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JOHNNIE AND I WERE
SITTING AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE WHEN SHE SAID, ???LOREN I
THINK I NEED A CELL PHONE.??? I PUT THE PIECE OF BACON
I HAD BEEN ABOUT TO TAKE A BITE OF BACK ON MY PLATE
AND ASKED ???WHAT FOR????
???WELL NOW THAT YOU
DON??™T LEAVE THE HOUSE ANY MORE AND I HAVE TO DO ALL
THE DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND OTHER PLACES BY
MYSELF, I JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE ONE. WHAT IF I
BREAK DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE RODE????
I PICKED MY PIECE OF
BACON BACK UP AND TOOK A BITE OF IT. ???WELL???? JOHNNIE
ASKED. I POINTED TO MY MOUTH AS I CHEWED. I WAS
STALLING WHILE I TRIED TO THINK OF AN ANSWER. I
PICKED UP MY GLASS OF MILK AND STARTED TO TAKE A
DRINK.
???LOREN PUT THAT GLASS
DOWN AND ANSWER ME!??? ???JOHNNIE I DON??™T CARE IF YOU GET
A CELL PHONE, BUT YOU GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT
OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK. I ALREADY PAY ALL THE
BILLS AND GROCERY MONEY OUT OF MINE.???
SO JOHNNIE GOT HERSELF
A CELL PHONE. SHE HAD TO SIGN A TWELVE MONTH CONTRACT
TO GET IT ACTIVATED. SHE CARRIED IT WITH HER EVERY
WHERE SHE WENT. BUT OUR CAR NEVER BROKE DOWN ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD SO SHE HAD NOT USED IT IN THE FIRST
TWO WEEKS SHE HAD IT.
SO SHE GAVE A FEW OF
HER FRIENDS HER CELL PHONE NUMBER AND SOME OF THEM
WOULD CALL HER ON IT. THEN ONE DAY JOHNNIE AND HER
FRIEND NITA WENT TO A MOVIE.
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT
DOWN AND THE FILM STARTED RUNNING THE FIRST THING SHE
SAW ON THE SCREEN WAS A REQUEST FOR EVERY ONE TO TURN
OFF THEIR CELL PHONES. THIS WAS TO KEEP THE RINGING
OF THE PHONES FROM DISTURBING THE PEOPLE TRYING TO
HEAR THE MOVIE.
JOHNNIE HAD WORN SLACKS
THAT HAD TWO SLASH POCKETS IN THE FRONT. SHE HAD HER
BILLFOLD IN HER RIGHT POCKET AND HER CAR KEYS AND CELL
PHONE IN HER LEFT POCKET. JOHNNIE REACHED INTO HER
POCKET AND TOOK OUT HER CELL PHONE. BUT INSTEAD OF
TURNING IT OFF SHE PUT IT ON VIBRATE. THEN PUT IT
BACK INTO HER POCKET.
THEN THE MOVIE
STARTED. IT WAS A MOVIE ABOUT THIS GHOST THAT KEPT
POPPING OUT OF THE WALLS SCARING THESE TWO KIDS. JUST
AS ONE SCENE OPENED AND THE GHOST POPPED OUT, SOMEONE
DIALED JOHNNIE??™S CELL PHONE NUMBER. THE CELL PHONE
STARTED VIBRATING AND JOHNNIE JUMP UP OUT OF HER SET
AND SCREAMED. YYYEEEIIIOOOooo. EVERYONE IN THE
THEATER HEARD HER.
JOHNNIE STARTED DIGGING
AT HER POCKET AND FINALLY GOT HER CELL PHONE OUT OF
HER POCKET AND THREW IT AS FAR AS SHE COULD TOWARD THE
SCREEN. NITA REACHED UP AND GRABBED HER BY THE ARM
AND PULLED HER BACK DOWN INTO HER SEAT. ???JOHNNIE
WHAT??™S WRONG WITH YOU???? ???NITA I THINK I JUST THREW MY
CELL PHONE AWAY.??? THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM WERE GOING
???SEEEEEHHH, BE QUITE UP THERE.???
JOHNNIE STOOD UP AND
TOLD NITA SHE COULDN??™T WATCH ANYMORE OF THIS MOVIE AND
SHE WANTED TO GO HOME. THEY DROVE HOME AND JOHNNIE
DRANK FOUR CUPS OF COFFEE, ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER.
NITA SAID SHE WAS GOING HOME AND EAT SOMETHING, SHE
WAS HUNGRY.
JOHNNIE TOLD HER, ???OK
BUT WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE THEATER IN THE MORNING
TO TRY TO FIND MY CELL PHONE.??? THE NEXT MORNING THEY
DROVE BACK TO THE THEATER AND WENT IN AND TOLD THE
MANAGER JOHNNIE HAD LOST HER CELL PHONE IN THE THEATER
YESTERDAY AND THEY NEEDED TO GO IN AND LOOK FOR IT.
THE MANAGER ASK JOHNNIE
HOW SHE KNEW SHE HAD LOST HER CELL PHONE IN HIS
THEATER? WHAT JOHNNIE TOLD HIM IS A WHOLE NOTHER
STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.
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