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Chapter 11
"Hey, hello, are you there?" I asked, hoping I had succeeded in answering the call. "Charlie?"
"Yeah, I'm here," Charlie said.
I smiled at the sound of his familiar voice over my speaker.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"A few people are still down at the pool, but I came inside. What are you doing?"
"I'm still driving. I'm about ten minutes from my apartment."
"AJ said you were coming back tomorrow."
"He mentioned that before I left. I have to work until noon, but maybe after that."
There was a pause. I waited for him to respond but he hesitated.
"I'm thinking about driving over there," he said, finally. "Would you want to hang out for a little while if I do?"
"You're coming to Graham Springs?"
"Yes."
"Oh, well, of course I would want to hang out. When are you coming?"
"Oh, I was talking about right now."
"Really? Oh, yeah, that's fine."
I glanced at the clock. It was after nine, and I had to be at work at eight in the morning, but I didn't care.
"Come on. Do you want to meet me at The Black Skillet?"
"Are they open?" he asked.
"They are. They're open late on weekends. But I'd be fine going to a park or the lake or something."
"Yeah, we could take a walk."
"Okay, that's a better idea," I said.
"You can actually just come to my apartment in that case. We have a trail that leads down to the lake. It's a half-mile, and it's nice."
"Okay. I've never been to your apartment at night, and never when you weren't with me, so you might need to text me your address."
"No problem. I'll text it to you right now. Uh, Charlie, is, is everything okay? Were you just coming to… hang out?"
My tone was wary, and he assured me. "Yeah, oh, yeah, I'm… nothing's wrong. I just wanted to go for a drive, and I thought you might want to hang out together if I drove over there."
"I do. Yeah. I do want to."
"Okay, great. I'm going to leave here in like five minutes, so I'll see you soon."
"I'm texting my address."
We hung up, and Charlie was at my apartment in no time. I got home and took a quick shower to rinse the pool water off of me, and then I cleaned my apartment—and before I knew it, I heard a knock on my door.
