Something in the Way You Move [O'J]

Another Phone Call

Danny's POV

I'm just about to start playing the piano when Jessie asks, "So you going to call your sister?"

"Wha---? Oh. Yeah," I reply. I had almost forgotten. Damn my memory. I pull out my phone and dial Mandy, my oldest sister. It rings for a few times before she picks up.

"Hello?"

"Mandy?"

"Danny?"

"Yup."

"What's up?"

"Okay, so, you're going to think I'm crazy but I need you to make a house-call for me..."

"Danny, I can't do that, you know that! I'm on thin ice as it is and if I just leave work I'll be fired for sure!"

"But, Mandy---!"

"No, Danny! I can't! I'm sorry, but you'll have to find someone else!"

"But she's just a kid! She's barely ten, we think!"

I hear my sister's breath hitch on the other end of the phone. Bingo! She loves kids; she's almost guaranteed to help us now.

"But my job..."

"Look, I'll bribe anyone I need to so you can keep your job and come do the house-call." When she hesitates, I let slip, "She could really use a good doctor to come check her over..."

"Dan, you know I'm a nurse."

"Doctor, nurse. Hey, I can try, can't I?"

There is silence on the other end of the line. Then I hear a resigned sigh. "Okay, so where is this place?" I give her Jessie's address and she says, "Hey, wait, that's not your address..." I really wish I could hang up, but my sister would give me a firm talking-to if I did. So I wait for her to say something. "Daniel John Mark Luke O'Donoghue, are you---"

I feel my face redden and I know what she's asking, so I quickly interrupt and say, "Sorry, gotta go, love ya, bye!" I hang up before she can protest. I sigh and moan, "Agh, why did I do that? She's gonna think we're seeing each other!" I feel my face become beet red at the thought that seeing Jessie would be excellent, but I can't let her know that. She probably doesn't even like me anyway.

"Don't worry about it; we can explain that we're just friends," Jessie says.

I grin. "That'd be great! You have no idea how over-protective my sisters can be..." She laughs, and I force myself to laugh with her.

I've just been friend-zoned. It hurts.

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Short chapter is short. But I'll update again today with a pretty long chapter...and a new POV yay.