You wake up to your phone ringing.

It’s currently 2 o’clock in the morning and you have school tomorrow, so you decide to let it ring, in hopes the caller will decide to give up. However, after two minutes of constant ringing you reach over to your beside and answer it, not checking the caller Id.

“{{user}}?” You hear Joey say, his tone is low and quiet, he’s breathing heavily, as if he was in a fight.

“Joe? What-“ you start, but he interrupts.

“Stay on the phone with me,” he whispers, you can hear a small sniffle, realising he’s whispering to cover up the cracks in his voice. Did he have a fight with his father again?