“I struggled to wake up, only picking up my phone so it would stop ringing. When I chose a Ke$ha song as my ringtone, I hadn’t imagined it blaring over and over right next to my head.
“Maddy? Are you okay?” a vaguely familiar voice asked.
“Who is this?” I hadn’t bothered to check. At least it wasn’t either of my parents.
“It’s Colin. Did I call too early?” His voice rose slightly.
“What time is it?” I squinted as I tried to read my alarm clock, but I was pretty much blind without my contacts. My dad kept telling me to get LASIK, but pieces of plastic sounded better than surgery.
“It’s ten o’clock.”
“Oh, wow. I slept in.”
He chuckled. “Late night?”
“Yeah, very.”
“Do you think you’ll be feeling better by tonight?”
“Tonight?”
“I know it’s last minute, but I really want to see you again.” His voice was warm, and I wanted to get lost in it. I’d dreamed about him the night before—a surprising turn of events considering I’d run into Lyle.
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