"You could've. You could've called, too. I don't know why nobody uses their phones as a phone anymore. They carry them around everywhere, but they don't talk on them, it's weird," Eddie said, his nose wrinkling.

As Jamie drew closer, Eddie's stomach flipped, and when their fingers touched, he thought he might actually swoon. It was stupid. He was being stupid, but it also felt really nice, being stupid together.

"What's up? Are you, um. I mean, is everything okay? Are we..." He trailed off awkwardly, uncharacteristically speechless.