Calhoun was slumped on his desk with crumpled paper everywhere and 5 empty cups. He was resting from doing paperwork when his phone suddenly rang, ‘Who’s calling me this late?’ Irritated, he decided to ignore it.
The screen lit up displaying a string of words, ‘1 Missed Call From Lucas <3’, coincidentally Calhoun looked up and saw this.
“Sh*t.”
The irritation he felt disappeared and was replaced by joy. His face lit up like a child on Christmas receiving a gift.
He clumsily fumbled with the phone and dialed Lucas’s number again.
Nobody answered for a while which made him regret not answering the call the first time. Thinking it was too late, he hesitantly decided to hang up… but at the last second, the call went through.
He froze, not knowing what to do. ‘Answer the phone, stupi
