Working on a friendship

[Belle]

I totally feel like it's a powerplay. And I'm the one powerless b/c I call him back when he calls and leaves no message- and then of course he doesn't answer. It makes me feel like he probably thinks I sit and look at my phone and say - "Oh yeah! H called, I've got to call him back! I wonder what he wants!"

But when I start that game of not calling him back it seems that encourages him to take so much longer to get back to me if I do call him.