All of a sudden, Rachel heard a buzz. Her heart leapt into her throat as she reached for her cell.
1 New Message:
Rob: Hey Rachel, psyched for tonight. I’ll pick you up around 7.
Rachel waited a few minutes to reply, so she wouldn’t seem too eager. She didn’t want Rob to think she had been sitting by her phone all day waiting for his text, and she wanted to play it cool. Having never had a boyfriend, she had many years of analyzing and overanalyzing her friends’ relationships and guy drama.
Rachel: Great. Can you come around 7:45 instead?
Rachel didn’t want Rob to accidentally run into her parents as they were leaving the house, and she also knew that her parents were chronically late for everything, and they probably wouldn’t end up leaving until after 7.
She was also a little puzzl
