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Helen checked her watch, "Will, it's nearly 10 o'clock and Kevin isn't back," Will frowned,
"Hasn't he called?" he asked, Helen shook her head, Will looked out the window, "He'll be fine, he'll have a good reason why he is late, when he gets back," he reassured his wife,
"I guess you're right Will," Helen concluded, she heard the door shut, she turned quickly to find her son trying to get to lift as quietly as he could, "Kevin!" Kevin stopped and turned reluctantly,
"I'm going upstairs mom," he said,
"Wait! You had us worried Kevin! Where were you?" Helen asked anxiously,
"I was having coffee," Kevin said as the lift door began to shut, Helen sighed, Will cut in, "By yourself son?" Will asked, Kevin stopped the doors and paused, then said,
"With a girl," he said, and the lift doors closed. Will looked at Helen,
"That's something new," he said,
"He had a lot of girlfriends before, no big deal," Helen said,
"Not recently," Will said,
"If it makes him happy," Helen announced and went to bed.
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Xiao shut the door, "Hello?" she called into the house,
"What?" she heard Rich shout from his room, Xiao made her way up there, "Je, where were you?" he asked, Xiao sat on the bed,
"I was having coffee,"
"Sure, who was the guy, and why do you look like you just got out of the shower with all your clothes on," Rich said grinning, Xiao frowned,
"Look, it was raining like crazy and he offered me a ride!" Xiao explained,
"Whatever," Rich said,
"Why don't you believe me?"
"Oh, I do,"
"Then why doesn't it feel like it?" Xiao asked, Rich laughed,
"'Cause you don't feel like it is."
"But it was!" she insisted and left. She took off her drenched coat and her cell phone dropped out. She picked it up, maybe I should message Kevin, to see if he got home alright. She thought,
Hey, just txting to check if u got home alright. TB ~X.
"Message Sent" she read. Sighing, she put it down and turned on the shower.
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Beep beep! Beep beep! Exclaimed the phone. Beep beep! Kevin dug through the pile of clothes on the floor of his room, looking for his phone. "Got cha," he said when he found it. "New Message" it said, and he read the message from Xiao.
Hi, yeah, got back okay. It was nice talking to u, should do it again sometime… Kv
And he pressed, "Send Message" and placed it carefully on his beside table.
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Xiao towel dried her hair and went downstairs to the kitchen. It was 11:30pm and the family were asleep, well excluding Richard. She opened the fridge and took an apple, Beep beep! Beep beep! She heard her phone squeal from upstairs. She went up and found her phone, "New Message" she read the message, and wondered what to text back. I will probably see him tomorrow, oh no I won't, he'll have asked a beautiful girl out for Valentine's Day. She thought to herself. Right.
Yes, mayb… sometime. Well, it's get'n l8, n I'm get'n to bed. So, G'night Kevin, cya ~X
"Message Sent" it said. She tossed her phone onto a chair, flopped onto the bed, and fell asleep.
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Yes, mayb… sometime. Kevin read, what does that mean? He thought, what did I do wrong? He then thought of his legs, and then his chair, and when he saw Xiao running in the rain, he didn't worry. As much.
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