Just You and Me, Love

Phone Call

Chapter 4

She's been calling James for the last 20 minutes but it just goes to his voice message.

"he's not answering it... ughhhh I told you this was a bad idea" Nadine said to Yassi

"uhm no, you didn't... when I handed you James' number you got too excited and dialed his number as quick as you can" Yassi said to Nadine teasingly

"I did not! But that's not the point, even if he does pick up, what am I going to say to him?" Nadine asked

"well... I don't know... uhm tell him that you love his songs on the CD that he gave you?" Yassi said trying to come up with a good advice

"that sounds pretty lame though" Nadine said as he stares at her cell phone screen

"he said that he wanted to know your thoughts about his recordings, right? It isn't lame" Yassi said

"well .." Nadine mumbled

"oh for God's sakes Nadine, just call him" Yassi said impatiently

"fine, fine! But if I screw up this conversation, I'm gonna blame you" Nadine said jokingly

(Meanwhile in Bret and James' room)

"bro, your phone has been ringing for hours nowww" Bret as he watched James emerge from the bathroom, his hair still wet and a clean white towel was wrapped around his waist

"sorry, I was in the shower" James said while laughing

" I know, I just saw you came out of the bathroom, and the floor's now wet because you're walking all over the room... seriously, put some clothes on and answer your phone, it's getting annoying" Bret said as typed something on his laptop

"jeez Bret, as you can see, I'm still looking for my phone" James said as he looks for his phone under one of the pillows, it already stopped ringing making it harder for James to find its location.

"found it!" James said seconds later

"where did you hide it this time?" Bret said

"haha I didn't hide it, I just completely forgot where I put it" James replied

"the caller was from an unregistered number" James added a few seconds later

"well aren't you gonna call him/ her back, maybe it's important... or maybe it's Nadineeee?" Bret said adding noticeable emphasis on 'Nadine' as if trying to imply something

"you think so?" James said with hope in his voice

"yeah, but if you're going to call her back please put some clothes on first" Bret said looking a bit annoyed

"you already said that" James said

"it's worth repeating, now go put some clothes on, you're still dripping and wet and just so you know, I set the AC to 'beyond freezing' Bret said exaggeratingly

"jeez Bret, why do you always do that, it's always freezing in our room, it's like living in the north pole" James said complaining

"cos I'm cool like that" Bret stated while smirking

"there's a joke in there somewhere... but I can't seem to find it" James said teasingly, Bret just shot him an annoyed look. James quickly grabbed his clothes and went to his side of the room.

(Meanwhile in Yassi and Nadine's room)

"maybe it's a sign that I shouldn't be calling him" Nadine said disappointed

"oh please don't give me that crap...try again, he was probably busy a while ago" Yassi said comforting Nadine

Nadine dialed his number once more, and after several seconds of waiting, he finally answered

"hello?" he said on the other side of the line

"uhm hi... it's Nadine" Nadine shyly said, she's obviously not good on phone conversations

There was a long pause so she spoke again

"uhm you gave me your CD, and I-uhh just called to say that it was really good... the CD I mean... uhm, are you still there?" Nadine said fearing that James already hung up on her after realizing that she's boring to talk to

"ohh yes" James said with delight in his voice

"I mean... yes I'm still here and yes! I'm really glad that you liked it" James quickly added, he has never been so nervous during a phone call before, but he's definitely nervous now

"uhm so... do you have classes tomorrow?" James asked

"yes, how about you?" Nadine said as she rewards herself with a face palm for her greatest reply ever "oh God I'm the most boring person in the whole galaxy" she said to herself

"I don't have classes tomorrow and I—uhm... I was just wondering if I can walk you to class... again?" James shyly asked

"you don't have to" Nadine said as she tries to sound calm when in truth she's already internally screaming

"that's the same thing you said to me last time" James said teasingly

"yeah... yet you insisted anyway" Nadine said with a wide grin on her face, thank God, James couldn't see her freaking out right now

"so... see you tomorrow?" James asked

"see you" Nadine said with a cheerful tone before she hung up and slowly walked to her bed... seconds later, her phone vibrated

"Good night xx

-James"

And by that she lie down on her bed and tries to control her emotions

"careful darling, you might die from happiness right here and now" Yassi as she smiles at Nadine

"you're welcome" Yassi added, trying to get Nadine's attention

"uhm sorry what?" Nadine said while still grinning from ear to ear

"you should thank me for forcing you to call James" Yassi informed Nadine

"oh! Thank you thank you my dear friend!" Nadine said as she walks to Yassi's bed to give her a bear hug

"jeez Nadine, you don't need to squeeze me you know" Yassi said

"you love me anyway" Nadine said as she walks back to her bed joyfully.

A/N: Here's another update! Thank you all for dropping by, I hope you enjoyed reading it! Please do comment if you can, I really like to know what you think about this story, and if you still want me to continue writing it.