This is a girl wanting to talk to a guy and waiting for his call, or for him to call back. Back then that was the only option, you just had to wait by the phone "hanging by the phone". there weren't even answering machines commonly back then. If you weren't there when it rang, you didn't have much other options for getting it touch. Girls used to wait by the phone a lot. (and guys too sometimes, but back then the thing was the woman shouldn't call too much, or, according to some, not at all, or not first...the old days.). If she lived in a dorm or other collective type space it's common to have a phone booth. we had some in our dorm. not everyone coule afford a private line. That she says it's "across the hall" makes it sound like that type of situation. In fact I remember having just that situation. Guys (or girls) either called or stopped by without notice (less common or it depended on place and relation).
This is a girl wanting to talk to a guy and waiting for his call, or for him to call back. Back then that was the only option, you just had to wait by the phone "hanging by the phone". there weren't even answering machines commonly back then. If you weren't there when it rang, you didn't have much other options for getting it touch. Girls used to wait by the phone a lot. (and guys too sometimes, but back then the thing was the woman shouldn't call too much, or, according to some, not at all, or not first...the old days.). If she lived in a dorm or other collective type space it's common to have a phone booth. we had some in our dorm. not everyone coule afford a private line. That she says it's "across the hall" makes it sound like that type of situation. In fact I remember having just that situation. Guys (or girls) either called or stopped by without notice (less common or it depended on place and relation).