Curveballs (Chapters 1 to 199)

5.56 Uncaught - Anne Flanderson

I rushed down the street because even though the day had already been incredibly long there was still a whole lot to do before I could finally go to sleep in my cushy bed. After all I was already soo tired. No wonder I was already thinking about sleeping ^^ When I arrived at the bus stop, I noticed I had barely missed it. There was nobody else at the bus stop so I just sat down on the bench and listened to the birds. I was afraid I'd fall asleep and miss the next bus so I didn't make myself too comfortable. Then it came to my mind that I had to call the medical store first to make sure my plan would come together. So I took out my phone only to notice I had new messages. One was just the usual reminder by Mom while the other one was Mack:

"hey wats up? are you alright?"

"sry, just read it! I'm okay, thx 4 caring! :)"

"successful?"

"yep"

"when will you come over?"

"not until after dinner I'm afraid"

"too bad :( what are you up to?"

"shhh! #topsecret ;) going back 2 the medical store clerk"

"the woman? why?"

"2 get help 4 doing "it" with only 1 good arm :/"

"hey, great idea, Lyz! but be sure if it doesn't work i'll just continue to do it for you :)"

"Mackie, u r the best! :) but i need to change myself at school #independency"

"you're welcome! and I see but just in case you could always just wait for me ^^"

"not in case of an emergency ;)"

"yeah, got it! ;) good luck then! :)"

"thx! :)"

Right after we finished texting I called the medical store. Mrs. Gaslo had told me she'd be there, but that I should just hang up in case she wouldn't answer the call. I could hear it ring multiple times before someone picked it up:

"Colt's Medical Store, you're talking to Tyler Colt, with whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?", a polite male voice asked. I hesitated for a few seconds before quickly hanging up on him. Too bad the plan didn't work. I wondered what to do now when suddenly my phone rang. But wasn't that the number I just called? Stupid me had called with my own phone so of course he could just call me back. I facepalmed and thought about my options, but then just answered the call:

"Yeah?"

"Hello Miss! I'm afraid we were cut off. Again, I'm Mr. Colt. How may I help you?", the same man asked me again. I thought about hanging up, but there was just no other way to achieve my goal.

"Hi, I'm Miss An...Flanderson...Anne Flanderson. I wondered if Mrs. Gaslo was available...", I came up with talking in a low voice, but almost gave away my real name ^^

"Oh, Miss Flanderson, what a wonderful piece of luck! You know, I'm afraid I have to rush to an appointment now and wouldn't be able to provide you sufficient information anyway, but Mrs. Gaslo will stay here of course to help you out with whatever you might need", he explained and I found his wording of that last sentence funny ^^ But of course I was glad, that she was indeed available.

"Then we both got indeed lucky I guess"

"You say it. I'm just waiting for her to return from the depot...oh...there she is...bye!"

"Have a nice day, sir!", I tried to stay polite and waited patiently. There was some distant talking done that I couldn't understand. I started to get more nervous and already started trickling some more pee. I just hoped there wasn't more than one Mrs. Gaslo ^^ After almost a minute of waiting, a woman finally got on the phone.

"Hello Miss...Flanderson...I hope I got that right. Here's Mrs. Gaslo talking to you. Mr. Colt explained you were asking for me. How may I help you? I'm afraid your name does not ring a bell, yet...", she explained and I instantly recognized Mrs. Gaslo's voice. What a relieve!

"Hi, this is actually Lyza. I'm the girl who entered your store with her friend yesterday and who you sold a package to...you know...you also offered me your help and..."

"Oh, it's you! Of course I remember! It's not that often that I sell these to young women like you. I kept my fingers crossed all day for you, you know?"

"You did? Why?"

"I was afraid you might get in trouble with the...product...one way or another", she answered and I heard her chuckle.

"Well, actually I sort of faced some difficulties with it...and...you remember you offered me your help?"