Micah sits at his desk, playing with a couple of music softwares on his laptop. He doesn’t seem to be doing it to enjoy it; he looks annoyed as if he was trying to forget whatever was on his mind. He stops when he hears his phone ringing on his bed. He turns around and sees that it’s Tanner. He answers the phone.
Micah: Yo, what’s up?
Tanner: Hey man, I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out today; Dani’s at her mom’s for the day and–
Micah: *teases* Don’t know what to do without Dani, huh?
Tanner: *defensive* It’s not like that! It’s just– well the warm weather is gonna go away soon and today’s been a nice day and–
Micah: Tanner, just say you need company since Dani isn’t home.
Micah laughs once he hears Tanner sigh on the other end of the line.
Micah: Where are you tryna go?
Tanner: Pizza from Chee-Z’s sounds really good right now.
Micah: Iight bet, I’ll meet you there in like 30.
The boys agree and hang up the phone. Micah grabs his light jacket and his bag and heads out of his bedroom.
…
Micah walks the long route towards the pizza parlor. He walks to a motorcycle dealership and looks around the place. He spots a motorcycle that immediately catches his eye. While walking up to it and observing it, his phone rings in his pocket. Without looking, Micah answers his phone.
Micah: Hey Tan-Man, I’m a couple of blocks away at the–
Kalia: *confused* Micah?
Micah: *widens eyes* Kalia?
Micah looks at the screen to see it’s, in fact, Kalia.
Micah: Everything’s alright?
Kalia: *sigh* Not really. I really want to apologize for what happened at your gig yesterday…
Micah doesn’t say anything back; he continues to look at the motorcycle.
Kalia: Hello? Micah?
Micah: Huh?
Kalia: *annoyed* Are you listening to what I’m saying?
Micah: *sighs* Look Kal, it’s fine. I’m a bit busy right now, so can we talk about this later?
Kalia: I’ll see; I’m meeting my father for dinner later…
Micah rolls his eyes at the response.
Micah: We’ll talk when we get the chance. I’m meeting up with Tanner, I’ll talk to you later…
Kalia: Okay. I love you.
Micah shuts his eyes for a moment before answering.
Micah: I love you too.
…
Micah: So the motorcycle I was telling you about from the shop? She’s still there! *swoons* I have to get her.
Micah and Tanner are sitting in a booth at the local pizza parlor. Tanner takes a sip from his cola.
Tanner: You’re really trying to get this motorcycle, huh?
Micah: Tan, she’s the perfect shade of gunmetal and black! Her purr is probably hypnotic!
Tanner: But don’t a motorcycle cost, like, an arm and a leg? I doubt your part-time job pays enough for you to afford it.
Micah rolls his eyes at Tanner, but he knows that he’s right.
Micah: *sighs* Why couldn’t I have just been born rich?
Tanner shrugs his shoulders and begins to eat the pizza pie that the waitress brings to their table. They both take a slice, to begin with.
Tanner: *while eating* Did you and Kalia work things out?
Micah: When are we not trying to figure things out? I feel like all Kal and I do is just apologize to each other.
Tanner: I mean, you said it yourself: you signed up for this.
Micah: Yeah, I did, but I feel like I’m getting punished for doing so more than anything…
Micah leans back in the booth.
Micah: What if she’s cheating?
Tanner laughs mid-sip. He places his glass of cola back down on the table.
Tanner: Not to be mean but, she barely has time to be with you; what makes you think she’s spending her time with someone else? If anything, she’s cheating on you with her career. Or her dad–
Micah: Eww?
Tanner: I’m just saying, bro; she seems like she has no interest in anything going on in your life, and that’s something that shouldn’t be in the agreement that you signed.
Micah doesn’t say anything back. He plays with the straw in his glass of cola.
Micah: Do you think she loves me, man?
Tanner: I wanna say yeah, like why wouldn’t she? You guys have been together for so long!
Micah: But… what if she loves her job more than me?
Tanner doesn’t say anything right away; he just looks at Micah uneasy.
Tanner: I mean, she’s passionate about what she does–
Micah: *annoyed* Tanner, just say it.
Tanner: Yeah, it seems like she does at times.
Micah sighs and takes another slice of pizza and plops it down on his plate.
Micah: I don’t know what to do with her, bro.
Tanner: If you want to stay with her, then I say you guys have to talk things out. I can see just how much you love her, man. Maybe she just needs to be reminded that she has a guy that cares about her… take her out on a date!
Micah: *defeated* What’s the point in trying?
Tanner throws his fist on the table, making a “thud” sound.
Tanner: Because you love her! And you want to work things out with her! You have to show her that you care about her and your relationship. Maybe if she sees that you’re willing to fohgt for it, she will too.
Micah takes in this information and begins to consider it.
Micah: Maybe you’re right. Maybe with dinner and stuff, we could easily talk about things instead of just brushing them off.
Tanner nods his head in agreement and continues to eat the pizza. Micah begins to gather his things.
Tanner: Bro, where are you going?
Micah puts in half of the money on the table for the pizza pie.
Micah: I gotta start planning and moving shit around in my schedule for this, I’ll talk to you later!
Micah walks out of the pizza parlor in a hurry, leaving Tanner there to finish the rest of the pizza on his own.
Letters From Liz. 