Captain Crunch and Answer Machines
After getting home Anastasia was on
cloud 9, her and Nick were best of friends and it was as if they has never been
apart. When she was with him it was as if she was on a natural high, forgetting
about everything else in the world. She smiled as she opened a can of cat food
for Jinx, slightly humming to herself she noticed the light blinking on her
answer machine. She pressed it: 4 new messages *Beep*
Anastasia this is your mother, she rolled her eyes, Ray and I have decided to go up to the lodge for Christmas to get a little rest. So we wanted to get together before hand to exchange gifts, what about this weekend? Call me later bye. *Beep*
“Typical mother.” She sighed scratching Jinx on the back with her foot.
*Beep*
Annie, it’s Adam. Sweetie where are you? I’ve tried calling you all morning. You were supposed to call me. I’ve been thinking about New Years, what about coming down to my place? Well call me back as soon as you get this. Love you Bye. *Beep*
*Beep*
Piggy! The voice made her smile, I know I just saw you but I forgot to ask you something, you just sped off in your car and after this afternoons incident with you almost making a nick pancke, I’m not one to go after you. Anyways, I’ve got tickets to our show tomorrow night, it’s the last show of the first leg of our tour. I thought you might wanta come, you’d get backstage passes, of course, as well. The guys would love to meet you. And I was thinking that we could *Beep*
She laughed
*Beep*
Your answer machine just hung up on me! That’s not nice, anyways I have rehearsal all tomorrow but you can still call if you don’t get a chance to tonight. I had a great time today, Piggy, call me later, ok. Ya know the number. *Beep*
Nick sat back in his hotel room once again talking into his very useful cell phone to Brian who was on a plane from seeing his Leighanne to New York so he could perform tomorrow night.
“Wow man, that’s wired. You’re little kindergarten, love showing up back into your life again and all.”
“She’s not my ‘love’, we’re just friends,” He hesitated, “ I love Mandy.”
“Well by the way you’ve been talking about her for,” he paused, “ for the last 25 minutes I’d say you two were a little more than friends.”
Nick sighed, “I was going to bring her to tomorrow’s show.”
“Good idea I would love to meet her…”
*Click* “Bri, hold on I’ve got another call.”
“Hello?”
“Ohh, Nicky!!”
“Hi, Mandy.”
“Don’t sound so happy to see me, I just called to say I love you.” She giggled
“I love you too, sweetie.”
“So whatcha gunna get me for Christmas?”
“Your two front teeth?” he replied
“Ohhh you’re so silly! I was thinking something sparkly.”
After getting cleaning her living room, which was a monster task itself and changing into her Pjs she curled up on the sofa with the portable and dialed Nick’s cell phone number. “Busy…you would think someone as rich as him would get call waiting.” She hung up reminding herself to call him later, picking up the clicker she turned the channel to MTV. Moments later the phone rang she jumped hoping it was Nick, “Hello?”
“Sis?”
“Oh hey, Jessee what’s up?”
“Did mom call you?”
“Yeah something about skiing”
“Caitlin was bugging me to ask you to come down here, instead. We’d love to have you and she wouldn’t want you to be up there in New York all by yourself.”
“Come down to Florida?”
“Yeah.” Somewhere in the background Anastasia heard one of the triplets crying and Caitlin yelling ‘Mommy, Aj pushed me!! Did not! Jessee we have a crisis! Can you get over here?’ Anastasia laughed, “Sounds like you have your hands full.”
Jessee laughed, “Oh yeah…Joe is coming down as well as Caitlin’s friend Anne. You remember her don’t you? From the wedding?”
“Oh yes”
“Well she’s coming with her boyfriend Mat.” ‘Jessee!’ “So you coming?”
“Sure, I have nothing else to do.”
‘Jessee get your butt
over here!!’
“Listen, I have to go. Call me tomorrow and we can work out the details.”
“Bye”
“Bye”
Anastasia laughed and hung up the phone Christmas certainly would be interesting.
“Mandy, I really have to go. Brian is on the other line.”
“So you want to call someone you talk to 24/7 compared to the one and only me? Don’t you love me?” she was getting mad
“Well…”
“Fine don’t bother calling back!” with that she hung up
“Mandy!” Nick sighed he hated when they fought like that he clicked back over
“Bri?”
“Took long enough, was it her?”
“Yeah she can be so wired sometimes…she’s like why are you talking to Brian, don’t you love me? Why does she always have to say that?”
“Oh Mandy, I thought it was your Anastasia.”
“No she hasn’t called back yet.”
“Well I don’t blame her look what time it is.”
“Wow 11pm, I better let you go your plane should be coming in soon and I got to get to bed. Got to get up early tomorrow ya know.”
The other line groaned, “Don’t remind me.”
“Bye Brok”
“Bye.”
Anastasia woke up and realized that she feel asleep on the couch. “Owww… get off me Jinx.” She stretched and made her way to the kitchen where she poured some Captain Crunch and realized she was out of milk. “Just great” she reached into the cabinet for the bread for toast but she was out of that as well. Meanwhile Jinx sauntered around the kitchen trying to get attention for his own meal. *Meow*
“Oh Jinx, be quiet, I’m trying to find something to eat.” No eggs, no OJ no nothing. “Uhh, now I have to go out.”
Putting on her shoes she grabbed the car keys but then put them down deciding to take a morning jog and grabbed her wallet to head out to the store.
20 minutes later
Anastasia jogged in with a gallon of milk some bread and other “supplies” and feeling very energized walked into the kitchen to find Jinx chowing down the bowl of captain crunch that she had left out. “Ok, ok, I hear ya, you’re hungry.” Picking up the cat off the table she opened a can of cat food and while bending over noticed that her answer machine was blinking yet again. Pressing the button she began to unpack her groceries. 1 new message *beep*
Anastasia, where are you? She noted his
voice sounded quite annoyed , It’s me.
Call me back I begging to think you died on me or something. *Beep*
She glanced at her clock it was nearly noon and debated whether to eat her captain crunch now or call Adam. Adam could wait.
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