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“How’s her friend?”
“What friend?” I ask, confused.
“The one in the hospital? The one she was visiting the day I ran into her.”
“Oh, that friend.” I try to cover the nervous jitter in my voice. “Yeah, she’s doing okay.”
“What was going on there?”
“Not sure exactly,” I lie. “I guess she had a bit of a health scare, but from what I understand she’s on the upswing.”
“Well that’s good.”
“Yeah, it is.” I nod even though he can’t see me.
“Finley.” He says my name so softly it causes the little hairs on the back of my neck to stand.
“Yeah?”
“Would you think I was completely crazy if I told you that you’re all I can think about?”
It takes everything I have to keep my voice calm.
“If I did then I guess I’d be crazy too, because you’re all I can think about.”
“It’s insane, isn’t it? To feel this drawn to someone after one night?”
“It really does.” I let out a nervous laugh.
“But I can’t fucking help it.”
“Neither can I.” I smile, feeling like I might burst open at the seams at any moment.
“Ineedto see you.” The urgency in his voice is damn near crippling.
“Soon,” I promise.
“How soon?”
“Soon,” I say, hoping that I can will it to be.
It’s all I want. To be better. To get a chance to see where this thing between us can go. All my life I feel like I’ve been searching for a place to belong and now that I think maybe I have, I want nothing more than to reach out and take it.
We spend the next hour talking about everything and yet nothing at the same time. I’m content listening to his voice. Something I swear I could do for hours on end and never tire of.
And even though I was hesitant to talk to him on the phone, now that I have I can’t imagine going a day without hearing his voice. It’s like the more I get of him the more I crave him and I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of the way he makes me feel.
