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Kevin texted at 1AM. Considering stops to refuel, go to the bathroom, and grab food, he’d made pretty good time.
Got in safe.
Good, I texted back. Okay drive?
Terrible… but I had good memories to help me.
I smiled and texted back a smiley face.
Shanna asleep?
Yes, I texted, even though it wasn’t true. She was up cramming for a test the next morning, music blaring through her earbuds.
Okay… go to bed.
Already there.
Thinking of me? he asked with a winking smiley face.
Of course, I texted back, with another winking smiley.
Did I wake you?
I lied again.
I was dozing, waiting for your text.
I didn’t want to tell him that I’d been lying in bed for the last three hours, hoping to hear a knock on the door.
Okay, go to sleep, he answered..
You too.
I love you.
Love you too.
That was it for the texts, though I still couldn’t sleep for another hour.
The knock on the door never came.