The drive blurred until I reached the campus. My heart was pulsing so fast in my chest at the thought of seeing her face again. It’d only been four days but it felt like months already.

I dialed her contact but she didn’t pick up. If she didn’t pick on the second ring, I would undoubtedly go through the dormitories till I found her room.

But she picked on the second ring. “Jeremy?” She sounded like she wasn’t sure it was me.

“I’m parked outside,” I said, my tone lower than I ...