phone number???!!! This is
insane!!! What do I do??!! I was so
nervous. I’ll never forget her telling
me the digits one by one as I wrote
them down, trying to keep my hand
from shaking. We said goodbye and
went our separate ways to class, and
I was like, Okay, Trevor. Play it
cool. Don’t call her right away. I
called her that night. At seven.
She’d given me her number at two.
That was me being cool. Dude, don’t
call her at five. That’s too obvious.
Call her at seven.
I phoned her house that night.
Her mom answered. I said, “May I
speak to Zaheera, please?” Her