One Call Away
March 04, 2018
One
Call Away
a story
by aridafyasmin
“Hello?”
“Hello, hi mom. I’m kinda busy
right now. Can I call you later?”
“Umm.. It’s..”
“Seriously mom. I had so many
assignments for tomorrow. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I’ll call you later
then.”
“Okay, bye mom. Love you.”
“Love you too, sweetheart. Take
care of yourself.”
Then I pressed the end button.
***
That
day was raining. I was having a cup of tea and staring outside the window of my
apartment in Downtown Manhattan. I just finished with my final week, so it was
the first day I could relax and enjoyed the rest of my day. I should have gone
outside and hang out with some friends celebrating the end of finals but I
didn’t feel like coming, It was raining anyway.
I
was looking at my cup of tea and took my memory back hundred miles to home.
Every evening like this my family used to gather in the living room. It is sort
of tradition in my house. We would enjoy the evening talk about how was the day
going or we would just discuss about the recent news, while my mom at the
kitchen made cups of tea and baked some cookies or cakes. To be honest, her
cookies are the best.
Speaking
of my mom, I just remembered the last time my mom called me when I was busy
with my college works. She's always been worried so much about me. Sometimes I
felt like she was a little bit too much, but at some point I know that it’s
been hard for her. Maybe it’s because I’m the only daughter she have. My older
brother has move to LA 3 years ago to work in a production company and he only
come home in like twice a year.
I
remembered the first day I was away from home when she took me off to college.
She cried a lot and I did my best to put on my mature face so she would not
melt down, but it didn’t work. I looked around. There were lots of people in
that parking lot. So, I tried to calm her down,
“Mom,
come on. Don’t cry. You know if you’re crying, I will cry with you. And dad
will be embarrassed by both of us.”
I
tried to put a smile in my face. But she still cried.
“Mom..
I’m only one call away. You can call me whenever you miss me, right?”
Then
I hugged her tight. My dad told me that she still melted down couple days after
that.
Well,
I thought I broke my own words couple times. I actually don’t want to be the
kind of child who only call their parents if they need something, but sometimes
it’s just hard to make time under all the deadlines I have while at the same
time I have to take care of my own life here all by myself.
Or umm.. maybe it’s
just my excuse so I will not look bad in this story.
But
the thing is, I should have tried to make time to call my parents cause no
matter I think that they will be fine, I never really know what is inside
their hearts. It will be so much better to make time keeping contact with
them, while they’re only one call away.
After
staring at the windows for I didn’t know how long, I took my phone and pressed
the number.
It’s
calling..
“Hello
sweetheart.”
“Hi
mom.”
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