8:00 PM, 1987…
RING! RING! RING!
Shelley: Hello?
John: I’ve had a F@#$ of a day.
Shelley: Oh. Oh.
John: I’ll be home in less than twenty minutes. You know what to do.
Shelley: What happened?
John: I don’t want to talk about it.
Shelley: “Get your knickers off” bad?
John: Worse.
Shelley: Gasp. I’ll do my best.
John: Don’t forget the Stilettoes.
RING! RING! RING!
Shelley: Hello.
Lisa, my volleyball teammate: Hey Shelley.
Shelley: Hey. What’s up?
Lisa: Just to let you know that tomorrow we play at 8:00.
Shelley: S#%&. John just drove up. S#%&.
Lisa: What’s that?
Shelley: Nothing. Sorry, go ahead.
Lisa: So everyone needs to be there…
Shelley: Garble. Garble.
Lisa: by 7:30. Does that work for you?
Shelley: Garble. Garble.
Lisa: What are you doing?
Shelley: I’m taking off all of my clothes.
Lisa: What? Why?
Shelley: John’s coming up the stairs. I’m sorry, but I’ve got to go.
Lisa: But..
Shelley: See you tomorrow. Byeeeeeee. Well, hello there Big Boy. Did you have a Baaaadddd Daaayyyyyy??? Hmmmmmmm?
John: It’s getting better. Wow! Stilettos too. Come here. Grrrroooowwwllllll!!!!!
Shelley: John! Put me down!
John: Shhhhhhh… You’ll wake the kids.
Shelley and John: Mmmmm…. Kiss. Kiss. Kiss… Snuggle… Snuggle…
John: Huh? What’s that?
Shelley: What?
John: I hear something. Can you?
Shelley: No. Now where were we?
John: I’m sure I hear something… Listen.
Shelley: Still a no.
John: I definitely hear something.
Shelley: Sighhhhhhhhh. It’s probably the TV. Stay right there.
Lisa: SHELLEY!
Shelley:!!!
Lisa: SHELLEY! CAN YOU HEAR ME???
Shelley: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa: SHHEEEELLLLLEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! YOU NEED TO HANG UP THE PHONE!!! HANG UP THE PHONE!!!!!!!
Shelley: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… How much did you hear?
Lisa: What are Stilettos?
So, in response to,
Daily Prompt: Call Me, Maybe
Describe your relationship with your phone. Is it your lifeline, a buzzing nuisance, or something in between?
I would say somewhere in between.
Shelley and John
Honey Did you See That? 
sounds like u fixed everything… 😉
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All better! 🙂
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Hahahahahaha oh no!!!
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Ohhhhh yess. Awful. Just awful.
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Hah! Super funny. Thanks for the laugh.
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Sooooooo embarassing when I saw her the next night.
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Embarrasing? Talk about creepy! Why didn’t she hang up?!
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I don’t know. She made the call. So she should have been able to break the connection… It was in Germany.
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Ah! Stilettos..hmm..Now I know 😉
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Ha! Now I wear old woman shoes… 🙂
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I bet you curious couple will ever be innovative. But don’t you dare take 25 years to talk about it. Poor Lisa and me are clinging on to the phone…
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We’ve dined out on that story many times!!!!! Still worth a tell though, classic xxxxx
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Right? Ha! Ha! Sadly the shoes are long gone.
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Hahaha! Brilliant take on the prompt!
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Thanks. It was time to dust it off. Hope my kids aren’t reading this. 🙂
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did you win the game?
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Finally someone who understands what’s important about this post. 🙂 The answer is “Of course.”
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Ha! Ha! Thanks so F@#$ing much. Love your Title. Shakespeare would have approved.
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