CH.1
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A persistent ringing sound woke Elise up from her deep sleep, and she groaned
pitifully, blindly grabbing the spare pillow
on her bed and covering her head with it
in the hope that it would block the sound
from disturbing her.
She had slept very late last night and she needed to get sleep as much as she could get before her alarm
went off at six.
The pillow succeeded in
blocking out most of the sound, and Elise
was about drifting off to sleep when her
other phone started ringing too, and this
one was right beside her on the bed. To
make matters worse, this one's volume
was much louder than the other one's own
so she could not ignore it, even if she
wanted too.
"Who the f**k calls someone at 2 am in the
morning for Chris sake's?" She wondered
herself as she sat up, but in her heart, she
already knew who it was. A quick glance
at her phone, which had stopped ringing
but started ringing as she picked it up
again confirmed what she had guessed. It was Sandra calling. Elise was tempted to ignore the call, but she knew it was better to just pick up once and for all and find out what her sister wanted.
If she ignored
the call, Sandra would only blow up her
phone with more calls and if she turned it
off, her dear sister would call their
parents to cry on their shoulders and they would be at Elise's house no matter the time of the night to express their anger at
her ignoring their dear daughter.
Sighing, Elise answered the phone, but
before she could even say one word,
Sandra's loud screech filled her ear, so
loud that she had to hold the phone away
from her ear until her sister stopped
Screaming.
"Hello, Sandra."
"Oh my God! You're not going to believe
what just happened!" Sandra screeched
excitedly into the phone, and Sara could
almost visualize her bouncing on her toes.
It seemed that Sandra failed to realize
that she was now twenty - seven years old and no longer a teenager or a five a years old girl.
"Really?"Elise drawled sarcastically.
"This really important thing could not
wait until morning? Do you have any
freaking idea what the time is? I was
sleeping for Chris sake's. Some of us have
to work, you know."
"Oh, right. Well, as I said, it's really
important and I bet you will be green with
envy when you hear what it is."
Alright, bye. I'm turning off my phone
now"
"Wait! I got engaged. That's what! I'm
getting married to this super -rich guy and
I won't ever have to lift a finger to work in
my lite again. Elise exclaimed over
the phone happily.
"Excuse me? You got what?"
"Engaged. You know, that thing whereby
a man gets down on one knee, opens a
box, and asks you to marry him? Yeah,
that one. Oh my God! It was the most
romantic thing ever."
"Um...congratulations?"
"Yeah. Thanks. You'll be my chief
bridesmaid, of course. Don't worry,
there's nothing for you to be ashamed of
that your younger sister is getting
married before you. We're only 8 months
apart in age, after all."
"Who on earth are you getting married to?
You were just ranting to me the other day
about how dumb Jess was,and now you're
marrying him?" Elise asked, wondering if
her sister's brain cells were working at all.
"Oh no. I could never marry that
blithering i***t. I'm getting married to
this very rich guy..."
"Yes, you said that before. How did you
meet him and how long have you known
him?"
"Oh. I met him two weeks ago when I went
on a vacation. You remember when I went
to France? Anyway, we're heads over heels
in love now and he wants to get married
to me. Can you believe that? I'm so
happy.
"You want to marry someone you met two weeks ago and barely know? I must say
you're done a lot of stupid and dumb
things over the years, but this takes the
cake. Do mom and dad know? What do
you think they'll have to say about this?"
"Oh. They re very happy for me. You know
that they let me have whatever it is I want
and my happiness is their priority. I
thought that you'll be happy for me too.
But I'm not surprised. You've always been
a jealous cat. Anyway, the wedding is next
week and all my friends are busy, so I'll
need someone to go shopping for wedding
things with me. That's why I'm calling
you."
"That's so sweet of you. I'm not interested
in doing that. I have my own life to live
and work to do, you know. Oh, and one
last tip... when next you need a favor of
such magnitude from me, it would be in
your best interest not to wake me up at 2
in the morning to ask for it." Elise yelled
and cut the call.
"sure that her sister was
drunk or high or something of that nature."
The last person in the world who
wanted marriage was Sandra. She turned
off her phone, got up to pee, and went
back to sleep so that she could wake up in time for work.
- Writer
