"Us against the world, deal?"

"Deal. FREAK!"

He could hear the sadness in her voice subsiding as her jocular words quivered through the phone in the cold air. How long, he wondered, before she would break down and call him again.

"Ok. I have to go now. But I'm right here ok? I'll be up in any case. Bloody project is never ending."

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll do awesome."

"Yeah. I hope so too. Gnight k. Love you."

"Love you."