Chapter Thirty
“Phone - To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone.”
Piper
She answered on the first ring.
“Hey, I’m running a few minutes late. I’ll be by soon to drive you to campus.”
“I don’t need a ride anymore, Frankie,” I replied, holding back a wince, waiting for the inquisition to begin.
“What do you mean? Are you riding the bus?”
“No, I’m actually not going to classes today.”
Here it comes… three… two… one.
“What happened?! Oh my God. Did you almost die again?!”
“No, Frankie, I didn’t.” I sighed. “I just… Dex came by the diner…”
“I should’ve known he was involved.” Frankie snorted. “What did he do?”
“He’s taking me away for the weekend. We’re going to that resort on the outside of town to see the northern lights.”
She gasped. Then she squealed. “I knew it! You got it so bad,” she yelled into the phone.
I slid a glance at Dex who was standing nearby, acting like he wasn’t listening. I’m sure he was. But I sure hoped he didn’t hear Frankie.
“I just wanted to let you know I wouldn’t be home so you wouldn’t worry,” I said into the phone, trying not to smile.
“Uh-huh. I want a full report when you come home.”
“Deal,” I agreed.
“Oh, and Piper,” she sang. “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”
It was my turn to snort. But then I sobered. “Frankie. Take it easy this weekend, huh? Stay in.”
“Oh, sure, you can go out, but I can’t?”
“I don’t want to worry about you,” I said low. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea that I leave after that vision I had.
Frankie sighed dramatically. “I don’t have plans anyway. I have to work half of tomorrow and then Sunday I’ll probably sleep all day and await your juicy phone call full of details.”
I smiled. That made me feel a little better. “I’ll call you, ‘kay?”
“Yeah. Have fun. You deserve it.”
I hung up the phone and came around the nurse’s station where Dex was leaning on the counter.
“You ready?” he asked.
“Yes,” I agreed, butterflies dancing just beneath my ribcage. I’d never spent a weekend away with a guy before.
“We’ll go to your place so you can pack a bag and then mine so I can pack one too. After that we’ll hit the road,” he said as we walked to the door.
At first I wasn’t sure if this trip was a good idea, and I guess I was a little nervous, but it did sound like fun.
Plus, it would give me a chance to spend a little extra time with Dex.
Maybe, just maybe, by the end of the weekend all my questions about this guy would be answered and the “report” that I owed Frankie would be overflowing with information.