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peered down at it, furrowing his brow. He then picked up the slim, metallic flip phone and opened the shell. It must belong to Whitney. It sure wasn’t Kelly’s.
He flipped through the contacts, noticing that she had ICE, or In Case of Emergency, numbers in her phone. He scrolled down to the one labeled “Mom” and pressed “send”.
After two rings, a woman answered in a deep yet feminine voice. “Hello?”
“Hi, my name is Chace. I’m calling from Whitney’s cell phone, I think? Are you her mom?”
“Yes, I am. Misses Jones, but call me Jo. Oh, you angel. She’s been carrying on about that phone since she woke up this morning. Hold on a minute. I’ll go get her for you.”
Chace heard Jo set the phone down. He heard her calling for Whitney. Thinking of the way he’d acted the night before, he started to worry about whether she would want to see him again. He shifted the phone from one ear to the other. While he waited for her to come to the phone, he tapped his fingers against the back of his couch. There were some shuffling noises in the background, and then he heard the phone being picked up again.
“Hello?” Whitney’s voice came through the phone.
He grinned, her voice warming him all over. “Hi. This is Chace. I think I have your phone.”
“Yeah, that’s what Mom said. And from the caller ID, it looks like you do. Thank goodness. I was so worried it was gone forever and I’d have to get a new one. I don’t know what I would have done about all the phone numbers I would have lost. Who keeps a paper address book anymore?”
He nodded even though she couldn’t see him. “Yeah. Exactly.”
“So how should I go about getting it back from you?”
His grin widened as the perfect answer to her question popped into his head. “I’ll bring it to you. Just as soon as you tell me where you want to meet for lunch.”
After a brief pause, Whitney said, “Lunch?”
“Sure. That is…unless you have plans already?” he said, silently asking her not to say that yes she did, and with her boyfriend.
“Not really. Just some after-Christmas shopping, but we’re not going until this afternoon because my sister can’t seem to get her lazy butt out of the bed today. Um, so I guess. I guess that would be fine. Where do you want to go?”
“That’s what I asked you,” he said with a chuckle. “Any place is fine with me.”
“How about It’s Just Coffee?” Whitney said.
“Sure. You want to meet…” he looked around his apartment for the time and realized Kelly had taken the clock that had been in the living room. He picked up the remote and hit the channel info button to bring up the heading at the top of the screen that listed the time. It was almost eleven. “At noon?”
“I’ll be there,” Whitney said.
“I’ll see you soon,” he said.
She said, “I’ll see you in a little bit, Chace.”
He liked the way she said his name. He smiled. “Bye, Whitney.”
“Not ‘Beautiful Whitney?’ ” she teased.
He laughed, his face burning at the thought of his behavior the night before. “Bye, Beautiful Whitney.”
“Bye.”
He hung up the phone. Thoughts of Whitney danced in his head.
After throwing on a pair of jeans, a beige sweater, and his favorite brown flip-flops, Chace walked over to his computer. He decided to try to get Ethan on Skype to pass the time since he couldn’t leave yet. If he did, he’d be sitting at the coffeehouse, which was a five minute walk away, alone for almost an hour and looking like a loser. But he couldn’t just sit around and wait for it to be noon. Besides, he hadn’t called his best friend for Christmas yet.
Chace logged in and looked for Ethan’s name in his contact list. Ethan wasn’t online. Then Chace realized it was five-thirty tomorrow morning in New Zealand. He sighed and sent Ethan an email telling him to Skype him later that day. Really, it was just as well. Chace didn’t feel up to talking about Kelly yet, and if he
He flipped through the contacts, noticing that she had ICE, or In Case of Emergency, numbers in her phone. He scrolled down to the one labeled “Mom” and pressed “send”.
After two rings, a woman answered in a deep yet feminine voice. “Hello?”
“Hi, my name is Chace. I’m calling from Whitney’s cell phone, I think? Are you her mom?”
“Yes, I am. Misses Jones, but call me Jo. Oh, you angel. She’s been carrying on about that phone since she woke up this morning. Hold on a minute. I’ll go get her for you.”
Chace heard Jo set the phone down. He heard her calling for Whitney. Thinking of the way he’d acted the night before, he started to worry about whether she would want to see him again. He shifted the phone from one ear to the other. While he waited for her to come to the phone, he tapped his fingers against the back of his couch. There were some shuffling noises in the background, and then he heard the phone being picked up again.
“Hello?” Whitney’s voice came through the phone.
He grinned, her voice warming him all over. “Hi. This is Chace. I think I have your phone.”
“Yeah, that’s what Mom said. And from the caller ID, it looks like you do. Thank goodness. I was so worried it was gone forever and I’d have to get a new one. I don’t know what I would have done about all the phone numbers I would have lost. Who keeps a paper address book anymore?”
He nodded even though she couldn’t see him. “Yeah. Exactly.”
“So how should I go about getting it back from you?”
His grin widened as the perfect answer to her question popped into his head. “I’ll bring it to you. Just as soon as you tell me where you want to meet for lunch.”
After a brief pause, Whitney said, “Lunch?”
“Sure. That is…unless you have plans already?” he said, silently asking her not to say that yes she did, and with her boyfriend.
“Not really. Just some after-Christmas shopping, but we’re not going until this afternoon because my sister can’t seem to get her lazy butt out of the bed today. Um, so I guess. I guess that would be fine. Where do you want to go?”
“That’s what I asked you,” he said with a chuckle. “Any place is fine with me.”
“How about It’s Just Coffee?” Whitney said.
“Sure. You want to meet…” he looked around his apartment for the time and realized Kelly had taken the clock that had been in the living room. He picked up the remote and hit the channel info button to bring up the heading at the top of the screen that listed the time. It was almost eleven. “At noon?”
“I’ll be there,” Whitney said.
“I’ll see you soon,” he said.
She said, “I’ll see you in a little bit, Chace.”
He liked the way she said his name. He smiled. “Bye, Whitney.”
“Not ‘Beautiful Whitney?’ ” she teased.
He laughed, his face burning at the thought of his behavior the night before. “Bye, Beautiful Whitney.”
“Bye.”
He hung up the phone. Thoughts of Whitney danced in his head.
After throwing on a pair of jeans, a beige sweater, and his favorite brown flip-flops, Chace walked over to his computer. He decided to try to get Ethan on Skype to pass the time since he couldn’t leave yet. If he did, he’d be sitting at the coffeehouse, which was a five minute walk away, alone for almost an hour and looking like a loser. But he couldn’t just sit around and wait for it to be noon. Besides, he hadn’t called his best friend for Christmas yet.
Chace logged in and looked for Ethan’s name in his contact list. Ethan wasn’t online. Then Chace realized it was five-thirty tomorrow morning in New Zealand. He sighed and sent Ethan an email telling him to Skype him later that day. Really, it was just as well. Chace didn’t feel up to talking about Kelly yet, and if he
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