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The shower is hot and perfect and I stay under the water a good tenthe water off

I dry my body, blow my hair dry and pull on a tank and short shorts before clio over the schedule for the rest of the ht there How ht and ith all ht that I could call him and hear his voice just once?

After two years I mustered up all of the nerve I could and dialed his number, but it had been disconnected

And now I have his nuedat his number in my contacts He not only punched in his nu in his whole name, it just says, M

I swear I can hear irl Just call the boy"

Before I can second-guess reen send button and hold my breath as I wait for him to answer

But he doesn’t An auto that the person at this number isn’t available

I end the call rather than leave aone shoulder and set my phone aside then return my concentration on s

M

"Hello?"

"Telland I can’t help but wonder what he’s been doing

Or who

"What if I say it’s not Meredith?" I ask with a grin

"Then I’ll be pissed that I ran away fro my bathroom to call this number back I need my shower back"

I have a shower you can use

I almost say it out loud but catchyour bathroom, are you?"

"So this is Meredith then?"

"Like you couldn’t recognizeGod, I bet his throat looks ain a bit uncertainly

"Yes, I did Do you have plans tonight?"

I look around h in spite ofin bed is always fun"

"No, the business side of it, funny guy" Oh, how I’veto call it an early night"

"Running in theroutine?" I ask in surprise

"I re, M"

I bite my lip as tears fill my eyes "Me too"

"I work to in his head "But I aht and I have the day after off"

"My schedule is the sa around seven?"

I pause, the words coue, but I suppose I can wait until to years

"Mer?"

"Yes, that’s fine"

"Great I’ll see you then"