Songs that fit the vibe of the chapter:

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Phil Good - Do You Ever? (Acoustic)
"Do you ever wanna run?
Do you ever wanna run away?
In the middle of the night?"
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It was a text message that started it all.

A Whatsapp message at 11 pm, to be exact.

✳️   WhatsApp         now
         Jacob Rott: I'm so done.
         let's get away from here.

and a second one right after:

✳️   WhatsApp         now
         Jacob Rott: you coming with me?

You haven't known Jacob for that long. But long enough to trust him and to already have gone through a few spontaneous adventures with him. Also long enough to know that there's something between the two of you that neither of you dared to define, yet.

"lol where to?",

is your first answer that you type out while half heartedly continuing your current Netflix series.

"idk, somewhere near the ocean",

is what he texts you back and you have to smirk, before seriously thinking about it. 

Damn, you haven't been near the ocean in forever. 

This Pandemic completely ruined your plans to get out of this city for the past month, hell even for over a year. 

And now, since a few days ago, it's become realistic to travel and visit other countries again. 

To say you weren't down would be a lie.

"Tell me more 🙃"

you write with a challenging smile. Eager to find out if the boy you met at a party a few months ago is serious about it or if he just wants to share his late night thoughts with you. As far as you know him he might very well pull it off. 

When Jacob wants to do or have something, he goes through with it and gets it.

"Ok",

he answers you and the 'writing...' symbol appears, before another message comes through.

"Roadtrip. Something like Croatia or Italy. I'm driving."

Your stomach turns and you suddenly feel excited, starting to realize that this might actually be an option for you right now.

"So you coming with me or nah? 🙃👉🏼👈🏼",

he asks you with a begging emoji and you bite your lip smiling. 

You seriously think about it for a second. 

It's been a week since you've finished your exams, which was really stressful and your only reward for it until now was to lazily sit on your couch. 

You also broke up with your Ex last month and haven't really found your way back into socializing with different people, since your toxic relationship pretty much shaped your whole life. 

Long story short: Now that you'd finally be able to enjoy your life, you'd be fucking stupid to not just take opportunities like this one.

And so your decision that kickstarts the whole summer adventure is relatively clear in the space of five minutes:

"Yeah fuck it I'll do it"

Not even a minute later you get a push-notification from Snapchat. 

Jacob sent you a picture. 

You open a selfie of him, shirtless with his typical smile. 

This boy is and will always be pure fire. 

"How spontaneous are you?", is written on it in text. 

You laugh in disbelief. 

What the hell is on his mind this time? 

By now you've gotten pretty good at just not questioning Jacob anymore but instead matching his energy. 

That's probably one of the reasons why you both click so well. 

You finally get off your Bed and walk to face the mirror so you can send him a selfie back. 

"Depends", you write on it.

No ten seconds later you receive a Photo of his opened suitcase. You laugh and type quickly on the keypad of your Iphone "You're nuts 😂". 

Then there's another picture of him that you open immediately. 

Another selfie. 

This time there's a few pants hanging over his shoulders and he's posing in front of his suitcase. 

"Think you can be ready by tomorrow morning?" 

"Shit", you mumble overwhelmed but with the biggest nervous smile on your face. 

You let him dangle for a bit, waiting for your next message. 

But only because you're searching for your travel bag.

You've just packed everything in the timespan of an hour and thought about all the things you may need for a few days of vacation and you feel ready and excited. 

That's when your phone lights up with a new message from Jacob that you stare at in confusion at first, before letting yourself fall onto your bed.

✳️   WhatsApp       now
         Jacob Rott: Bene and Tim are coming, too

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Authors Note

Hello Friends,

after thinking about it for a while I finally decided to upload the first parts in English to see if people are interested in reading it or not.

as I explained in my previous note, the original story is in German and it also plays out in Germany but I figured there are non German people following the elevator boys so why not make an English version so more people can read and understand.

The German version is further ahead and will be my main focus - meaning new parts will be published in German on my other book first before eventually translating and uploading them here.

If I translate the whole story here and how often I upload new parts depends on the response I get here so let me know if you're interested by voting and commenting :)

super excited to hear from you :)