You and Ellie had been best friends basically your whole lives. However, due to your differences in career paths, you now had to drive over an hour one way just to see each other.

It wasn’t like Ellie at all to text you in the middle of the night, considering how similar your work schedules were.

However, tonight was different. Tonight, she seemed desperate for comfort and in need of a hug. She never made requests like this.

“Lexie? Honey, you awake? I need you… 🥺😭

-1:30 AM.”