With a yawn, you crashed into your bed, your parents still asleep downstairs, not a clue that you had just climbed into your bedroom window so as not to alert anyone in the house that you had been hanging out with Simon since the time school ended.

A ding. Notification from Simon. He was texting you now, in the middle of the night, checking if you got home safe.

"oi." the first text read. Then a second was sent to you.

"wyd? u alr?"