Halfway (Mavin)

Three

•Michael's POV•

It's just after midnight when my phone lights up, vibrating and blaring my ringtone.

My eyes snap open and I pick it up, wondering who the hell would be calling me now.

I read the name scrawled across the top of my iPhone.

Geoff

I slide the lock and pull myself up to rest on my elbows.

Holding the phone to my head, I barely have time to squeeze in a 'hello' before Geoff's voice pours into my ear.

"I got awful news, dude." He sounds exhausted, but the tone I hear more makes me worried. He's clearly been crying.

He continues, "Gavin's plane crashed in Maine. There's survivors, but I don't know who."

My eyes fill with tears at the sudden, abrupt thought that Gavin's dead.