CLUNK!
THUNK!
WHAM!
Cornelia rolled her eyes as she spun around in her rolling chair and took off her headphones to face her boyfriend.
"Caleb, you know I can't study with you thumping around the room like that" she scolded.
Caleb's furious response was muffled by the thick piece of duct tape covering his mouth and tying him to the wooden chair he was sitting in.
Cornelia sighed and flicked her wrist, ripping the piece of duct tape from his mouth with her telekinesis.
Caleb paused mid-swear as the pain settled in. "Ow! That freaking hurts"
Ignoring him, Cornelia crossed her arms. "Are you finished writing my song yet?"
"As I tried to explain to you before you bound and gagged me" he growled, "I am not a songwriter and have no idea how to write a song"
"I'm sure you'll get inspired eventually" she said offhandedly. She motioned with her hand and the duct tape headed for his mouth again.
"Wait! Wait! Wait!" he exclaimed, thumping away from the floating piece of tape. "What if one of the other guys writes something and then I just edit for you? Will that work?"
"I guess it would" she said after a moment. Cheerfully, she grabbed her phone and her purse and headed out the room. "See you later!"
"CORNELIA!" he shouted after her. "GET BACK HERE! I NEED TO PEE!"
This was inspired by Corny's comment in "S is for Self" and Irma's comment in my story "World's Greatest Matchmaker". It's been stuck in my head since I published it. :)
