The Night Shift

4:30pm Friday

"Hey, guess what?!"

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Oh it's uh, it's Selene."

"As in Sel?"

"The very one,"

"Ma? What are you doing with my phone?"

"Well it was ringing so I just answered it,"

"Right, who is it?"

"It's a lovely young lady by the name of Selene. We were just discussing that really embarrassing thing from your childhood,"

"Ma, you didn't. Come on."

"Oh shush, now she's still on the line. So don't be rude. It was lovely to talk to you dear,"

"Same to you, ma'am,"

"Ma'am? Ah such a polite girl. Ta ta, here Bren take the phone back. And hurry up and ask that girl on a date!"

"Ma!"

"Please ignore everything that she said,"

"Ah, like that really embarrassing thing from childhood?"

"That's the one,"

"Stop laughing!"

"Sorry, but I like your mum. She seems really cool."

"I am sweetie!"

"Ma!"

"Okay, okay. Gosh I'm going, don't get your knickers in a twist!"

"I think I'm going to just blackout this whole conversation, sorry about her."

"It's all good, really."

"So why did you call? You don't usually call this early in the evening. Not that I don't appreciate your call, I do. I like hearing from you, and talking to you. You're really cool, and I'm rambling again. Sorry,"

"It's okay, it's cute."

"Oh and I called to tell you that, uh, dammit. I forgot. Oh well it mustn't have been very important then."

"Oh, uh, okay. So, how have you been?"

"Good, I guess. I'm pretty boring. What about you?"

"You're not boring, trust me. And I've been good. I came home for the weekend to see my dad, it's his birthday tomorrow."

"Oh cool, wish him a happy birthday for me."

"Thanks, and will do."

"Ouch!"

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I kicked my toe on my desk chair."

"Ouch."

"Yeah, I'm just going to go and cry in the corner now,"

"Okay? I'll talk to you later,"

"You got it! Later gator!"

"Hey that's my thing!"

"And I thought we also agreed that you'd never do that weird evil laugh thing again."

"It's not that bad,"

"Yes, yes it is."

"Ah stop! Okay, I'm hanging up now! Bye!"

"Bye!"

(...)

"Ow, ow, ow. I think I'm going to die."

"Mother! I think I broke my toe! I'm gonna' die!"