See my profile for Part 1.
She did call back, actually. The very next morning.
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I pulled the phone from my pocket on the first buzz. Candidly I had grabbed it several times that morning already, thinking I had felt a text, but nothing. During my workout at the gym, I had kept checking it too, and when I got out of the shower I checked to see if I had missed anything from you. I hadn’t, and I stood there wondering if you were asleep, or awake and thinking of me, or regretting your decision to bring me home, or if I should break the stupid rule my brother had told me about never texting after a first date for at least two days.
But this time the buzz was real, and it was you, and I felt that quick rush of excitement.
“You told me any night I wanted. But I don’t want to wait for tonight. I told you my roommate would be up and out early today, and she won’t be back until tomorrow. My door is unlocked. I’m already expecting you so don’t keep me waiting. Don’t text me back. Don’t knock on the door. Come in and give me what you promised.”