This one in based on a real life problem I'm suffering through lately……so enjoy
Ps. I changed the names to avoid embarrassment, but…..well….if you know me, you know exactly who i'm talking about.
One shot.
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Lay there, think, read, sing. Keep your mind off him, at all costs. Don't think about how warm his hands were against your skin. Don't think about how beautiful he is. Don't think about how well your hands fit together, or how comfortable you were in his arms. And especially don't think about how it felt when his lips touch your skin. Phones ringing get up, pick it up.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Have you asked him out yet!" came the female voice from the other end. This loud voice wakes you from your trance. No denying this one, you have to talk to her.
"What are you talking about, Arethel?" you say to the phone, keeping the receiver a little away from your ear, or you will go deaf, there is no question about that one.
"Huff! You know exactly what i'm talking about, baka-chan!" she replies.
"I'm sure I don't" you respond coolly, trying to avoid what you know inevedly comes next.
"You surely do! I'm talking about Marcus. And you had better have asked him out by now, it's been 2 weeks." She says. You are silent now, searching for a way out of the pit you have dug by procrastination.
"You haven't done it, have you, Marie?" she says. You shake your head, and then remember she can't see you.
"Well, not exactly…" you say.
"I knew it!" she yells. You silently thank God you had the phone away from your ear. You sigh, and then brace yourself for the speech she gives you everyday, about how much he likes you, and how he's going to get taken by that little girl on the soccer team, and how you're going to miss your chance. Fortunately, it doesn't come. She just sighs and says "Marie, call him. Then if it's a decent hour call me back." You agree, and then she hangs up. You sit there for a few minutes, staring at the phone, trying to figure out what to do. You push the caller id button and scroll down. There's his cell, there's his house. You choose his cell. He never picks that thing up. It rings for a few minutes, and then you get the familiar voice mail. You smile at his voice in spite of yourself. You hang up without leaving a message. You never leave a message. Its awkward and you are no good at it. You always get nervous and stutter. So you hang up and set the phone down for a minute. As you reach for it, it rings, and scares you out of your skin. After you get your wit back, you pick it up and check the caller id. Its him. You sigh and answer.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Marie?" your name comes out of the phone.
"Hi"
"You called me?" he asks.
"Um, yea. I was just looking to talk" you say coolly.
"Oh, ok. Well cool." He responds.
"Hold on, there's an call on my other line, I'll call you back soon" you lie.
Oh, that's alright." He says. You hang up and call back Arethel.
"Yo" she says.
"I can't do it" you exclaim. You hope she takes this well.
"So try again tomorrow" she says. You nod again, remember you're on the phone, and tell her alright. Put the phone down on the hook. Remember Marcus is waiting for you to call. Call him. You don't think about the question plaguing you're mind, you talk for hours. Put the phone back, go back to you're bed. Lay there and decide you will ask him tomorrow.
Life is hard, but its easy if you just go with it.
fin
