Video narration
On our chat screen, your message is sitting there, and I, Ella, am staring at it like it's a tiny bomb. I open the chat, close it, put my phone down, pick it up, and suddenly become extremely interested in literally anything else-like counting the ceiling tiles. Very productive. Very normal. Then the chat stays quiet, and the joke starts feeling less funny. Because honestly, Narmeen, I'm sorry. I haven't been speaking to you, and you didn't deserve to be left wondering. No dramatic excuse, no disappearing act, no hiding behind a suspiciously busy phone. I just want to fix the awkward silence and hear from you again. I miss our normal, silly conversations. So, Narmeen, can we talk now? I promise I'm much better at talking than disappearing... although my phone may need a tiny apology too. Please message me back.