Tanith sighed normally, on a Friday night, and a whole weekend off from her various employers and Skulduggery (!yay!) she would have been with Val on a sugar high. She drummed her fingers against the counter top. She sighed again. Thumping music drifted in through the window from the teenages who lived on the ground floor. She thought about she could call. Val? On a date. Fletcher? With Val. Skulduggery? Good god no. China? Am I thinking straight? Erksine...Nooooo . She wouldn't feel right about...Ghastly! In some god forsaken place or another. She sat on the couch and turned the TV on. She flicked through the channels, but nothing interested her. She turned off the TV and looked around in silence. Her apartment, on reflection, was drab. It was dull. It was BORING. At this point the phone rang, and she practically jumped on it.
"Hello?" she answered. There was slightly stunned silence on the other end at her instant response.
"Uh," he replied, snapping out of it. "Tanith, it's Ghastly."
"Hi!" she replied, leaning on the arm of the couch. "How's... umm, Zal, no, Zel no-"
"Can't I just tell you?" he interrupted helpfully on the other end.
"Zelway!" Tanith shrieked. There was muttering on the other end.
"Zilzie actually, and just so you know Miss Low, I was quite fond of that eardrum."
Tanith laughed.
"So...?" she asked.
"So... what?"
"Why did you call me? From Australia, that must cost alot..."
"I'm not in Australia Tanith." He replied quickly. Tanith frowned, confused. "I'm at home. Just I haven't told anyone."
"Uhhhh, why?" Then Ghastly started stuttering.
"Well- I was kind of wondering if, only if you want to, like if you don't have any other plans or anything..."
"Yes?" Tanith prompted.
"If you would like to maybe..."
"Yes?" she prompted again.
"Come see a movie with me?" he blurted out all at once. She was stunned, that didn't take nearly as long as she had expected. Thousands of questions popped up in her head, all stumbling over each other to get out.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well sort of like- maybe a... date?" Tanith broke into a smile.
"What movie?" she teased.
"Your choice." He said, gaining his confidence.
"...Well," she began, a bit stunned, "It's what? Six thirty now... pick me up at seven?"
"Sure... see you then!" he replied happily, and hung-up.
Tanith put the phone down. She calmly looked at it sitting in the receiver. Then she jumped in the air Toyota style and screamed "FINALLY!". Much to the alarm of her neighbours.