*Sean*
"Oh s**t, it's Luke." My phone vibrates incessantly, the ringtone almost sounding hysterical in its urgency. I glance at Cory, who shoots me an apologetic look.
"You better take it," he advises. "You have to talk to him sometime, so you might as well get it over with. You know him, he won’t stop calling."
I sigh and answer, trying to keep my voice as sweet as possible. "Hi, Luke. I've got you on speakerphone. Cory's here too. I need my hands free." I silently pray Luke won't yell too much, knowing someone else is listening.
A deep breath crackles through the speaker before Luke's voice erupts, loud and frantic. "Where the hell are you, Sean? I heard your plane had to land in Las Vegas because of the earthquake, and then you vanish off the face of the earth and stop answering you
