Pointless Distances

She rolls her eyes and picks up her cellphone.

Her: Hi.

Him: Hey baby, how are you?

Her: Fine.

Him: Well that’s good. What are you up too on this Sunday night?

Her: Nothing

Him: Did you finish all your homework for tomorrow?

Her: Why do you care?

Him: Because you’re my girl, and I care about you.

Her: Didn’t seem like it last night...

Him: Babe, you knew last night was Brad’s birthday.

Her: So? You didn’t have to be a drunk jack-ass.

Him: I wasn’t...you called to yell and complain and I was trying to have a good night out with the boys. I wasn’t trying to be rude but you weren’t listening.

Her: Whatever.

Him: Babe, please stop.  You know I hate when you get in these moods, there’s just no talking to you.

Her: Seemed like that’s what you wanted last night.

Him: Not at all! I just didn’t want to fight over text and it was too loud to hear at the bar. So I thought it would be better to wait til you cooled down, and I could give you my full attention.

Her: Well it just seemed weird that you couldn’t take two minutes to call me so we could have had a real conversation and things wouldn’t have gotten to this point.

Him: I was busy though. Sorry I can’t devote every minute of everyday to you but I did spend most of the night talking about you. Everyone was wondering where my beautiful girlfriend was.

Her: I don’t care. It was rude to ignore my calls. Do you even want to be in a relationship?

Him: Yes, of course. Stop over analyzing everything. I wouldn’t be with you if I didn’t want to be. We are in this relationship together.

Her: Well sometimes I feel like I need more. I know that sounds selfish but I am selfish. I crave your attention and love more than anything else. I feel like I’m an addict going through withdrawal.

Him: But I’m always here for you.

Her: You weren’t last night.

Him: This attitude needs to stop right now. Yesterday had yesterday’s problems, if you want to move on  you have to let go.

Her: Well, I think we need to discuss it because I didn’t like it and don’t want it to happen again.

Him: Babe, you’re acting like I don’t pay you any attention ever. That I deliberately ignored you. C’mon you know I don’t play those childish games and you don’t either.

Her: It’s not a game. I had no clue what was going on with you all night.

Him: Oh so now you don’t trust me?

Her: It has nothing to do with trust. It actually has to do everything with us, and how your not putting in enough effort. We live on opposite sides of the f***ing country, do you not get that it’s hard and communication is our connection??

Him: Yes babe. I’m in this relationship too. But we’ll be together soon. You have to be able to look past the “right now”, and focus on the long run. It’s only 5 more Saturdays until we’re together. That’s how I see it, kinda like Christmas. The day is coming, we just have to wait.

Her: I guess so, but when your 21 it’s hard to look past the “right now” . And just because it’s only five Saturdays doesn’t mean that you don’t need to put effort in right now and everyday until then. That’s not how relationships work, especially when it’s distance.

Him: You’re right babe and I love you. Don’t forget that we are a unit and that we work best when we work together.

Her: I know. I’m trying! I’m trying to be patient and more understanding. But when you act like..

Him: NO BUTS! We are both working on being better.  Remember when I let you scan your finger in my IPhone 6? That was me letting you into my world. You have access to everything and I wanted you to have that.

Her: Hahah, well I guess.

Him: It made sense since you are my world. You’re the key to everything and I can’t wait to spend everyday for the rest of my life with you.

Her: Me either. I just miss you... a lot.

Him: I miss you too babe.

Her: Thank you for not giving up on me, I didn’t want to go to bed mad.

Him: Sweet dreams babe. I love you.

Her: Goodnight handsome, I love you too xxo