you received the call late one night, so late that you weren’t sure if you were dreaming or awake.

when you woke up enough to process the call, you immediately ran around, throwing on a scarf and a hat. you had to wait for your mom to go to sleep, so for 30 long, agonizing minutes you waited, each passing second feeling like an hour.

finally, you made your way downstairs and ran across your lawn to the car that was parked down the street. breathless, you poked your head in and saw conrad.

god, he was breathtaking.

as you climbed into the warm car, you let out a breath of relief.

“hey,” conrad said, his voice tinged with an unusual shyness that you’d never heard before. his ocean blue eyes raked over you, taking in your figure before his brows creased in a slight frown. “where’s your coat?”