Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Uncomfortable



"Um, hello?"
"It's mom."
"Oh hi mom!"
"How are you? How was the test?"
"Oh, it was okay. Nothing too bad."
"You always say it's 'okay'. hm. [slight chuckle; pause]. So grandma and grandpa, and Uncle S is coming to boston this weekend....they want a copy of the CD to take back to France."
"Oh really? Well I'm flattered..."
"I know you left the one copy we had back in Vietnam though...I didn't know if you could get another copy soon enough..."
"Oh well, yeah [pause]. Mike can get it for me."
"[silence.] Right, Mike. I don't think I'm comfortable with that Mike helping out or anything..."
"He's still my boyfriend."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"[pause] Of course not."
"And remember that we're not talking about it infront of your grandparents, you understand?"
"[long silence]. The only reason I'm coming home is because you asked me to."
"[pause]. Well, I don't want you to bring it up."
"Of course, why would I ever want to share my life with them, right?"
"[silence]. Call your dad when you get home."
"Will do. bye."
"Bye."

2 comments:

Russell K. said...

:-(

Kate said...

(hug)

Good choice of pic . . . a frozen obstacle, but light still visible from the other side . . .

I'm glad you're still talking about Mike to your parents.