Say Hello, To Goodbye
Chapter Eighteen
Saved.

Mia glanced at the clock for the fifteenth time. It was still only 12:30. Mike's closed at 1:00 a.m. Only thirty more minutes, she told herself. While no one was looking, she checked her phone.

No messages, no missed calls, no anything.

She couldn't expect anything though. It had been two and a half weeks. He had tried for two and a half weeks and she never replied. So he finally gave up. She was a little disappointed. She put her phone away and began wiping of tables.

In the corner of her eye sat a strange woman, dressed in all black, watching her. Mia was a little nervous. She finally went over there to talk to her.

"May I help you?" She asked.
The girl stared at her. "Uh.. Is your name Mia?"
"Yes. Do I know you?"
"No." the girl answered quickly. "I just know of you. Well.. I just wanted to tell you something."
Mia was confused, "Okay?"
"Dont give up on Nick." '
"Excuse me?"
The lady took a deep breathe for going on. "Okay, so Nick, he's an amazing guy. And he loves you with all his heart. You have to understand that he's been through hell and back. Then you came around, and changed everything for him. He was finally back to being his old self."
"Wait... Hell and back?" Mia questioned.
"Something happened to him. Something he wanted to tell you so bad, but it hurt him to talk about it. I think once he lets it out, he can finally heal. All I know is, he drinks because of what happened. He never meant to hurt you. But don't give up on him please. Your everything to him."
Mia took a second to think about what she had just said. "What happened to him?"
"He's the one who has to tell you that. Go see him. He needs you Mia. You have no idea how much you saved him from... himself." Then the lady stood up, laid down some dollars for a tip and walked away.

Mia just stared off into space. She turned around to ask her one more thing, but she was gone. Mia took a deep breathe and picked up her phone.