A day or two later…
My cell phone woke me up.
“Mmmm. Hello?” I groaned, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
“Hey Tom!” Brandy’s voice came through. “I’m in Pittsburg! I’m only a couple of minutes away!”
Hooray…..
“M’kay, see you in a few minutes.” I clapped my phone shut and went to wait on the porch.
I plopped into a comfortable chair, and waited until a cherry red Mustang with the top down pulled into the driveway and a tall, brunette stepped out of the car and ran towards me.
“Tom!” Just as I got up from my chair to greet her, she caught me in a tight embrace and kissed me hard.
“Hey.” I said, blushing a little as we pulled away.
“How have you been?” She smiled. “I missed you.”
“Same.” I smiled back.
Sorta kinda.
Brandy hugged me again.
“Come on in.” I said, taking her hand.
I introduced her to Dad and Emily, and after that we went to watch TV.