive pancreatic cancer. It's been 2 years since I've seen him. If only I had known sooner. I would have..."

"What are you talking about? You see your dad twice a year. He comes to the states for Christmas and you go to China for his birthday."

"Yeah normally that's what happens but things have derailed recently. Last year he wasn't feeling up to coming here for Christmas and we didn't have enough money to send me there for his birthday. I should have known that both problems stemmed from him being too sick to work. The year before that, I told him not to come for Christmas because I was spending it with your family and my visit to China got cancelled after the disastrous weather they had that year."

"Oh Roy Chang! I would have never made you spend Christmas with my family if I had known! You should have seen your father!"

"I promised to spend Christmas with you that year and I would never break a promise to you. Besides, no one could have known what would happen to my dad two years ahead of time."

"I'm just so sorry."

"Look on the bright side; we still have a month until I leave. And, who knows, I might even be back some day."

"Of course, of course you have to go but planning on not returning is jumping the gun a bit isn't it? What about college? You and I were going to rule the school remember? Roy Chang and Agnes for the win! We're everything!"

"You've been saying that we're everything for the past ten years. It used to be endearing, now it's just selfish. He's my dad and He's DYING! Forgive me if I don't put your perfect co-ed experience over my last days with my father! Honestly, what is wrong with you?"

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"Road trip!!!"

"What? Agnes did you just have a stroke?"

"The two of us have never been on a road trip together. What kind of best friends are we!?"

"Agnes, this is horribly off topic."

"My parents have been hounding me to drive RT to magic camp this summer but I've been resisting. Now I realize it's the perfect chance for a road trip! Come with me on a trek across Nevada!"

"Have you forgotten that I'm leaving for China this summer? I can't go on a road trip with you."

"RT's camp starts two days after our graduation. They can't be expecting you in China that soon. Please Roy Chang!"

"Fine. One last/first road trip. It better be good."

"It will be a trip to remember I promise!"

"Talk to you later, bye."

"Until next time Roy Chang!"

*A/N* This is sooooooo not my favorite chapter. I was supposed to publish it last week but i just didn't like it. This week I had to publish it, even though it's still not great, because I really like the chapters after it lol.

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