Phone Calls > jariana (COMPLETED)

fifteen

May 3, 8:48 a.m.

Ariana: I'm calling because I want to lighten things up.

Justin: It's Saturday morning. What makes you so sure that I'm awake?

Ariana: I was so eager to achieve my goal of lightening things up that I overlooked the fact that you might not be conscious yet.

Justin: I'm conscious. Lighten away.

Ariana: I have a pet.

Justin: When did you get a dog?

Ariana: Oh. I don't have a dog.

Justin: A cat?

Ariana: No.

Justin: A rabbit?

Ariana: Try again.

Justin: Fish?

Ariana: Closer.

Justin: A lizard?

Ariana: Nope.

Justin: Turtle?

Ariana: Nein. That means "no" in German.

Justin: I know that.

Ariana: Guess again.

Justin: I give up, Ariana. What pet do you have?

Ariana: You gave up way too easily.

Justin: A ferret?

Ariana: Uh-uh.

Justin: A hermit crab.

Ariana: No way.

Justin: Is it a form of insect?

Ariana: No. Do you give up?

Justin: I thought I gave up at turtle.

Ariana: I have a parakeet.

Justin: But when I guessed fish, you told me that I was close.

Ariana: Right. Because a cat will eat a fish or a parakeet, because it's a predaceous animal. My pet is a prey animal.

Justin: Your logic baffles me.

Ariana: My logic works.

Justin: What's your parakeet's name?

Ariana: Santiago.

Justin: You named your parakeet after the capital of Chile?

Ariana: I'd never thought of that.

Justin: Okay. How long have you had Santiago?

Ariana: Six years.

Justin: That's a long time to withhold your parakeet ownership from me.

Ariana: I didn't withhold it. It just never came up.

Justin: So when we finally meet each other, will I get to see Santiago?

Ariana: I don't think so.

Justin: So far, I don't feel much "lightening up" going on in this phone call.

Ariana: Well, Santiago doesn't live with me anymore.

Justin: Did he escape?

Ariana: No. He's in a box at CeCe's. We mated Santiago with her parakeet, Paris.