Disclaimer: I do not own The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack went to another meeting with the Mayor the next morning.
"Jack!" the Mayor yelled rushing to him. "You're two minutes late! Two minutes! We wasted a good two minutes worth of planning! We're going to be so far behind that we may have to cancel Halloween!"
"Calm down, Mayor," Jack said annoyed. "I'll stay after two minutes to make it up."
"Well now it's three because we wasted another minute talking!" the Mayor cried.
"Fine, three," Jack said trying to calm the Mayor down.
"Okay!" the Mayor said.
Basically, the meeting was the same as all the others all week. The Mayor puts out some ideas and wait for Jack to give his opinion. If Jack found one flaw, just one, in the plan it would be thrown out. If Jack had one compliment about the plan, the Mayor kept the plan and added on for the next meeting. That's the way it usually went from the beginning of November through the end of January. As soon as February hit, the town had the idea set of what they were going to work towards up until June. When June hit they start up trial runs first with dummies to test out safety. In July they began the tests with "volunteers" (unexpected victims they randomly decided to try the plan on). In August and September final touches were made. Once October came, they practiced until the 30th. On the 31st of October, the plans were put into action to scare every mortal they possibly could. It was the same routine every year, with every year being better than the previous one.
"Jack!" the Mayor called as Jack left the room.
"Just a sec., I have to call Sally," Jack said.
"Don't you need a phone?" the Mayor asked.
"I have one, I bought it yesterday," Jack said showing the Mayor his phone.
Jack called Sally telling her that he was going to be a few minutes late.
"You bought a phone?" the Mayor asked hopping up and down.
"Yeah," Jack said. "It's rather handy."
"I need your number," the Mayor said taking out his phone.
Jack and the Mayor exchanged numbers.
Later that night when Jack and Sally were sitting at the table eating dinner, Jack's cell rang.
"Who'd be calling me at this hour?" Jack asked.
Sally shrugged.
"Hello," Jack answered.
"Hey, Jack, it's me," the Mayor said on the other line.
"But I just talked to you two hours ago," Jack said.
"Yes, but this is important!" the Mayor whined.
"Hang on," Jack said to the Mayor. He turned to Sally and said, "Excuse me, this'll take two minutes."
Jack didn't wait for a reply from Sally. He walked out of the dinning room to continue his conversation.
"Make it quick," Jack said.
"Can you arrive an hour early tomorrow?" the Mayor asked more like a whine.
"That's what's so important?" Jack asked annoyed.
"Well, you always call Sally telling her you're going to be late, so if you don't go home late, we'll waste less time," the Mayor said.
"Very well," Jack said. "See you tomorrow." He hung up and returned to the table.
"What was that about?" Sally asked.
"The Mayor wants me to go in an hour early tomorrow," Jack answered.
Sally grumbled.
"But I'll be coming home on time," Jack said hoping to make Sally happy.
Sally smiled wishing Jack didn't have to work all the time.
By the end of the week Jack regretted giving the Mayor his number. The Mayor called about every little thing every time there was a simple problem. At one point Jack felt like taking his phone and throwing it out the window.
Jack started thinking maybe the cellular wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He knew nothing yet.