The Last Eight Days Of Thomas Gurthride`s Summer Before He Leaves For College, As Captured In Voice-Mails Left On Lindsey Smith`s Cell Phone

8 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey! It’s Thomas… Gurthride. I tried calling you a few times earlier this summer, but I guess you didn’t get those messages. My phone’s been kinda screwed up ever since I accidentally dropped it in beer this time I was partying crazy hard. Yeah, I’ve really done a lot of partying since graduation, going to all these sick parties and stuff. I’m calling because I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out or whatever? I know we haven’t talked much since we broke up in 10th grade after you cheated on me with Jordan Bradshaw, but I still consider you one of my best friends and I would like to hang out before I go off to college. So give me a call back if you want to. Oh, and I heard this rumor that you and Jordan broke up like a week ago? I’m so sorry about that. Call me if you need a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk to. Okay, bye.”

7 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey, it’s Thomas Gurthride calling. I called you a few days back, but I haven’t heard from you- it’s probably my phone. It’s been all crazy since I dropped it in my bev at this crazy party where we were mixing everclear and vodka. Man, I’ve been to so many crazy parties this summer. My phone has been ringing nonstop- I mean, it was until the drink incident… So are you free at all? I would totally like to hang out or something, maybe just talk before we both go off to college. Hey- doesn’t it just feel like yesterday when we were dating and we both promised that we would be each other’s firsts? Man, time really does fly! Oh, and what happened with you and Jordan? I guess I’ve heard some rumors or whatever- hope to hear from you.”

6 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey it’s Thomas- I tried to call you a few times this summer, but I think my phones being funny, so I don’t know if you called back, or if you got my messages. I messed it up earlier while I was weightlifting this summer and I accidentally kinda squashed my phone as I was repping some serious weight. Man, I’ve changed a lot since graduation! Just the other day when I was at this sick party someone was like ‘wow, Tom, you look really good! Like, you’re in way better shape than that Jordan Bradshaw kid, and he was MVP of the football team!’ Speaking of Jordan, is everything all right between you too? I know we haven’t talked in a while, but I would love to see you before I go off to college. Hope you get this message.”

5 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey, this is Thomas Gurthride. I think I called you yesterday, but I wasn’t sure if I left my last name. So, it’s Thomas Gurthride. Yeah…”

4 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey, this is Thomas Gurthride. Sorry about the weird message I left yesterday- I was totally still drunk from the night before. Speaking of drinking, I’ve gone to so many parties this summer it’s crazy. Oh, but I haven’t gotten fat, or anything, I’m actually in great shape. And tan… Hey, remember that promise we made how when we both graduated, we would be each other’s firsts? Well I’ve never broken a promise before! I mean… just call me back, okay? I really want to see you…”

3 Days Remain: “Hey Lindsey! It’s Thomas Gurthride calling… did I see you today at the mall? I wasn’t sure if you saw me waving or heard me when I was yelling your name- I could have sworn you looked right at me before you started running off to your car- but I guess you just didn’t see me. Or hear me… I would really like to catch up before I go off to college… (laughing) sorry, I’m watching American Pie right now- man, isn’t that a funny movie? Hey- remember the time we watched it and we agreed that although we didn’t want to lose our virginity at the time, we would make sure that we would both never be in Jim’s predicament because you said something like “don’t worry, I’ll take care of it?” That was so funny at the time, right? I know you then had sex with Jordan Bradshaw and told all the girls in the school to call me “Captain-Can’t-Please,” but I’m totally not upset by that at all- it’s all in the past, right? I hope you call me back.”

2 Days Remain: “Oh wow, I didn’t mean to call you, Lindsey! I was just calling my boy Jon when I accidentally dialed your number! Can you imagine that? I guess I’m just really tired from all the sick partying I’ve been doing and all the intense working out. I mean just last night this girl was like, ‘wow, Tom, you’ve totally changed since graduation! You’re sooo cool now!’ And I was just like, “You skank, I’m not easy like you.’Yeah, I’ve been saying all these inappropriate and awesome things lately- it’s like I have Turrets for saying awesome things. I probably got the Turrets from all the partying I’ve done this summer… This is Thomas Gurthride, by the way. Hey, now that I have you, could you give me a call back? I would love to hang out with you before I go back to college, and I leave in two days! Hope everything is going well!”

1 Day Remains: “Hey Lindsey- I got your text, but I didn’t really understand it. You wrote ‘i would rthr contract lupus than sleep w/ u.’ Is that a band or a song or something? I saw that it wasn’t on itunes, but I guess it could be an inde band or something- you always did like cool inde bands and stuff! So this is my last day in town, and I would really like it if I could see you… call me?”