"Ugh. Sundays," Colin said as he walked upstairs. Even though Christmas was right around the corner, he was always tired. Even the bustle of the holidays couldn't keep him awake, and he fell asleep again, this time on the couch.
"Ok, Bobby, I was just thinking about that. We need to do something over the weekend next week," Lori said as she walked downstairs. Not noticing Colin, she sat down on the couch, but she got a shock when she sat down.
"What's going on?" Colin asked as Lori jumped in the air. "Oh, it's you, Lori."
"What are you doing up here?" She asked slightly miffed at him.
"What does it look like?" He asked groggily. "I'm trying to sleep."
"Well, go downstairs then! You're bed is downstairs isn't it?"
"Yeah, but..." his voice trailed off as he looked at the item on her hand. Confused, he asked, "What's that?"
"Uh, my cellphone?"
"Uh huh. And what exactly IS that?"
"You've never seen a cellphone before?"
"Well, I know I've never owned one. Neither did Mama or Chica."
"You mean to tell me you've NEVER seen a cell phone before. Not even at your old school?" Or this one?"
"Chica, almost everyone at my old school could barely afford their clothes. And even if they could, they had to worry about food more than a phone. I haven't really been paying attention to other people at my this school, either."
"Thats horrible!"
"You're telling me. So what exactly do you do with a cellphone?"
"Well, you can call and text people. And you can play music and games and-"
"Hold up. What's texting?"
"Oh boy. Ok, so you..."
30 Minutes Later...
"Ok, I think I got it now," Colin said after Lori showed him how to use a cellphone. "So basically, it's like the world, all fitted on your hand. Right?"
"Something like that, yeah."
"How much do these things cost?"
"Well, this one cost me about 300 dollars, and-"
"300 DOLLARS?! For a cellphone?!"
"Well, what did yu expect?"
"I don't know, like 20 bucks? $300 can buy a lot of stuff, and people spend it on THAT?" He asked as he looked at the phone.
"Well, yeah! It''s not cheap, I'll tell you that."
"I want one."
"Well, if you get enough money to buy your own, go for it. But until then, have fun!" Lori said as she got up and walked back upstairs.
"Well, it looks like im gonna be looking for a job," he observed.
The Next Day...
"Ugh. Mondays." Colin said as he got up. "Luckily we get out of a school on Wenesday, so that's a plus."
He walked upstairs to see Lori frantically searching for something.
"Morning, chica. What're you doing? You look-"
"YOU! YOU TOOK IT!"
"What?" He asked, confused.
"You know what, Colin! My phone! It's not upstairs where I left it last night!"
"Your phone is missing?"
"Don't play dumb! I know you took it!"
"Me?! I haven't seen it since yesterday!" He said, helping Lori search for it.
"You were the only person that a showed interest in it, Colin! And now it goes missing and you-"
"Chica, we gotta go. It's 7:30, and school starts at 8."
"But, my phone is still missing!"
"So?"
"I've never gone a day without it!"
"Well, I guess there's a first for everything. Now con or we'll be late!" He said as the rest of the family came downstairs to get ready for school.
7 Hours Later...
"God! What a day!" Colin said as he went inside to do his homework. "I have English, Civics, and Math, and it's all due tomorrow!"
He had barely picked up his pencil when Lori came in.
"Excuse me! You're not doing ANYTHING until you tell me where my phone is!"
"Look, chica, for the last time, I don't know where your phone is!"
"Lier! I could go down to the basement right now and it would be right there!"
"Uh, no it wouldnt, because I DON'T HAVE IT!"
"We'll see about that!"
3 Hours Of Vigorous Searching Later...
"What did I tell you?! It's not down there! Or in the living room, or in the kitchen, or in the bathroom!" Colin said, angry that he had been blamed for the lost phone.
"Well, where could it be, then?! I need that phone!" Lori cried out as Leni came down the stairs.
"Hey, Lori, did you drop this last night?" She asked, holding up a families piece of metal.
"MY PHONE!" she yelled as she ran over to take it from Leni. She looked up at her and asked, "Where was it?!"
"Oh, I must have took it by mistake last night!"
"You're telling me that you had it the whole day and didnt tell me?!"
"That's right! I'm going to bed now! Night!" Leni said as she walked back upstairs.
"Sometimes I wonder about her," Colin said as he turned to face his homework.
"I still have all of this to do! I'm toast," he said as he sat down to do all of his work. But instead of going upstairs, Lori sat down on the couch, too.
"Don't worry about it, Colin. I'll do some of it."
"Chica, you aren't even in these classes."
"Uh, I took them last year, genius! And besides, I owe you. Sorry I blamed you for stealing my phone."
"It's no problem, Lori. I guess everybody does it. I still want a phone, though."
"Nice to know, bro," she said as they sat down and did homework.
Not a very long chapter, but who cares anyway? I'm going to start working on the main plot again, so stay tuned. Rsizzle, out. -Drop Mic-