"...Iiii am going to take a break from homework and geeking out about cool things and hopefully also being anxious about this, and read a fantasy novel until you get back here."

"Okay," she says, keeping all whine from her voice. She is proud of this fact. "I'll see you soon."

"Yep. See you - probably around seven? Yeah, bye."

"Bye, love." Hang up. Who called her earlier?

A TV-equivalent station, apparently.

Yeah no she doesn't care, she'll call Charlescomm again.

"This is the Charlescomm Service Department. Please wait to be connected to a representative. Due to your account's premium support plan, you are placed in the priority queue. Wait time is approximately - one - minutes."

She waits.

"Hello, this is Zane with the Charlescomm Customer Service routing division. Could you please tell me what you are calling for today, sir?"

"Hello! It's ma'am, now, and I'd like a new number, please."

"...As in, you want your receiving number to be changed, ma'am? I can transfer you to account management for more information."

"That is indeed what I mean, thank you."

"Please hold for-"

"Hello, this is Steve with account management. Xavier from routing says you want your crystal number changed. I'd like you to confirm some information for me for security reasons before continuing..." What name she registered with, what her number is now, what store she bought the account with, and the PIN she made up.

Sure have all of those.

In that case she can have a new number, promptly and without fuss. Keep in mind that the next one will cost at minimum 20 Kava.

That's fine.

Nobody else calls her on the way to Suvak. Since none of them have her new number.

Good.

She flies on.

Well, eventually she arrives at Suvak.

Yes and then she needs to see her mate where is he.

It's a decently big city so it takes about a minute to pin him down even with vampire senses, but he's in some kind of cafe Sadde hasn't seen before on the south side, reading a novel.

And now Sadde's there, too.

"Hey, welcome back!" He gets up to give her a big kiss. "Did you end up actually changing your number?" 

Kiiiisss! "Yeah, I did," she says, and gives him her new number, and then hugs him and holds him up by the waist and spins him. "Can we go to your place?"

"My, so forward. But, yes. Sandy's back in town but she can wait." He grabs what's left of a drink and leaves a tip and walks toward the exit.